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Jan 12, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Debbie Feinstein
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)obtained a record $5.6 million settlement for gun-jumping fromdefendants XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL),Verdun Oil Company II,LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP). XCL and Verdun (which areunder common management) agreed to acquire certain of EP'soperations for $1.4 billion. Each of XCL and Verdun madeHart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) filings for the acquisition as didEP as the acquired person.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
arnoldporter.com | Debbie Feinstein
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained a record $5.6 million settlement for gun-jumping from defendants XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL),Verdun Oil Company II, LLC (Verdun), and EP Energy LLC (EP). XCL and Verdun (which are under common management) agreed to acquire certain of EP’s operations for $1.4 billion. Each of XCL and Verdun made Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) filings for the acquisition as did EP as the acquired person.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |David Emanuelson |Matthew Tabas
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |C. Scott Lent |Summer Quintana
On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously agreed to submit a comment supporting a recent proposed rule from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that would require all settlement agreements made between parties appearing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to be disclosed.1 This is in response to the PTO issuing a Federal Register notice on April 19, 2024, requesting public comments on an array of potential changes to the rules that govern certain...
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
arnoldporter.com | Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |C. Scott Lent |Summer Quintana
Introduction On June 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously agreed to submit a comment supporting a recent proposed rule from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that would require all settlement agreements made between parties appearing before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to be disclosed.1 This is in response to the PTO issuing a Federal Register notice on April 19, 2024, requesting public comments on an array of potential changes to the rules that govern...
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May 7, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |Lowell Dashefsky |Teresa L. Johnson
The federal antitrust authorities — the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division
(DOJ) — are both pursuing aggressive enforcement agendas. In
particular, both agencies have specifically announced increased
enforcement efforts around Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which
prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, a person from serving
"as a director or officer in any two corporations ... that are
...
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May 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dipanwita Deb Amar |Tracy A. Belton |Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released
its final rule(the Final Rule) which generally
bans all non-competition clauses with workers (including employees
and independent contractors) as unfair methods of competition, with
exceptions for bona fide sale of business non-competes and for
non-competes entered into with "senior executives" prior
to the effective date of the Final Rule, which will be 120 days
after the date of publication in the Federal Register.
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May 1, 2024 | 
arnoldporter.com | Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |Lowell Dashefsky |Teresa Johnson
The federal antitrust authorities — the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) — are both pursuing aggressive enforcement agendas.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
arnoldporter.com | Dipanwita Deb Amar |Tracy A. Belton |Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its final rule (the Final Rule) which generally bans all non-competition clauses with workers (including employees and independent contractors) as unfair methods of competition, with exceptions for bona fide sale of business non-competes and for non-competes entered into with “senior executives” prior to the effective date of the Final Rule, which will be 120 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Michael Bernstein |Debbie Feinstein |Jonathan Gleklen |Matthew Tabas
On July 19, 2023, the Department of Justice (the DOJ) and the
Federal Trade Commission (the FTC, and collectively with the DOJ,
the Agencies) released their long-awaited revised Draft Merger
Guidelines (Draft Guidelines).1 Once finalized,
the Draft Guidelines will replace the Agencies' 2010 Horizontal
Merger Guidelines and their 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines, which
the FTC (but not the DOJ) has already repealed.
