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2 weeks ago | 
wilmerhale.com | Hartmut Schneider |Leon Greenfield |Alvaro Alonso |Álvaro Alonso |Sarah E. Pugh
The Antitrust team at WilmerHale is excited to continue The Quick Look, a series of 30-minute webinars offering interdisciplinary insights to help clients stay up to speed on key antitrust issues in 2025 and beyond. Our seventh webinar will cover US merger enforcement updates and trends. This program will feature WilmerHale Partners Hartmut Schneider and Lee Greenfield with Counsel Álvaro Mateo Alonso and Sarah Pugh.
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2 months ago | 
concurrences.com | Thomas Mueller |Sarah J Pugh |Leon Greenfield |Hartmut Schneider
WilmerHale (Washington) Counsel Gannam Rifkah is a counsel at Wilmer Hale, based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses on antitrust and competition counseling, investigations and litigation. His experience includes representing a global biopharmaceutical company obtain merger clearance with the FTC, which included the divestiture of certain assets.
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2 months ago | 
concurrences.com | Thomas Mueller |Hartmut Schneider |Leon Greenfield |James Lowe
Thomas Mueller is a partner at WilmerHale, based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. He joined the firm in 1992. Mr. Mueller’s antitrust practice focuses on global cartel enforcement matters, as well as merger and other investigations with transatlantic implications.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Hartmut Schneider |Jennifer Milici |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange |Sarah E. Pugh |Jonathan Wright | +1 more
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many.1 There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantly revise the 2023 Guidelines.
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2 months ago | 
wilmerhale.com | Hartmut Schneider |Jennifer Milici |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange |Sarah E. Pugh |Jonathan Wright | +1 more
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many.1 There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantly revise the 2023 Guidelines.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Leon Greenfield |Hartmut Schneider |Lauren Ige |Sarah E. Pugh
On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)announced adjusted thresholds for merger notifications under theHart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective 30 days after the officialpublication date of the adjusted thresholds in the FederalRegister, the lowest size-of-transaction filing threshold(also known as the “$50 million threshold”) willincrease from the current $119.5 million to $126.4 million.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Arianna Evers |Cormac O'Daly |Hartmut Schneider
On July 23, the European Commission, US Department of Justice, US Federal Trade Commission, and UK Competition and Markets Authority released a joint statement setting out shared principles on competition in markets that deploy generative AI foundation models and other AI products.
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May 2, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Hartmut Schneider |Leon Greenfield |Ariella Feingold |Laura Schneider
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a
highly anticipated vote, passed the Non-Compete Clause Rule, 16 CFR § 910 (the Rule), which purports
to bar all non-competes in the United States, subject to limited
exceptions. Unless enjoined by a court, the Rule is set to become
effective 120 days from publication in the Federal
Register.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
in-gl.de | Hartmut Schneider
Die AfD Rhein-Berg hatte ausgerechnet in den Kulturbahnhof Overath zu einer Veranstaltung zur „Frühsexualisierung” von Kindern eingeladen. Draußen lief eine fröhliche Gegendemonstration, im Saal lauschten knapp 40 Personen den Vorträgen von zwei Frauen und einem Mann der AfD, die bei dem Thema bislang nicht mit Kompetenz aufgefallen waren. Unser Autor Hartmut Schneider nahm es auf sich, das alles anzuhören.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
in-gl.de | Hartmut Schneider
Zu einer Veranstaltung zur „Frühsexualisierung” von Kindern hatte die AfD Rhein-Berg ausgerechnet in den Kulturbahnhof Overath eingeladen. Draußen lief eine fröhliche Gegendemonstration, im Saal lauschten knapp 40 Personen den Vorträgen von zwei AfD-Vertreterinnen und einem AfD-Vertreter, die bei dem Thema zuvor nicht mit Kompetenz aufgefallen waren. Unser Autor Hartmut Schneider hat es auf sich genommen, sich das alles anzuhören.
