John M. Taladay

Jul 4, 2023 | mondaq.com | John M. Taladay |Maureen K. Ohlhausen |Paul Cuomo

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced Tuesday a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") that, if implemented, would dramatically increase the burden on parties required to submit pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the "HSR Act"). Such filings are required for merger and acquisition transactions valued above $111.4 million.

Apr 12, 2023 | bakerbotts.com | John M. Taladay

At its core, the essential facilities doctrine (“EFD”) invariably involves property rights. The idea is that a party that indisputably owns rights to certain property must provide access to that property to another party (that otherwise has no rights to that property and presumably has made no investment in that property) in order to facilitate competition by the other party. But, because we tend to hold the idea of property rights in high regard as a law-abiding society, a doctrine forcing ...

Apr 12, 2023 | competitionpolicyinternational.com | John M. Taladay

At its core, the essential facilities doctrine (“EFD”) invariably involves property rights. The idea is that a party that indisputably owns rights to certain property must provide access to that property to another party (that otherwise has no rights to that property and presumably has made no investment in that property) in order to facilitate competition by the other party.

Apr 12, 2023 | pymnts.com | John M. Taladay

At its core, the essential facilities doctrine (“EFD”) invariably involves property rights. The idea is that a party that indisputably owns rights to certain property must provide access to that property to another party (that otherwise has no rights to that property and presumably has made no investment in that property) in order to facilitate competition by the other party. But, because we tend to hold the idea of property rights in high regard as a law-abiding society, a doctrine forcing ...