Tag: HSR
AMID Regulatory Headaches for M&A – Understanding the Current Enforcement Landscape...
Mergers and acquisitions are facing dual changing regulatory landscapes with respect to antitrust review and enforcement, and foreign investment into U.S. businesses under CFIUS. Both...
FTC, Under Pressure from “Tidal Wave” of HSR Filings, To Begin...
By: Leo Caseria, John Carroll & Malika Levarlet (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Law Blog)
Many have been wondering when FTC and DOJ will resume granting early termination of the...
A Proposal to Invigorate Ex Post Merger Policy
By Menesh S. Patel1
Introduction
Consider a hypothetical merger subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino. Suppose that the merger receives a second request, but the reviewing agency ultimately determines...
US: FTC fines Madison Square Garden owner
James Dolan, the owner of the Knicks and CEO of the Madison Square Garden Company, violated federal law when he failed to tell government...
US: US$216m SteadyMed acquisition cleared
United Therapeutics Corporation and SteadyMed announced on Friday, July 20, the termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act relating to United...
US: LyondellBasell cleared by FTC to buy A. Schulman
LyondellBasell announced on Thursday, March 22, that the Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act (HSR...
Lessons From United States v. Bazaarvoice
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Matthew Joseph, Barry Nigro, Mar 13, 2014
Two days after Bazaarvoice acquired its rival,...
Allocating Antitrust Risk in M&A Agreements
Wayne Dale Collins, Lisl Dunlop, Apr 29, 2013
The allocation of antitrust risk has become an important feature of modern M&A agreements. In many strategic...
Achieving the Most Effective Outside Counsel and Client Relationship for Both...
Michael McFalls, Apr 29, 2013
Transactional work can provide outside antitrust counsel immense opportunities to create, cement, and expand relationships with in-house counsel. For IP-intensive...
Getting The Tough Deal Done: The Roles of The General Counsel...
Aimee DeFilippo, Craig Waldman, Apr 29, 2013
The merger approval process can be a challenging experience, especially in tough deals that prompt extended antitrust investigations....
