Antitrust & Competition

The 2010 DOJ and FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Increasing Realism While Reducing Predictability

Shearman & Sterling
August 31, 2010

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United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Kaye Scholer
August 30, 2010

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Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines Released August 19, 2010

Locke Lord
August 31, 2010

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Fourth DOJ–USDA Workshop Focuses on Livestock Industry, Producer Concerns

Faegre & Benson
August 31, 2010

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US antitrust authorities release new Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
August 27, 2010

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A Gathering Storm? Antitrust Enforcement in the Agricultural Sector    

Vinson & Elkins
August 26, 2010

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U.S. Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Merger Guidelines

Paul Weiss
August 26, 2010

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U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Updates to Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Morgan Lewis
August 26, 2010

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The Leegin Saga Concludes in the Fifth Circuit: Resale Price Maintenance Claims Are Dismissed

Fulbright & Jaworski
August 26, 2010

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Court Orders the FTC to Provide Discovery About Its Motivations for Subpoena Issuance

Vinson & Elkins
August 25, 2010

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FTC Updates Congress on Oil and Gas Sector Investigations 

Fulbright & Jaworski
August 25, 2010

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Leegin on Remand: Retailer Fails to Sell Vertical Price Fixing Allegation

Mintz Levin
August 24, 2010

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Strict Liability For Below-Cost Pricing In Calif.? [Bay Guardian Co. v. New Times Media LLC]

Arnold & Porter
From Law360
August 20, 2010

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DOJ and FTC Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Simpson Thacher
August 24, 2010

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U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Gibson Dunn
August 24, 2010

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Competitive Hyperbole Leads to Treble Damages? Bay Guardian Decision Lowers the Bar for Below-Cost Pricing in California

Bingham
August 24, 2010

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Public Disclosures of Future Business Plans – Potential Antitrust Risk [In Re Delta/AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation]

Bass Berry Sims
August 24, 2010

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U.S. Antitrust Agencies Issue New Merger Guidelines 

Davis Polk
August 24, 2010

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Indirect Purchaser Class Action Update: California Supreme Court Limits Applicability of the “Passing On” Defense 

Vinson & Elkins
August 20, 2010

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U.S. Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines

O'Melveny & Myers
August 20, 2010

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FTC and DOJ Issue Final Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines

McDermott Will & Emery
August 20, 2010

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Eighth Circuit Issues Decision on Bundling and Exclusive Dealing [Southeast Missouri Hospital v. C.R. Bard, Inc.]

Faegre & Benson
August 20, 2010

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DOJ and FTC Issue New Guidelines for Review of Mergers and Acquisitions

Ballard Spahr
August 20, 2010

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U.S. Federal Trade Commission Proposes Significant Changes to HSR Filing Form Requirements and Instructions

Gibson Dunn
August 19, 2010

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US Federal Trade Commission Proposes Sweeping Revisions to HSR Form

Mayer Brown
August 18, 2010

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FTC & DOJ: Rules & Regulations
FTC Modifies HSR Notification Form
DOJ & FTC Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines
FTC's HSR Thresholds & Penalties
Antitrust (FTC/DOJ): Changes at the Top
Strategy, Structures & Tax
The Crisis, Hostile Bidders & Takeover Defenses
FASB & Accounting for Loss Contingencies
FTC & DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Actions
U-Haul Settles FTC's Collusion Charges
Hedge Funds Raise Antitrust Concerns With Euro Strategy
KeySpan & Antitrust Disgorgement Remedy  
DOJ Settles HSR "Gun Jumping" Action Against Smithfield Foods/Premium Standard Farms
FTC Charges Intel With Anticompetitive Conduct 
DoJ's Leniency for Antitrust Cooperation Program
AAG Varney Promises To "Step Forward" & Be "Aggressive"
John Malone's Big HSR Penalty 
FTC v CCC Holdings: FTC Wins Rare Merger Preliminary Injunction
FTC Settles with Trade Association NAMM
FTC Challenges Solvay's AndroGel Settlements

Autozone & HSR Compliance

Pharma Reverse Payment Settlements

FTC, Ovation Pharmaceuticals & NeoProfen

Microsemi: Completed, Sub-HSR Threshold Acquisition Challenged by DOJ
Filip Guidelines & Attorney-Client Privilege 
M&A Litigation
Blackstone v ADS: You Get What You Bargain For
Omnicare & Gun-Jumping

Selectica & the Poison Pill
Hexion v Huntsman: Material Adverse Effect

Loral & Interested Party Transactions
Glazer: Liability for Reps & Warranties in Merger Agreement; "Collective Scienter"
Antitrust Litigation
Clayworth v. Pfizer: California Court Rejects "Pass On" Antitrust Defense
American Needle: "Single Entity" NFL Subject to Antitrust Scrutiny
linkLine & 21st Century Application of the "Price Squeeze" Theory
Hydrogen Peroxide: Class Certification & Antitrust
Pressure Mounts on Leegin & Resale Price Agreements  
International
AstraZeneca v. Commission & Abuse of Dominant Position
New EU Insurance Block Exemption
Reading Tea Leaves: Early Judicial Decisions (Baidu, China Mobile, Shanda) Under Chinese AML
EU's New Distribution & Supply Rules (VBER)  
EC Fines Intel for Article 82 Abuse of Dominance 
ECJ Confirms Presumption of Parent Company Liability in AKZO
GlaxoSmithKline & Parallel Trade  
ECJ on Antitrust & Information Exchanges  
Japan Amends Anti-Monopoly Act 
Electrabel: Record EC Fine For Late Merger Notification

MOFCOM Guidance on Merger Notification
MOFCOM's Conditional Approval of Panasonic/Sanyo

China's MOFCOM & InBev/Anheuser Busch Merger
Coca-Cola/Huiyuan Merger Canned Under Chinese AML
AMC/MOFCOM's "Relevant Market" Definition
MOFCOM's January 2009 AML Consultation Drafts
MOFCOM's Conditional Clearance of Mitsubishi Rayon/Lucite Transaction
EU's Pharmaceutical Industry Inquiry
European Commission's Art. 82 & Abuse of Dominance