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Emily Blackburn, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP

#348 Why Some Retail Deals Get Deeper Scrutiny? An Examination of Retail Merger Review and Analysis

Posted 12 months ago Tagged acquisition analysis competition consumers divestitures enforcement federal FTC merger merger enforcement merger remedies retail state

In recent years, retail mergers have gotten more attention as consumers have grown more concerned […]

Dr. Gautam Gowrisankaran, Professor of Economics, Columbia University; Senior Advisor; Cornerstone Research

#301 Are Airline Mergers Taking Off? Economic Analyses of the Recent U.S. Passenger Airline Transactions

Posted 2 years ago Tagged acquisition airline analysis approval block carrier competition enforcement federal legal litigation merger passenger regulation state transaction transportation

The U.S. passenger airlines have been active in mergers and acquisitions since last year or […]

What’s on the Radar? Legal and Regulatory Analysis of Airline Mergers in the U.S.

#300 What’s on the Radar? Legal and Regulatory Analysis of Airline Mergers in the U.S.

Posted 2 years ago Tagged acquisition analysis competition DOJ DOT federal litigation market merger passenger airline regulatory state transportation

The U.S. passenger airlines have seen waves of active mergers and acquisitions including in 2009 […]

Draft Merger Guidelines

#233 What Are the Thoughts Behind the Changes? Draft DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines Explained by DOJ DAAGs

Posted 3 years ago Tagged acquisition analysis competition economics enforcement federal law merger policy

On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade […]

Biologically Similar but Competitively Not So? Economic Considerations of IP Litigation Settlements Involving Biosimilars

#172 Biologically Similar but Competitively Not So? Economic Considerations of IP Litigation Settlements Involving Biosimilars

Posted 4 years ago Tagged analysis antitrust biologics biosimilars competition economics generics intellectual property law litigation market payment pharmaceutical settlement

Under the U.S. Supreme Court case FTC v. Actavis (2013), antitrust analysis of “reverse settlements” […]

David Neill, Of Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

#143 Does U.S. Bank Merger Enforcement Need To Be Revitalized? A Conversation With David Neill

Posted 5 years ago Tagged acquisitions agency analysis antitrust bank financial FinTech merger online banking Reform regulation

U.S. bank mergers are on the rise and so are claims that agencies “rubber stamp” […]

Dr. Rosa Abrantes-Metz, the Brattle Group

#88 What’s in a Screen? Using Data as Evidence of Collusion and Manipulation (or lack thereof)

Posted 6 years ago Tagged analysis antitrust cartel collusion compliance data economic manipulation screening

Screening out potential collusion and manipulation is the key to corporations’ antitrust compliance by flagging […]