DOJ – Our Curious Amalgam

Adam Di Vincenzo, Partner, Milbank LLP

#352 Is There a New Playbook for Merger Remedies? Evaluating the Current Stance of the U.S. Agencies

Posted 11 months ago Tagged competition divestitures DOJ enforcement federal FTC merger merger enforcement merger remedies

Antitrust enforcers have grown increasingly skeptical of merger remedies over time, but their approach varies […]

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 […]

Daniel J. Rosenthal, Special Counsel, Milbank LLP

#297 HSR You Kidding Me? Unpacking the New Requirements for Merging Parties in the U.S.

Posted 2 years ago Tagged acquisitions DOJ FTC HSR filings mergers premerger notification

Over a year after the FTC and DOJ first announced changes to the premerger notification […]

Stephen Calkins, Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School

#269 What’s New in Antitrust and Tech? Unpacking United States v. Apple

Posted 3 years ago Tagged anticompetitive antitrust closed ecosystem DOJ interoperability lock in monopolization Stephen Calkins

On March 21, 2024, the United States Department of Justice and sixteen Attorneys General sued […]

Leslie Overton, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider

#216 Has the Risk of Information Exchanges Shifted? DOJ’s Withdrawal of Healthcare Policy Statements.

Posted 4 years ago Tagged counseling DOJ information exchanges

For 30 years, companies in healthcare and other industries have relied on agency guidance immunizing […]

David Lawrence, Policy Director, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

#181 Are We Understanding the Changes? Evaluating the Antitrust Assumptions

Posted 4 years ago Tagged Aspen skiing coordinated effects digital networks DOJ enforcement labor market monopolies Neo-Brandeisian platforms Trinko

The bases for the enhanced antitrust enforcement programs at the Antitrust Division have been discussed […]

Tiffany Rider, Partner, Axinn and James Hunsberger, Counsel, Axinn

#170 True Crime? An Investigation Into DOJ’s Recent Policy Change on Criminal Monopolization Prosecutions

Posted 4 years ago Tagged criminal enforcement DOJ monopolization Sherman Act Section 2

In March 2022, the U.S. DOJ made headlines with the announcement it is considering bringing […]

What's Next for Antitrust Enforcement? The Antitrust Section Presidential Transition Report.

#103 What’s Next for Antitrust Enforcement? The Antitrust Section Presidential Transition Report

Posted 6 years ago Tagged antitrust consumer protection DOJ FTC policy

The ABA Antitrust Law Section issues a Presidential Transition Report each time a new administration […]

Jon B. Jacobs, Partner, Perkins Coie

#97 What Happens to a Prosecution Deferred? DOJ’s Approach to Criminal Investigations

Posted 6 years ago Tagged antitrust competition compliance criminal DOJ leniency prosecution

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division enjoys many tools to hone its criminal investigations, including […]

Mark Tobey, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell

#78 What Seeds Need to Be Sown? The Role of Antitrust in Agriculture

Posted 6 years ago Tagged agriculture agtech antitrust Big Data competition DOJ information-sharing merger policy mergers monopsony seeds

Agriculture sits at the center of the U.S. economy and has witnessed increased consolidation in […]