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On February 18, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced the agency's commitment to the Biden-era Merger...
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In its annual review 2024 published on 19 December 2024, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) showcases highlights of its enforcement...
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On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fired a warning shot to merging companies, sharply reminding parties of their...
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Key takeaways Outgoing head of DOJ Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter asserted health care consolidation has failed to deliver on...
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Acquisitions and mergers can impose significant stresses on both buyer and seller. Starting January 2025, the new HSR rules will impose...
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On Friday, October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave notice that it would appeal Texas federal judge Ada Brown's decision...
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Members of Reed Smith’s Antitrust & Competition Team and Life Sciences Health Industry Group have been closely tracking developments in...
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Pennsylvania joins a growing number of states with legislators seeking to enact premerger notification laws modeled after the federal...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ and, together with the FTC, the agencies)...
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The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) is a complex regulatory tool, but businesses can reduce its impact on their plans by preparing a...
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Under all three of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) tools, which were analysed in our previous post, the European Commission (EC)...
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As explained in our previous post, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) contains two notification tools which are activated in the case...
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The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) includes three different triggers to tackle foreign subsidies: the carrying out of an M&A deal to...
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The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) is a tool nominally designed to assess and counter foreign subsidies that are likely to produce...
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The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered fully in force on 12 October 2023 bringing with it onerous obligations for multinational...
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As early iterations of AI-powered tools enter the workplace, only time will tell how these technologies reshape business operations and...