9/29/2021 10:19:40 PM FTC reevaluates merger filing rules By Michelle Mantine Courtney Averbach The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has issued new guidance relating to the merger filing process. Effective...
4/29/2021 8:59:18 PM Supreme Court decision weakens FTC’s enforcement authority By Edward Schwartz Gerard Stegmaier John Feldman Courtney E. Fisher Danielle Stewart +2 more... Show less On April 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not permit the...
12/24/2020 3:12:46 PM McCarran-Ferguson Act repeal heads to the president as part of the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act By William Sheridan Gregory Vose On December 22, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (CHIRA), previously passed by the...
10/9/2020 6:47:24 PM Third Circuit rejects courts’ authority to award monetary relief under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act By Courtney Averbach Keely Dulaney Michelle Mantine On September 30, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a historic district court award ordering...
6/15/2020 4:55:55 PM COVID-19 puts predatory acquisitions in the antitrust crosshairs of U.S. government By William Sheridan Gregory Vose As businesses continue to deal with the repercussions of extended lockdowns, the U.S. government is on the lookout for enterprises that...
4/1/2020 2:30:05 PM How are competition law authorities responding to the unfolding COVID-19 crisis? By Marjorie Holmes Marc Lévy Natasha Tardif Vaibhav Adlakha Courtney Averbach Lucile Chneiweiss Corinna Kammerer Emma Weeden Saint Martin +6 more... Show less With COVID-19 sweeping across the globe, competition law authorities and legislative bodies across the world are having to act quickly...
3/26/2020 9:57:35 PM 1-800 Contacts Sets Sights on Reversal of Judgement in Anticompetitive Advertising Case By John Feldman Andrew Bernasconi On March 5, 2020, contact lens distributor 1-800 Contacts presented arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
11/15/2019 8:38:14 PM FTC orders unwinding of consummated, non-reportable merger of microprocessor-equipped prosthetic knee companies By Michelle Mantine Christopher Brennan Courtney Averbach Gregory Vose +1 more... Show less On November 1, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) upheld the decision of an administrative law judge (ALJ), finding that the...