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Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

Beneath the veneer of Wall Streeters beats the same heart, stirred by the same determinants of behavior.


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Of politics and pay

How to fix executive compensation rules without breaking the companies.


Industry Insight

Before the honeymoon ends

Thinking differently about conflict resolution.


Judgment Call

The price of R&D

FAS 141(R): A new source of shareholder litigation against innovation-driven companies?



Entries tagged "FTC"

A new map?

The DOJ and FTC consider revised deal guidelines.


Hit the books

A merger divestiture study would give antitrust agencies data to assess the value of requiring asset sales.


An undiscovered country

Jonathan Leibowitz's call to expand a rarely used provision of the FTC Act sparks alarm among business leaders.


One annoying sweetheart

The FTC tries finally to end Generics' pay-for-delay Deals with branded pharma. But will it survive the healthcare reform?


The 'pay for delay' debate

FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz has urged Congress to pass controversial legislation amending the antitrust laws to prohibit 'reverse payment' or 'pay for delay' patent settlements between branded and generic pharma companies.


All in the family

The Obama administration's problem is how to make merger investigations more uniform within the FTC and the DOJ.


Antitrust 2.0

The return of tech dealmaking brings with it a revived threat of scrutiny.


Antitrust's next frontier?

The DOJ's new competition chief, Christine Varney, considers a stronger antitrust role in the financial sector.


Network buys

As digital advertising rapidly evolves, a surge of dealmaking and consolidation begins, but like everything else in advertising, it's a little unclear what it all means.


New faces, new direction

Antitrust mavens expect a more aggressive stance from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.


Time to think

The deal slowdown offers antitrust regulators an opportunity to rework merger guidelines.


An innovative end run

In D.C.'s suburbs, the FTC wins a skirmish for hospital competition but a bigger battle may be lost.


Two-track minds

With the Whole Foods challenge, the FTC has aroused the anger of opponents of in-house trials.


Movers & shakers: Jan. 8, 2009

Following Robert McCann's surprising departure, Bank of America Corp.'s newly acquired Merrill Lynch & Co. named Daniel Sontag as head of its wealth management group....


In Obama we antitrust

An examination of merger clearance under the new administration.


Obama's antitrust revival

The recession and struggling companies may hamstring the president-elect's ability to say no to mergers.


Quality judgments

Assessments of hospital care improvements are increasingly critical in merger assessments and for healthcare reform.


Part 3, the next chapter

The FTC's campaign to resurrect in-house merger litigation revives a debate over fairness.


Economist in chief

The new president and his economic team face daunting issues that leave no time for dallying. Here are some clues for what to expect in the early days of the Barack Obama administration.


The thrill of speed

Emboldened by a fast-track win, the FTC readies a spate of merger challenges.


Recovery room

Here's a look at the evolution of the FTC's regulatory strategy in hospital mergers.


About Schmidt

The FTC's former competition chief Jeffrey Schmidt moves to Linklaters and New York.


This summer's potboiler

Strong words from a split appeals court give the FTC and Whole Foods plenty of reason to settle before things go too far.


Movers & shakers: Aug. 8, 2008

Linklaters LLP announced that Jeffrey Schmidt, director of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission, will join the firm's New York office as...


Reconcilable differences

The breakup of a hospital takeover shines a light on the controversial twists of the FTC merger review process.



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