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Entries tagged "antitrust"

Last hurrah

Neelie Kroes will not go gently into the night as she aggressively clears the decks as EC competition commissioner only two months before the end of her term.


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.


Cable unlimited

Writing with biting sarcasm, federal appeals judges last month struck down federal limits on how many subscribers one cable operator can serve. The FCC had capped the limit at 30%.


Scenes from the slowdown

M&A activity may have stalled during the first half of the year, but deal lawyers still had plenty to talk about.


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.


Good times

Strategic buyers looking to capitalize in the downturn should be well aware of antitrust issues they may face.


Antitrust 2.0

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


The return of 'big is bad'

The authors take Christine Varney to task for rejecting a report on monopolization law.


Antitrust's next frontier?

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


Antitrust international

Dawn of a new era: global cartel enforcement.


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.


Queen of competition

If confirmed as assistant attorney general, Christine Varney will need to resuscitate a demoralized antitrust unit.


A new direction?

President Obama's Department of Justice antitrust pick may signal a wave of change in merger enforcement.


Two-track minds

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


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.


In whom we antitrust

In a down economy, companies should prepare to defend against more antitrust litigation.


Part 3, the next chapter

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


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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