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Published November 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Candidate Barack Obama talked plenty during last year's presidential campaign about the need for more aggressive antitrust merger reviews. Have the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice delivered? We put the question to Jeffrey Schmidt, a partner in the New York office of Linklaters and a former director of the Federal Trade Commission's bureau of competition under President George W. Bush. Schmidt, who will be discussing the antitrust environment at The Deal Economy 2010 conference Nov. 18 and 19, says while there haven't been many high-profile challenges, you can be sure the agencies are scrutinizing proposed acquisitions more closely than they have in years. See the video below or
download it at iTunes. - Suzanne Stevens
Thompson Hine LLP tapped William Schrag and Peter Gennuso for its business restructuring, creditors' rights and bankruptcy and corporate transactions and securities practices, respectively. For other updates launch today's Movers & shakers slideshow.
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