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Following a public comment period, the FTC approved a final order settling allegations that Global Partners LP’s acquisition of 27 retail gasoline…

This week, the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section kicked off its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, which features updates from the antitrust enforcers and...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division) announced several significant updates to its Leniency Policy on April 4, 2022. Under that policy, the first...

Jurors learned that Kent Thiry, the former leader of DaVita, Inc., was the person who devised the unusual — and illegal, prosecutors say — requirement that DaVitas senior employees tell

The changes serve as yet another signal of the DOJ's heightened focus on accountability for corporate criminal misconduct.

Department of Justice DOJ has been working on anti-competitive labor violations. To date, DOJ brought actions against employers across industries relating to wage-fixing and no-poach agreements. Cases taking hold and potentially even heading toward trial.

In a letter obtained by American Banker, the Senate Banking Committee chair called on the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to reform their bank merger review processes.

Antitrust is a long-time risk area for compliance teams to manage, but its longevity does not mean it is not evolving. New issues arise as times and Administrations in Washington...

FTC emphasized that the prevailing view under Democratic leadership at the antitrust agencies is that mergers provide no value and only carry costs. DOJ officials said companies should expect an increase in antitrust litigation on both civil and criminal matters.

Since the implementation in 1978 of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act), which requires the prior notification of most transactions above a certain size (currently $101 million)...