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Davis Polk Discusses Robust Antitrust Agenda of DOJ and FTC

Reynolds Holding

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan echoed AAG Kanter’s concerns, emphasizing that the FTC plans to increasingly reject settlements. In her remarks, Chair Khan also made clear that the FTC plans to use its congressionally provided “toolkit” to the fullest to stop anticompetitive conduct.

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Mergers & Acquisitions Update: A Closer Look at the Impact of the FTC and DOJ’s Proposed HSR Act Filing Reform on Private Equity Firms

Shephard Mullin M&A

While these topics have always been within the purview of the Agencies to investigate, requiring expanded categories of disclosures in the Form increases the potential for substantive inquiry and potential delays for PE firms and other investors required to file a premerger notification under the HSR Act.

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Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses ESG and Antitrust

Reynolds Holding

Senate subcommittee hearing on antitrust enforcement, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”) both confirmed that there is no ESG exception to the antitrust laws. antitrust agencies.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan Speaks on Data Security Rulemaking

Reynolds Holding

5 Remarks of Chair Lina M. Khan, IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022 (Apr. 11, 2022), [link] events/news/speeches/remarks-chair-lina-m-khan-prepared-delivery-iapp-global-privacy-summit-2022. Joint Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Napleton Automotive Group (Mar.

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Skadden Discusses Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement and Novel Theories

Reynolds Holding

Between these expressions of antitrust policy’s infiltration beyond academia, the Spring Meeting provided agency status updates, platforms to debate the Merger Guidelines, and opportunities to address the most pressing topics in antitrust law today.

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