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  The Biden Administration is expected to continue to pursue aggressive merger enforcement in 2024 despite experiencing mixed success in court in 2023. Revised Merger Guidelines issued in December reflect continued...

Federal Antitrust Agencies Soften Their New Guidelines At The Margins But Largely Maintain An Aggressive Approach To Merger Review The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have released their...

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed changes to the premerger notification form, instructions, and rules promulgated pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the “HSR Act”). If...

On March 29, 2023, Rule Garza Howley LLP’s Vice Chair Deborah Garza participated in a panel during the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting entitled “Has Antitrust’s Legislative Moment Already Passed?”...

DOJ Withdraws Three Antitrust Healthcare Enforcement Statements in Place Since the 1990s, Eliminating Collaboration Safe Harbors and Raising Doubt as to DOJ’s Policy with Respect to Information Sharing and Joint Purchasing...

FTC Issues a Proposed Rule Banning Employer-Worker Non-Compete Clauses Last week, the FTC proposed a rule that would ban non-compete agreements between employers and workers as an unfair method of competition, violative of...

Antitrust M&A Outlook for 2023 The Biden Administration delivered on its promise of aggressive merger enforcement in 2022 despite its initially poor record in court. The Federal Trade Commission was most active,...

On January 5, the FTC proposed a rule that would ban non-compete agreements between employers and workers as an unfair method of competition, violative of Section 5 of the FTC Act – a move foreshadowed by FTC Chair Lina...

Congress approved the FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, and President Biden is expected to sign it into law. The bill includes changes to fees required to be paid with pre-merger notifications to the Federal Trade...

The Biden administration has made aggressive antitrust enforcement a priority. However, the courts have handed the Division a series of defeats in recently litigated merger challenges. Rule Garza Howley Chair Rick Rule speaks...