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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?”...

Antitrust Boutique Responds to Increasing Antitrust Demand Rule Garza Howley LLP is expanding with the addition of associate Benjamin Bergmann. This new hire is part of a strategic growth plan to meet increased demand for...

Rule Garza Howley Continues Expansion With Hiring of Three Additional Attorneys WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2023 — On the one-year anniversary of its launch, antitrust boutique law firm Rule Garza Howley LLP is announcing...

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...

On December 8, 2022, Rule Garza Howley LLP Chair Rick Rule will moderate a discussion with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter.  The luncheon discussion will be hosted by The Federalist Society. As The Federalist...