On July 26th, Rule Garza Howley Founding Partner and Vice-Chair Deborah Garza will participate in a panel at The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy discussing the highly-anticipated draft Merger Guidelines,...
FTC and DOJ Issue Proposed Rulemaking Revising the HSR Form – Propose Sweeping Changes and Increased Disclosures
July 4, 2023
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...
Rule Garza Howley Continues Growth With Hiring of Emily Renzelli, Taylor Alexander, and Richard Lim
June 15, 2023
Rule Garza Howley Continues Growth With Hiring of Emily Renzelli, Taylor Alexander, and Richard Lim WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2023 — Antitrust boutique law firm Rule Garza Howley LLP is expanding with the addition of three...
Rule Garza Howley Vice Chair Deb Garza Discusses the Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act
April 14, 2023
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 Whitney Williams, Erica Baum and Chantale Lamitte
March 21, 2023
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 Antitrust Safe Harbors
February 6, 2023
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
January 15, 2023
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...