On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) hosted a public workshop titled “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care”, which covered the impact of private equity investment on the health care
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Webinar: Navigating Increased Scrutiny for Health Care Deals in 2024
Are you considering a transaction in the healthcare industry? …
China Raises Turnover Threshold for Anti-Monopoly Filing in M&A Deals
On January 26, 2024, the State Council of China published the “Regulations of the Filing Threshold for Operators’ Concentration (2024 Revision)” (the “New Filing Threshold”), which took effect on the same day. This amendment to the filing thresholds for operators’…
Aggressive Procurement Collusion Enforcement Risk Remains High for 2024
In 2019, the Department of Justice created the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF or Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort to combat antitrust crimes and related fraudulent schemes that impact government procurement, grant, and program funding at all levels…
Protective Packaging: The EU’s Economic Security Package Changes the Landscape in Global Technology Controls
The EU plans to step up controls on its home-grown technology. That is the short version.…
The EU Commission Gets Serious About Foreign Direct Investment Screening
As part of its European Economic Security Package, the European Commission (‘Commission’) has recently proposed a number of legislative proposals and White Papers intended to better protect Europe’s strategic interests. We have covered the wider initiative here.…
Higher Jurisdictional and Filing Fees Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced
1. Higher Jurisdictional Thresholds For HSR Filings
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised, higher thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The jurisdictional thresholds are revised annually, based on…
The Wait is Over: DOJ and FTC Issue Final Merger Guidelines
On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) jointly issued Final Merger Guidelines, following a public comment period on the Proposed Merger Guidelines first issued in July. The Final Merger Guidelines update and…
FTC, DOJ, and HHS Announce Interagency Initiatives to Promote Healthcare Competition
Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release highlighting recent and forthcoming actions by the FTC, Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which they say will further promote competition, thereby…
AI Enforcement Update: FTC Authorizes Compulsory Process for AI Investigations
On November 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) announced its approval of an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process for nonpublic investigations concerning products or services that use artificial intelligence (“AI”). Compulsory process refers to information…