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Antitrust Enforcement
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Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations
By Debra H. Dermody, P. Gavin Eastgate, Michelle A. Mantine
On March 31, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint proposed Statement of Enforcement Policy to explain how the agencies intend to enforce…
Healthcare Law Blog
Antitrust Enforcers to Help Doctors and Hospitals with Transition under New Health Care Law, but Does Congress Want More?
By Sheppard Mullin, Ethan Stanislawski
By Jennifer M. Driscoll-Chippendale On December 1, 2010, representatives from both the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “Division”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) testified about the issue…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
UK Government Proposes Merger of Competition Authorities
By Eric B. Miller, Marjorie Holmes
This post was also written by Richard J. Waite and Susan Riitala. The UK Government recently announced proposals to merge the UK’s two main competition bodies, the Office of Fair Trading…
InsureReinsure
UK: Government Announces Plans to Change Institutional Framework for the Enforcement of Competition (Antitrust) and Consumer Protection Law
On 14 October 2010 the UK Government announced its intention to change the institutional framework for enforcement of competition (antitrust) and consumer protection law in the UK. At present, the…
The Contingency
Antitrust Agencies Issue New Merger Guidelines
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued new merger guidelines today. If we can take the things that antitrust enforcers have…
Class Action Countermeasures
Grand Strategy and Class Actions
By The Editors
What is grand strategy? It's a term that's usually thrown around in military, security, and foreign policy circles. As the military historian Liddell Hart defined it in his classic book…
Washington Energy Report
KeySpan To Pay $12 Million to Settle Antitrust Case With DOJ
In a rare move, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has taken antitrust enforcement action against a participant in a regional market overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
Washington Energy Report
DOJ Settlement with Keyspan Illustrates How Antitrust Enforcement May Supplement FERC Market Manipulation Authority
In a rare move, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken antitrust enforcement action against a participant in a regional market overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
The Contingency
WSJ on Antitrust
Blawgletter's favorite source of business news -- The Wall Street Journal -- today presents a longish item on antitrust enforcement -- "U.S. Trustbusters Try to Reclaim Decades of Lost Ground". The…
The Contingency
Do Merger Guidelines Matter in Monopolization Cases?
The head of the DOJ's Antitrust Division, Christine Varney, has done a lot to change the Division's orientation on enforcement of Sherman Act section 2, which makes monopolization and attempts…