Topic
Interlocking Directorates
24 published works
Triage Health Law
FTC Enforcement of Interlocking Directorates: What Health Care Entities Should Know
By Christopher Gordon, Daniel Berick
For many health care organizations, including hospital systems, physician groups, and private equity–backed health care platforms, board and governance structures have grown increasingly complex as the industry consolidates and integrates…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Interlocking Directorates, Competition, and Innovation
Given their importance to corporate governance and often impressive credentials and experience, , many directors are “busy,” meaning they hold concurrent board appointments across multiple firms. These so-called “interlocks” between…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced
By Leo Caseria, Malika Levarlet, Jared Nagley, Bevin Newman
1. Higher Jurisdictional Thresholds For HSR Filings On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced[1] revised, higher thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The…
Healthcare Law Blog
Higher Jurisdictional and Filing Fees Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced
By Leo Caseria, Malika Levarlet, Bevin Newman
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…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Davis Polk Discusses FTC Challenge to Director Interlock at Non-Corporate Entity
By Cody Donald, Ronan P. Harty, Nathan Kiratzis, Howard Shelanski, Jesse Solomon
On August 16, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had simultaneously sued and approved a settlement (a consent order) related to the proposed acquisition of EQT…
Antitrust Law Blog
Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Continue to Target Interlocking Directorate Arrangements
On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) marked its first enforcement action of the prohibitions on interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act in over…
Blog of Reason
The FTC has Recently Substantially Elevated its Focus upon Both Private Equity and Interlocking Directorates
By Benjamin H. Diessel, Robert Langer, Adam Silverman
On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled, via a proposed consent order, a pending antitrust investigation into a proposed acquisition in which a private…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Hot Antitrust Enforcement Climate Reaches Private Equity
By Ann O'Brien, Lindsey Collins
Antitrust enforcement has been heating up over the last few years in several areas – notably in healthcare and labor.[1] As the antitrust climate intensifies and spreads, private equity (PE)…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Do Board Connections Between Product Market Peers Impede Competition?
By Renping Li, Alminas Zaldokas
If you have a pet, you may wonder why pet-food prices have increased so much recently, 15.1 percent year-over-year in January 2023, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.1…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Skadden Discusses DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Against Interlocking Directorates
By Maria Raptis and David P. Wales
In April 2022, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) previewed the DOJ’s intent to more aggressively enforce the prohibition on interlocking directorates under…