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Merger Control
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China Law Vision
<strong>AnJie Broad Antitrust Practice in 2022: Year in Review </strong><strong></strong>
Welcome to Our Yearend Antitrust Practice Review Standing at the beginning point of the new year, we take the opportunity to deliberate and reflect on the last twelve months. 2022…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Commission Publishes Q&A On The Implementation Of Its Guidance For The Application Of Article 22 EUMR Referral
On December 12, 2022, the Commission published Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (“Q&A”)[1] on the application of Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”). While this represents a step…
Allens Insights
Vietnam merger control guide 2022
By Allens
Updates to the regime 5 min read Vietnam’s updated merger control regime took effect from 15 May 2020. The regime substantially expands the scope of transactions subject to the merger…
Antitrust & Competition Blog
DOJ Blocks the Penguin/Simon & Schuster Deal: A Signature Antitrust Win for the Biden Administration
By Michael Weiner, John Kavanagh, Damon Kalt, Lee Berger, Travis West
On October 31, 2022, Judge Florence Pan, now on the D.C. Circuit but sitting by designation in the District Court of the District of Columbia, delivered a “treat” to the…
Allens Insights
Troubled waters for Ports deal signals increased ACCC
By Allens
ACCC sets sights on specific transactions 10 min read It seems there are stormy seas ahead for common ownership issues in Australia, as the ACCC has indicated an increased willingness…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Advocate General Sides with Commission in its Appeal of General Court’s Overturning of Three/O2 Prohibition
Non-binding opinion finds that General Court erred in applying heightened standard of proof to cases involving unilateral effects in oligopolistic markets. The Case and the Opinion On October 20, Advocate…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
CK Telecoms: Advocate General Kokott’s (Re)-Balancing Of Probabilities Test
On October 20, 2022, Advocate General Kokott issued her opinion on the Commission’s appeal of the General Court’s landmark May 2020 judgment overturning the Commission’s prohibition of the Three/O2 UK…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Towercast: Advocate General Kokott Proposes To Add Article 102 TFEU To the Transactional Toolbox
On October 13, 2022, Advocate General Kokott delivered her opinion on a preliminary reference from the Paris Court of Appeal in the Towercast case, stating that transactions that escape EU…
Covington Competition
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Antitrust Legislative Package
By Nicholas Xenakis, Ryan Quillian
On September 29, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of three antitrust bills (H.R. 3843) by a vote of 242-184. The package includes: (1) the Merger Filing…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
Three Strikes But Not Out: Antitrust Enforcers Swing and Miss in Recent Merger Challenges: Illumina/Grail; UnitedHealth/Change Highlights; and U.S. Sugar Corp/Imperial Sugar
By Bona Law PC
Authors: Steven Cernak and Luis Blanquez Hard times for the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”). In the last few weeks, the Biden Administration has suffered three…