Antitrust & Competition

Antitrust & Competition

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued guidance explaining how parties to a merger or acquisition can reduce antitrust risk when exchanging competitively sensitive information prior to closing.1 The exchange of competitively sensitive information can violate both the Hart...

Antitrust & Competition

Kathryn M. Fenton, Michael A. Gleason, J. Bruce McDonald, Julie E. McEvoy | Jones Day

The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division last year warned that changes to DOJ consent decrees were forthcoming. Since then, DOJ has adopted new terms in recent consent decrees that enhance the DOJ’s ability to enforce its settlements.

The new DOJ consent decree terms, to be included...

Antitrust & Competition

Jamillia Ferris | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR)

A year into President Donald J. Trump’s term, the administration’s antitrust enforcement agenda has begun to take shape, with some moves that suggest more aggressive enforcement than is typically expected in a Republican administration. At the same time, Congressional Democrats have...