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In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the  Department of Justice (DOJ) regulate antitrust and trade-regulations laws. From guaranteeing market monopolization doesn’t polarize the market, to regulating ‘no-poach’ antitrust agreements between employers, there are many regulations that govern this area of law. The National Law Review covers cases and news from the United States and internationally.

Joint ventures, structural issues, mergers, comparative advertising, price-fixing schemes, discrimination, and distribution constraints are among the different types of news readers will find on The National Law Review. The Antitrust Division of the DOJ highly regulates insider trading, company-organizational schemes, and monopolization by major companies, to regulate a fair and balanced industry for all companies in a given industry.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) regulates international antitrust laws, alongside other international government agencies. Illegal market trades, global competition law, international trade agreements, The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), are all governed by the US and international government agencies, to guarantee fair dealings internationally. The National Law Review has regular updates on NAFTA negotiations as wells as news regarding the TPP and the United States' role in the treaty.

The Committee of Foreign Investments in the United States is also in charge of the regulation of antitrust agreements and mergers and acquisition deals between US and international businesses. The CFIUS governs investments between two American companies, as well as US-based and international companies who contract in a purchase-sale agreement to determine fairness, and proper balance in negotiations between companies on the international level.

Due to the different laws in the US and around the world, there are many government bodies that regulate and govern the antitrust and trade regulation industry. Not only to maintain a fair balance between trade partners, but also to ensure market monopolization does not occur, allowing major corporations to eliminate smaller, local, and international competitors in their niche. The National Law Review keeps readers up to date with expert legal analysis on these issues.

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Recent Antitrust, Mergers, FTC & Unfair Competition News

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2022
Deferral Agreements – Considerations for Extending Relief to Troubled Franchisees Stark & Stark
Jun
15
2016
Seventh Circuit Judge Allows Advocate-NorthShore Merger to Proceed; FTC May Appeal
Feb
1
2022
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Plummeted in 2021 Cornerstone Research
Apr
1
2020
In A Section 262 Appraisal Rights Proceeding, Chancery Court Accepts A Modified Version Of Petitioners’ Valuation Of A Merging Company’s Stock K&L Gates
Nov
4
2022
M&A, Joint Ventures and Private Equity in Health Care: 2022 Deal Trends in Review Katten
Aug
11
2014
Two All-Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onions, on a Sesame Seed Bun – NLRB Rocks Franchise World by Authorizing Complaints Against McDonald’s as a Joint Employer; Signals Significant Step Toward Broadening the Joint Employer Test Mintz
Feb
9
2022
Common Reasons for Flagged Pay Differences Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
13
2017
Takeover Code Consultation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
31
2018
Loan Servicer Not “Foreclosed” From Reporting Default to CRAs Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
22
2015
A New Paradigm in Canadian Franchise Law: The Dunkin’ Donuts Case Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jul
28
2015
Digital Health Venture Funding, M&A and IPO Activity in the First Half of 2015 Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
29
2014
SEC Charges New York Executive With Insider Trading Ahead of Client Announcements Katten
Apr
24
2020
M&A in the Investment Services Space – Help! My Deal Went Sideways… Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Feb
8
2021
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Falls in 2020 Amid Global Pandemic Decline in Section 11 & M&A cases leads to overall reduction in filing activity, but dollars at risk in litigation remains stable. Cornerstone Research
Sep
8
2014
California Attorney-Client privilege In M&A Transactions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
3
2022
Mintz’s Sell-Side Series: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Sale — Week 1 Mintz
Apr
30
2020
COVID-19 and Poison Pills: The Right Prescription? Mintz
Dec
12
2022
Global M&A Trends: A Wider Slowdown but Still on Track to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Activity Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
9
2019
CFIUS Filing Clearance: Speedcast International Limited and Globecomm Systems Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
31
2019
Chancery Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Claim for Breach of Merger Agreement Earn-Out Efforts Provision K&L Gates
Mar
22
2013
SEC Secures Largest-Ever Settlement for Insider Trading Case Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
25
2014
North Carolina Business Court Weighs In On Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants Following Acquisition of a Company Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
8
2014
The NLRB's Designs to Re-Define Joint Employer - National Labor Relations Board Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Mar
6
2019
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Two Copyright Cases and Impacts Registration Strategy for Copyright Owners K&L Gates
Oct
13
2014
From Competitors to Co-Adventurers, Seven Hospital Systems Join with Anthem Blue Cross to Shake Things Up in Southern California Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2017
Chancery Court Dismisses Breach of Fiduciary Claims Following The Closing of A Merger Involving Insider Side Deals K&L Gates
Apr
10
2022
EEO-1 Filing Platform Set to Open on April 12 With Abbreviated Filing Deadline of May 17: What’s the Rush? Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
4
2019
Delaware Court of Chancery Strictly Interprets Merger Agreement in Finding That Rent-A-Center, Inc. Properly Terminated Its Proposed Merger with Vintage Rodeo Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
 

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