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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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Oct
23
2018
WHAT SAY YOU, NEW YORK? Now That Federal Antitrust Regulators Have Approved CVS’s Proposed Acquisition of Aetna, Attention Turns to New York State Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
1
2016
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States : Consortium Led by Apex Technology (China) & Lexmark International, Inc. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
4
2022
What Would an Economic Downturn Mean for Technology M&A Activity, and How Should Buyers and Sellers Get Ready for the Coming Cycle? Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
31
2018
Trustee of Realty Trust Saved from Application of Merger Doctrine (at least for now) Pierce Atwood LLP
Apr
15
2020
How Will COVID-19 Impact M&A? Robinson & Cole LLP
Jul
24
2015
Regulators Likely to Heavily Scrutinize Proposed Humana-Aetna merger McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Apr
30
2020
Illinois’ New COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order: Top 10 Changes Employers Need to Know Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
17
2015
NLRB Denies McDonald’s Appeal of Motion to Dismiss Joint Employer Claims Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
1
2023
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22
2013
International Franchise Association Urges Massachusetts To Change Laws To Clarify That Franchisors Are Independent Contractors Armstrong Teasdale
Sep
15
2016
Upcoming/New Filing: Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Corp. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
17
2014
Red Labor & Employment Flags In M&A Transactions Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
1
2019
Third Circuit Rejects State’s Bid for Attorney’s Fees in Hospital Merger Dispute Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
20
2014
Want to Explore a Merger of Equals? Answer These Questions First Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Oct
13
2023
Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Any Grocery Store Purchases Without Prior Written Notice To The Attorney General Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
3
2017
CFIUS Filing Withdrawn/Abandoned: NavInfo/Tencent/GIC Pte and HERE International Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
5
2023
Delaware Chancery Court Denies Dismissal of Challenge to SPAC Merger Disclosures Proskauer Rose LLP
May
30
2020
Key Legal Considerations For Franchised Businesses Reopening During COVID-19 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
23
2013
Marks & Clerk Releases Life Sciences 2013 Report Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Mar
26
2021
Nevada Supreme Court: Inherent Fairness Standard Cannot Be Used To Rebut The Business Judgment Rule Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
9
2023
EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation Enters Into Force In 2023 McDermott Will & Emery
May
1
2013
Michigan Gaming Control Board Approves Athens Acquisition Transaction Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
31
2021
Interest in SPACs—Special Purpose Acquisition Companies—is booming…and so is the risk of litigation. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun
9
2020
COVID-19: Distressed M&A in the UK and W&I Insurance Solutions to Warranty Coverage Issues K&L Gates
Aug
18
2010
Treatment of Accrued But Unused Vacation in Asset Deals Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
26
2022
Scheming, Away From the Court: Proposed Changes to Corporate Control Transactions in Australia Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
1
2016
Brexit: The Impact on Mergers & Acquisitions - Part 5 [VIDEO] Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
31
2023
Has the Bloom Come Off the Rose? It May Be Time to Pull the Plug on Your Private Equity Investment Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
 

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