Antitrust Law

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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Mar
1
2012
FERC Reaffirms Merger Policy; Does Not Adopt DOJ/FTC 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
29
2012
European General Court Confirms Parental Liability For Competition Law Infringements by 50:50 Joint Ventures McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2012
FERC Decides to Retain Existing Merger Review Policies Bracewell LLP
Feb
27
2012
China’s MOFCOM to Review Merger in Gas Market McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
26
2012
DOJ Finds Antitrust Violation in Joint Bid for Oil & Gas Leases McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
20
2012
Bribery Update - Warning bells sound for investors Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
20
2012
An End to Zeroing: Fact Or Fiction? Faegre Drinker
Feb
20
2012
Antitrust Inspections in The Energy Exchange Market McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
19
2012
German Court Protects the Confidentiality of Leniency Submissions McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
18
2012
FERC Reaffirms Policy for Assessing Horizontal Market Power Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
18
2012
District Court Allows Trial on Whether a Below Cost but Competitively Bid Arrangement Can Lead to a Kickback Violation Mintz
Feb
14
2012
Parental Liability for Controlling Stakeholders of a (Full Function) Joint Venture Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
11
2012
Antitrust Compliance in the Current Administration and the Next? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
10
2012
European Commission Blocks Proposed Merger Between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
3
2012
Notification Threshold Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased to $68.2 million McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
1
2012
Department of Justice Improves the Odds of Online Gambling Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
1
2012
HSR Thresholds Increase for 2012 Bracewell LLP
Feb
1
2012
China Summarises 2011 AML Enforcement, Promises Action on Failures to Notify a Concentration in 2012 McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
30
2012
FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds Mintz
Jan
29
2012
Higher HSR Threshold Requirements Effective February 27, 2012 Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
28
2012
New 7th Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the Bar to the Predominance Element at Class Certification Mintz
Jan
28
2012
Higher Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerge Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
25
2012
Warning to Executives: Reinvestment of Dividends in your 401(k) and Vesting of Stock Awards May Trigger HSR Filing Requirements Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
25
2012
FTC Raises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
20
2012
European Commission Launches Green Paper Consultation McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
19
2012
FERC Approves Settlement Resolving Electric Power Market Manipulation Investigation into North America Power Partners Officer Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
17
2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell LLP
Jan
8
2012
China Issues New Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue McDermott Will & Emery
 

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