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Rob’s Washington, DC-based competition and trade regulation practice involves counseling on the regulatory implications of business strategies, regulatory matters, policymaking, and litigation. He defends clients in complex litigation and in merger and regulatory reviews by the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, and the Federal Communications Commission. Rob’s clients include media and telecommunications companies, health systems and providers, national retailers, trade associations, and life sciences and technology companies.
Rob counsels a broad range of clients on business and investment strategy, M&A, litigation, and regulatory matters. He specializes in clearly explaining strategic risks and their relative values in order to help senior executives make informed decisions. Rob provides advice to clients from across the country and around the world, in high-profile matters including:
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Strategic business planning and risk management
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Antitrust issues in mergers and acquisitions / second requests
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Complex litigation (class action and otherwise)
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Regulatory issues arising from foreign investments in U.S. businesses
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Federal and state regulatory investigations
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Policy advocacy and notice-and-comment rulemaking
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Appellate review of agency action
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Trade association counseling
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Privacy and data security
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Unfair/deceptive conduct and false advertising
Rob represents clients in numerous markets, including:
- Media content and distribution
- Wireless communications
- Health care providers and services
- Life sciences
- Technology
- Retail & Consumer Products
- Trade associations and non-profits
He has written and spoken widely on litigation risk management and cost containment, developments in the law, and on issues faced by businesses when they interact with federal and state enforcers and administrative agencies.
Rob is an active supporter of the firm’s pro bono program, providing representation to numerous indigent clients before the Social Security Administration and in local family and domestic relations courts. He has provided corporate and business planning advice to the National Network to End Domestic Violence and other non-profit clients. He is also an active supporter of the firm’s mentoring and sponsorship program.
Prior to his career in the law, Rob was an on-air radio personality and station production director in Lexington, KY.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Robert G. Kidwell
- DOJ Makes Good on Promise to Review Interlocking Directorates - (Posted On Friday, October 21, 2022)
- Increased HSR Notification Thresholds for 2022 - (Posted On Tuesday, January 25, 2022)
- FTC, DOJ Launch Proceeding to Revise Antitrust Merger Guidelines - (Posted On Wednesday, January 19, 2022)
- Webinar Recording: Cutting Through the Antitrust Noise — What’s Actually Going On? [VIDEO] - (Posted On Friday, October 08, 2021)
- President Biden’s Competition Executive Order’s “Encouragement” to the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division - (Posted On Friday, July 09, 2021)
- FTC Abandons Appeal of Philadelphia Hospital Merger, Allowing Jefferson and Einstein to Proceed with Creation of 18-Hospital System - (Posted On Tuesday, March 02, 2021)
- HSR Notification Thresholds Decrease in 2021 - (Posted On Monday, February 01, 2021)
- FTC’s Hospital Merger Challenges Hit Speedbump in Philadelphia - (Posted On Friday, December 11, 2020)
- Treasury Issues Final Rule Amending CFIUS Mandatory Filing Requirements - (Posted On Thursday, September 17, 2020)
- DOJ and the FTC Publish Vertical Merger Guidelines - (Posted On Monday, July 13, 2020)