Antitrust Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, & Trade Law Updates

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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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Aug
30
2009
Employers Should Carefully Consider Whether To Sue Former Employees For Threatened Trade Secret Misappropriation Based On Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Awarding Over $1.6 Million To Former Employees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
24
2009
Gone In 60 Seconds – When Dealerships Go Bad, What’s Their Lender To Do? Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Aug
19
2009
Court of Appeals Decides Non-Compete Covenant in Medical Staffing Case is Unenforceable, But Affirms Verdict for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Unfair Trade Practices Poyner Spruill LLP
Aug
14
2009
Protecting Your IP in a Troubled Economy: A Modest (and Cost-Effective) Proposal Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun
30
2009
Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Era: Back to Basics -- Vigorously Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
2
2009
Hydrogen Peroxide: The Third Circuit’s “Acid Test” For Class Certification Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jun
2
2009
Law and Practice: The Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act Of 2008 Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Oct
21
2013
Courts Consider Anti-Assignment Clauses And Reverse Triangular Mergers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
16
2014
Survival of Reps and Warranties: Avoiding Unpleasant Surprises for Buyers Mintz
Aug
2
2012
Congress Passes Iran Sanctions Legislation Holding Parent Companies Liable for Iranian Transactions by Their Foreign Subsidiaries Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
25
2013
Allocating Purchase Price in a Business Acquisition [AUDIO] Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Oct
12
2021
New FTC Leadership Continues to Flex Their Muscles: New Practice of Issuing Warnings Imposes Unnecessary Uncertainty on Merging Parties Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
28
2023
Upcoming/New CFIUS Filing: Viterra Limited; Glencore PLC; Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; British Columbia Investment Management Corporation; and Bunge Limited Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
31
2022
Question of the Week: What are your recommendations for handling human capital issues in an M&A transaction? Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
20
2020
DOJ and FTC Propose Highly Anticipated Vertical Merger Guidelines Bracewell LLP
Oct
28
2021
Flipping Your Business into the United States: Meet the Delaware C Corporation Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
29
2020
USPTO Issues Guidance on Examination of Generic.com Terms Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
27
2020
Fiduciary Duties in M&A Transactions Mintz
Sep
22
2022
Eleventh Circuit Serves a Whopper of a Ruling on Franchisor’s ‘No-Poach’/‘No-Hire’ Agreement With Franchisees Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
31
2020
SEC Investigating Cyberattacks Used to Find Secret Company Mergers Zuckerman Law
Nov
10
2021
Tech “Platforms” Would Have to Prove Acquisitions Are Good for Competition Under Proposed Bipartisan, Bicameral Laws MoginRubin
Jul
17
2023
Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Heightened Standard for Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
29
2013
On Small Business Saturday, Remember that Franchises ARE Small Businesses Armstrong Teasdale
Jun
25
2014
A “Virtual Merger” is Underway Between Chicago-Area Alexian Brothers Health System and Adventist Midwest Health Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
12
2016
Don’t Be Cruel to a Heart That’s True: Private Equity Acquisition - Hartley v. Consol. Glass Holdings, Inc., C.A. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
21
2016
Breaking News: Texas Comptroller Publishes Retroactive Rule Targeting IT, Pharmaceutical Retailers; Clock Running on Comment Period McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
10
2018
New FIRRMA Legislation Amending CFIUS Will Soon Be Signed into Law McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
24
2018
Chancery Court Grants Certain Books And Record Demands By Minority Stockholder Related To A Merger And Valuation Of Underlying Assets K&L Gates
 

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