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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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18
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4
2021
FBI Warning: M&A Activity Targeted by Ransomware Groups Robinson & Cole LLP
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26
2018
CFIUS Filing Clearance: Melrose Industries and GKN PLC Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
6
2016
N.Y. Court of Appeals Adopts Business Judgment Rule, with Conditions, for Going-Private Mergers Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
6
2018
Germany’s first veto against a foreign investment under new FDI rules Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
7
2020
Mind the Gap: Strategies for Addressing the Valuation Gap in European M&A Deals During and After COVID-19 McDermott Will & Emery
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28
2015
Just What You Are Looking For?—Family Office Direct Investing in Search Funds re: Private Equity Investment McDermott Will & Emery
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20
2023
SBA Size Standards: Affiliation Considerations Arising under Stock Options, Convertible Securities, and Agreements to Merge
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30
2022
FRB Governor Bowman Speaks on Banking Competition Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
6
2020
Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity – March 2020 Mintz
Jun
15
2016
Seventh Circuit Judge Allows Advocate-NorthShore Merger to Proceed; FTC May Appeal
Sep
17
2018
The UK Government Issues ‘No-deal’ Competition and Merger Guidance Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
28
2020
Chancery Court Dismisses Complaint, Holding That Directors Were Not Conflicted in Approving a Merger Simply Due to the Threat of a Looming Proxy Contest K&L Gates
Apr
16
2024
Significant Recent Decisions Relevant to Private Company M&A Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
27
2017
Chancery Court Dismisses Breach of Duty Claim and Denies Quasi-Appraisal Relief Sought by Stockholders after Merger K&L Gates
Jan
18
2022
Failure to Pay Distributions May Be Shareholder Oppression, but Not Always Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
25
2020
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Financing and M&A Agreements in Poland Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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22
2023
Expert or Arbitrator? Resolving Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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24
2018
National Labor Relations Board Released Proposed Rule to Undo Browning-Ferris Stark & Stark
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5
2018
Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity – November 2018 Mintz
Apr
29
2024
QPAM Exemption Amendment—Key Takeaways and Action Steps for Advisors and Other Stakeholders K&L Gates
Jul
27
2015
Key Considerations for Transition Services Agreements in M&A Transactions Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
29
2022
Buyer Beware: Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Blue-Pencil Restrictive Covenant in M&A Transaction Robinson & Cole LLP
May
6
2024
FDIC Proposes Changes to its Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions and Provides Guidance on its Review Process Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
7
2017
Workplace Relations Risks to Franchisors and Holding Companies Rise K&L Gates
Apr
29
2020
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Dec
4
2018
The “Do’s” of Due Diligence Faegre Drinker
 

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