CLIENT MEMORANDUM Will Anti-Reliance Provisions Preclude Extra-Contractual Fraud Claims? Answers Differ in Delaware, New York, and California January 11, 2016 Merger agreements and other complex contracts often contain “anti-reliance” provisions reciting that the representations in the agreement are the sole representations on which the parties relied in entering into the...

CPI Antitrust Chronicle June 2015 (2) Antitrust Compliance 2.0: The Use of Structural Analysis and Empirical Screens to Detect Collusion and Corruption in Bidding Procurement Processes Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz Global Economics Group & NYU Stern School of Business & Elizabeth Prewitt Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP www.competitionpolicyinternational.com Competition Policy...

Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report™ VOL. 108, NO. 2691 APRIL 10, 2015 RESTRAINTS OF TRADE Insurance Contingent Commissions and the Antitrust Laws: What Can We Learn from the In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation? BY WILLIAM KOLASKY AND KATHRYN MCNEECE n 2014, the last of the tag-along actions were settled in the long-running In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust...

EU & Competition Law Update - March 2016 March 9, 2016 Welcome to March's edition of our EU & Competition Law Authors/Presenters Bulletin covering recent legal developments impacting upon you and your business: United Kindgdom: Large pay for delay fine imposed by CMA Germany and EU: Facebook accused on an abuse of dominance by German competition regulator France: Will the...

KIRKLAND ALERT February 2016 Antitrust Update: EU Antitrust v. U.S. Companies From time to time the European Commission (EC) is accused of unfairly targeting U.S. companies in its antitrust scrutiny. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager was quick to reject this suggestion last year and already in 2016 has been in front of U.S. media to reiterate that this is not the case. Our quick look...

KIRKLAND ALERT January 2016 Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act resholds Announced The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced revisions to the Hart-ScottRodino (“HSR”) Act filing thresholds on January 21, 2016. The HSR Act requires annual adjustment of the thresholds based on the change in the U.S. gross national product. All...

KIRKLAND ALERT February 2015 Ninth Circuit Affirms FTC’s Win in Challenge to Hospital’s Acquisition of Physician Group; Voices Skepticism of Merger-Related Efficiency Claims On February 10, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s decision that St. Luke’s Health System’s acquisition of the Saltzer Medical Group...

KIRKLAND ALERT January 2015 Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act resholds Announced The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced revisions to the Hart-ScottRodino (“HSR”) Act filing thresholds on January 15, 2015. The HSR Act requires annual adjustment of the thresholds based on the change in the U.S. gross national product. All thresholds will increase...

ANTITRUST MATTERS 01 | Antitrust Matters SEPTEMBER 2015 Editorial The rise of cross-border antitrust investigations: US, Canada and Mexico enforcers meet to discuss even closer collaboration By Lesli Esposito and John Huh Antitrust investigations are no longer limited to a nation’s borders, or even to a region. Enforcers are more and more sharing information and...

ANTITRUST MATTERS 01 | Antitrust Matters March 2015 Editorial By Bertold Bar-Bouyssiere Luxleaks et al. – Challenging challenges to tax rulings in the EU The European Commission’s recent State aid crusade against so-called “sweet deals” in form of tax rulings may have unwelcome consequences not even contemplated by the Commission. When...

WWW.ALSTON.COM Mergers & Acquisitions/Antitrust ADVISORY n JANUARY 27, 2016 FTC Revises Thresholds for HSR Filings and Interlocking Directorates On January 21, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) and for...

FDLI MEMB ER MAGAZI NE | W W W.FDLI.OR G | MA R C H/AP RIL 2016 FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE IN THIS ISSUE Advertising, Antitrust, Labeling, Biosimilars, Cybersecurity, First Amendment, Data Integrity, DQSA 2016 Annual Conference, May 5-6 Plus Interview with Mark McClellan Antitrust Risks in Settling Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation: Learning Since Actavis By Megan Browdie and Howard...

Back in the Limelight: Innovation as Antitrust Violation New Criminal Division Compliance Hire: Will Antitrust Division Follow Suit? Corporate Counseling Committee Monthly Antitrust Update Program October 2015 Page 1 Page 6 Page 9 The Antitrust Counselor Vol. 10.2 | December 2015 The Newsletter of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s Corporate Counseling Committee Back in the...

CASE STUDY Dismantling $5 Billion in Antitrust Claims “Pillsbury’s knowledge of recent legal developments and diligence in applying them resulted in novel and important rulings that significantly reduced Dynegy’s exposure in this important matter.” —Jason B. Kinzel, Corporate Counsel, Dynegy Inc. Client: Dynegy Inc. Industry: Energy Area...

CASE STUDY Knocking Out a Multimillion-Dollar Antitrust Claim in the First Round “A federal judge has given the heave-ho to an antitrust suit brought by bankrupt magazine wholesaler Anderson News LLC against a host of single-issue magazine publishers including…American Media, Inc.” —Bankruptcy Law360 Client: American Media,...

CLIENT ALERT    May 20, 2016   FTC Blocks Staples’  Acquisition of Office Depot ...

CLIENT ALERT    May 3, 2016   Antitrust & Your Deal: Pre­ Closing Conduct  Matters ...

CLIENT ALERT    March 1, 2016   U.S. Antitrust Agencies Continue Enforcement  Push Targeting Invitations to Collude ...

Notable Crowell & Moring Deals in 2015 2015 Antitrust M&A Year in Review AT&T’s $67 Billion Acquisition of DIRECTV C&M was lead antitrust counsel for AT&T in this transaction which created a more competitive video/broadband provider. DOJ cleared with no conditions. 2015 was a record-breaking year for global merger activity, with the highest...