FTC Antitrust Merger Rules Issued After Rare, Bipartisan Compromise October 30, 2024 By Leah Nylen A new US antitrust rule requiring companies to give the government more information on their mergers and acquisitions came with...
FTC Finalizes New Merger-Filing Requirements October 17, 2024 By Jody Godoy The U.S Federal Trade Commission on Oct. 10 finalized changes to a rule that determines what information companies must hand...
Kroger Case Tests FTC Chair’s Bid to Protect Workers August 27, 2024 By Jody Godoy Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s initiative to use antitrust laws to protect workers faces a key test starting Monday...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition August 21, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons...
Towers Watson Again Denied Coverage for $90M Settlements Over 2016 Willis Merger March 11, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Towers Watson has been hit with another roadblock on its long and winding road to reach coverage for $90 million...
JetBlue, Spirit Airlines Call Off $3.8B Merger on Antitrust Hurdle March 4, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Low-cost air carriers JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines canceled their $3.8-billion merger agreement on Monday, seeing no path forward after...
FTC Sues to Block Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal February 27, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Jaewon Kang The US Federal Trade Commission, eight states and Washington DC sued to block Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons...
HP Claims $4 Billion Losses in London Lawsuit Over Autonomy Deal February 12, 2024 By Sam Tobin Hewlett-Packard lost more than $4 billion over its acquisition of British software firm Autonomy because of an elaborate fraud masterminded...
Progressive Groups Ask DOJ to Reverse New M&A Safe Harbor Policy October 31, 2023 By Chris Prentice More than a dozen groups are pressing the U.S. Justice Department to retreat from a new policy they say gives...
Musk Claims Lawyers Overbilled in Fight to Make Him Buy Twitter July 10, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Elon Musk sued the law firm that led the court fight to make him complete his takeover of Twitter, saying...