This alert looks at possible revisions by the Federal Trade Commission to the Premerger Notification and Report Form (aka the HSR Form) that are meant “to conform to changing market realities and global standards.”
Client Alert | May 5, 2022
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division promised in a recent speech to increase enforcement of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits competing corporations from sharing common directors or officers. The prevailing enforcement climate means that companies should have a compliance plan in place to discover potential director interlocks before they develop and monitor existing outside director positions to ensure they conform to existing Section 8 safe harbors.
Client Alert | May 2, 2022
In this alert, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent reinstatement of a long dormant policy restricting certain future acquisitions by parties that hereafter enter into an FTC consent order.
Client Alert | April 28, 2022
Our lawyers discuss the dip in global M&A in Q1 2022 and how the current regulatory climate around antitrust issues presents a challenge for deal makers.
Client Alert | April 22, 2022
In the past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) have put antitrust enforcement in the employment context at center stage.
Client Alert | April 18, 2022
The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 has recommended Gibson Dunn in 22 categories in Belgium, France, Germany and UAE.
Firm News | April 12, 2022
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice hosted international and state antitrust enforcers for panel discussions on current and emerging enforcement trends.
Client Alert | April 12, 2022
On April 8, 2022, the Ninth Circuit released a significant en banc opinion in Olean Wholesale Grocery v. Bumble Bee Foods, — F.4th —, 2022 WL 1053459 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2022) (en banc), that addresses numerous key class certification issues, including the evidentiary burden for a plaintiff seeking class certification, the assessment of expert testimony at the class certification stage, and the interplay between Rule 23 and injury and Article III standing.
Client Alert | April 11, 2022
The UK’s competition watchdog has prohibited a proposed merger that the European Commission had cleared little more than one month ago. On the same day, the US Department of Justice announced that it considered the deal problematic. These developments highlight the growing uncertainties that companies now face in getting global deals through and underline the need for careful, strategic planning to manage competition law risks.
Client Alert | April 5, 2022
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Svetlana S. Gans has joined the firm as a partner.
Press Releases | April 5, 2022
At its annual GCR Awards, Global Competition Review named Gibson Dunn’s win in Epic Games v. Apple Inc. as its “Matter of the Year” and as “Litigation of the Year: Non-cartel Defence.”
Firm News | April 5, 2022
Hong Kong partner Sébastien Evrard and associates Felicia Chen and Hayley Smith are the authors of "Abuses of Dominance Involving Personal Information in China" published by Competition Policy International on March 31, 2022.
Article | March 31, 2022
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announces today the addition of two Of Counsel to its London team.
Press Releases | March 30, 2022
Hong Kong partners Sébastien Evrard and Connell O'Neill and associates Hayley Smith, Katherine Tomsett and Nick Hay are the authors of "The Intersection of Competition Law and Data Privacy in APAC" published by Global Competition Review in its Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2022 in March 2022.
Article | March 29, 2022
The European Union has reached political agreement on its landmark Digital Markets Act legislation. The EU-wide DMA will apply in addition to competition law rules and targets the largest digital platforms. The legislation which introduces a broad-based regulation of digital markets should be formally adopted in the coming weeks and will enter into force at the beginning of 2023.
Client Alert | March 28, 2022
Gibson Dunn received 32 rankings in Chambers Europe 2022: 23 individual rankings and nine firm rankings.
Firm News | March 17, 2022
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sophia Vandergrift has joined the firm as a partner.
Press Releases | March 2, 2022
Increased enforcement by agencies such as the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department – and the 2021 withdrawal of the Vertical Merger Guidelines – signals an era of uncertainty for certain kinds of mergers between a supplier or input provider and a customer that, in the past, would have closed with few if any remedies.
Client Alert | March 2, 2022
Washington, D.C. partner Kristen Limarzi is the author of "The FTC's Efforts to Break Up Facebook Misses Actual Concerns" published by Bloomberg Law on February 17, 2022.
Article | February 25, 2022
Our lawyers review the year in antitrust law in China, including legislative and regulatory developments, merger control and non-merger enforcement.
Client Alert | February 11, 2022
The Daily Journal recognized three Gibson Dunn wins in its annual feature on the Top Verdicts in California for 2021.
Firm News | February 11, 2022
Gibson Dunn has been recognized in nine categories in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 Deutschland.
Firm News | January 27, 2022
On January 14, 2022, a federal court in New York issued its decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Shkreli, holding that Martin Shkreli, the former head of Vyera Pharmaceuticals, violated federal and state antitrust laws by allegedly interfering with the entry of generic competition for Vyera’s drug Daraprim.
Client Alert | January 25, 2022
On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced its annual update of thresholds for pre-merger notifications of certain M&A transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
Client Alert | January 25, 2022
Washington, D.C. partners Patrick Stokes and John Partridge and associate Eva Michaels are the authors of "Safe Harbors (and Other Strategies) for Life Sciences and Healthcare Companies in the International Anti-Corruption Storm," published by the American Bar Association in the December 2021 issue of The Health Lawyer.
Article | January 24, 2022
Law360 named Gibson Dunn a Firm of the Year for 2021 in its January 17, 2022 article "The Firms That Dominated in 2021,” featuring nine firms that received the most Practice Group of the Year awards.
Firm News | January 19, 2022
On January 18, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) held a press conference to announce a joint public inquiry aimed at revising the agencies’ merger guidelines. Gibson Dunn lawyers provide an overview of the planned inquiry.
Client Alert | January 19, 2022
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Nicholas Banasevic has joined the firm’s Brussels office as Managing Director, Brussels with the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
Press Releases | January 18, 2022
Once more, 2021 demonstrated that constant change should become your friend and ally. After a second year of global uncertainty caused by the formidable challenges of the COVID-pandemic, we all long for a return “back-to-normal.” However, chances are that 2022 will continue to present drastic and unpredictable challenges.
Client Alert | January 13, 2022
Gibson Dunn has been recognized in 20 categories in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Firm News | January 13, 2022
The webcast provides analysis of the significant and high-profile cases before the Supreme Court this Term, including those affecting the business community.
Webcasts | January 13, 2022
Gibson Dunn earned 9 firm rankings and 18 individual rankings in the inaugural edition of the Chambers Greater China Region guide.
Firm News | January 12, 2022
The Who’s Who Legal 2022 Germany guide recommended Frankfurt partners Dirk Oberbracht in M&A and Georg Weidenbach in Competition, and Munich partner Ferdinand Fromholzer in Corporate Governance and M&A.
Firm News | December 22, 2021
London partner Ali Nikpay, Los Angeles partner Daniel Swanson, San Francisco partner Rachel Brass, and Washington, D.C. partners Scott Hammond and Richard Parker were recommended in the Who’s Who Legal 2022 Thought Leaders – Competition guide.
Firm News | December 16, 2021
San Francisco partner Rachel Brass and associate Julian Kleinbrodt are the authors of "National Football League tackles antitrust claims," published by the Daily Journal on December 13, 2021.
Article | December 16, 2021
Gibson Dunn was ranked in the 2022 edition of Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 – Global Elite, a list of the world’s top 25 antitrust practices.
Firm News | December 13, 2021
Orange County of counsel Anne Brody is the co-author of “Ten Years Post-Therasense: Closing the Gap Between Walker Process Fraud and Inequitable Conduct,” published by The Journal of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the California Lawyers Association in its Fall 2021, Vol. 31, No. 2. issue.
Article | December 6, 2021
San Francisco partner Rachel Brass and Los Angeles partner Daniel Swanson were named to the Daily Journal’s Top Antitrust Lawyers 2021 list, which features California’s top antitrust lawyers.
Firm News | November 19, 2021
German publication Kanzleimonitor 2021/2022 listed Gibson Dunn among the top 50 law firms in Germany recommended by in-house lawyers, and among the top law firms by range of service.
Firm News | November 17, 2021
China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) was adopted in 2007 and talks about possible amendments have regularly surfaced in the last few years. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released a draft amendment for public comments in early 2020. The process is now accelerating with a formal text (“AML Amendment”) submitted to the thirty-first session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for first reading on 19 October 2021. Gibson Dunn lawyers summarize the main proposed changes to the AML, which have been published for comments.
Client Alert | October 27, 2021
On 22 October, 2021, Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager delivered a speech in which she stated for the first time that the European Commission is going to expand its cartel enforcement to labor markets, including no-poach and wage-setting agreements.
Client Alert | October 26, 2021
Gibson Dunn was recognized with six firm and 18 individual rankings in the 2022 edition of Chambers UK. The firm was recognized in the categories: Competition Law – London; International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration – UK-wide; International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration; and Real Estate Finance – London.
Firm News | October 21, 2021
Benchmark Litigation US recognized Gibson Dunn in eight national litigation practice areas in its 2022 edition and named 79 partners as Litigation Stars and Future Stars across the U.S.
Firm News | October 13, 2021
Gibson Dunn earned 16 practice area rankings in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 UK. Six partners were named to Legal 500’s Hall of Fame, recognizing individuals who receive consistent feedback from the market for continued excellence, and seven partners were named Leading Lawyers in their respective practices.
Firm News | October 7, 2021
Benchmark Litigation US named four partners to its 2021 “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” list: Dallas partner Veronica Moyé, New York partners Randy Mastro and Orin Snyder, and Washington, D.C. partner Richard Parker.
Firm News | October 7, 2021
On 20 September, the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) published a Green Claims Code aimed at protecting consumers from misleading environmental claims amidst concerns over ‘greenwashing,’ i.e. overstated, unsubstantiated green credentials of a product or service.
Client Alert | October 7, 2021
Munich partner Michael Walther and associate Richard Roeder are the co-authors of the “Germany” [PDF] chapter of International Comparative Legal Guides' Sanctions 2022, 3rd Edition published in October 2021.
Article | October 4, 2021
Global Competition Review named San Francisco partner Rachel Brass and Washington, D.C. partner Cynthia Richman to its list of Women in Antitrust 2021, which highlights “more than 130 female private practitioners, enforcers, in-house counsel, economists and academics who deserve recognition for their standout careers.” The report was published on September 24, 2021.
Firm News | September 28, 2021
Six Gibson Dunn partners were featured by Who’s Who Legal in its Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2021 guide. The publication features individuals who obtained the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources.
Firm News | September 28, 2021
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Jamie E. France has rejoined the firm as an of counsel in its Washington, D.C. office. She will serve as a member of the Litigation and Antitrust and Competition Practice Groups.
Press Releases | September 22, 2021