Major changes to the -Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR”) report form to go into effect August 18 *

USA - August 2 2011
On August 18, 2011, final rules adopting changes to the report form required for certain transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act go into effect, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced, with the concurrence of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division.

Co-authors: D. Bruce Hoffman, Gregory L. Kinzelman, David A. Higbee.

FTC and DOJ publish revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines *

USA - August 31 2010
On August 19, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice (collectively “the Agencies”) released the final version of the revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the “2010 Merger Guidelines”).

Co-authors: D. Bruce Hoffman, David A. Higbee.

FTC and DOJ propose revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines *

USA - April 22 2010
On April 20, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") released for comment a proposed revision of the current Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the "1992 Merger Guidelines").

Co-authors: D. Bruce Hoffman, David A. Higbee.

French court rules investigation by Competition Authority did not breach employee privacy rights *

France - March 23 2010
On February 19, 2010, the Court of Appeals of Versailles (the "Court") upheld the unlimited seizure and review of a company's emails by several agents of the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence).

Co-authors: Mathieu Guillaumond, Olivier Proust, Paul McGeown.