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DOJ requires branch divestitures in PNCNational City acquisition

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2009

The Antitrust Division is requiring PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. to divest 61 National City Western Pennsylvania branches in order to complete its acquisition of the Cleveland bank

Justice Department reaches agreement requiring divestitures in merger of First Busey Corporation and Main Street Trust

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2007

The Department of Justice has announced that First Busey Corporation and Main Street Trust Inc. have agreed to sell five branch offices with approximately $110 million in deposits in Champaign County, Ill., in order to resolve antitrust concerns about the companies' pending merger

Supreme Court to decide antitrust immunity of investment banks

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2007

The US Supreme Court will decide whether underwriters of certain technology firms’ initial public offerings (IPOs) can be held liable under the federal antitrust laws for allegedly conspiring to inflate aftermarket prices of the offered securities

Too big to fail? The role of antitrust law in government-funded consolidation in the banking industry

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2009

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy held a hearing to address the role of antitrust law in government-funded consolidation in the banking industry

Fed approves Bank of America to acquire Countrywide

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2008

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) approved on June 5 the acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corporation (CFC), parent of Countrywide Bank, FSB, by Bank of America Corporation (BAC

Consolidation in the financial sector and the changing role of antitrust law

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2009

Amidst the current economic crisis, there has been increased pressure on certain industries to consolidate

House Committee on the Judiciary holds second hearing on the role for bankruptcy and antitrust law in financial regulatory reform

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2009

Yesterday afternoon, the House Judiciary Committee held Part II of its series of hearings entitled "Too Big to Fail the Role for Bankruptcy and Antitrust Law in Financial Regulation Reform."

Ninth Circuit rules that the National Bank Act preempts California's unfair competition law

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2010

On March 9, 2010, the Ninth Circuit held that the National Bank Act ("NBA") preempts claims of "unfair" and "fraudulent" conduct in violation of state law

Department of Justice sues credit card companies - objects to nondiscrimination restrictions

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2010

The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the "DOJ") and seven states filed a civil antitrust suit against three major credit card companies - American Express, MasterCard and Visa - challenging rules that prevent merchants from providing discounts, rewards, and information about credit card costs to consumers at the point of sale

What to expect from the new European Commission

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 27 2010

The European Union is on the move

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