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How many stars would you give the DOJ’s challenge to the BazaarvoicePowerReviews acquisition

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2013

On January 10, 2013, the Department of Justice (DOJ) brought suit challenging the acquisition by Bazaarvoice, Inc. of its competitor PowerReviews

2013 antitrust merger enforcement update and outlook

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • March 21 2013

Our 2012 Antitrust Merger Enforcement Update and Outlook reported on a number of emerging trends and initiatives by antitrust enforcers around the

Stumbling out of the blocks

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2013

When does pre-closing integration planning cross the line to become gun jumping that can create antitrust liability? I've been thinking about that

Defining a joint venture's scope of business: key issues to consider

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 12 2012

Early in the discussions about whether and how to form a joint venture -- perhaps as the very first significant issue to be resolved -- the potential joint venture partners will try to agree on the scope of the venture's business

Reconsidering NDAs in light of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Co.

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2012

On May 4, 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that Martin Marietta Materials had violated a pair of confidentiality agreements with Vulcan Materials and issued a 4-month temporary injunction suspending Martin Marietta’s hostile exchange offer for Vulcan and related proxy contest

The FTC goes retro to win down south

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2012

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) scored a victory in the Eleventh Circuit this summer when the court upheld a divestiture order based on violations of the Clayton and FTC Acts

7th Circuit clarifies standing to challenge "interlock" violations

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2012

Company shareholders do not suffer "antitrust injuries" because of an alleged violation of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, prohibiting officers and directors from serving on the boards of competing corporations, according to a new Seventh Circuit decision in Robert F. Booth Trust v. Crowley

FTC report shows that oil sector and pharmaceutical sector mergers are under the antitrust spotlight

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2013

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a data report on January 4 regarding its horizontal merger investigation and enforcement action

Massachusetts District Court denies motion to dismiss antitrust claims related to “club deals” by private equity firms

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2009

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has denied a motion to dismiss a class action claiming that certain private equity firms illegally colluded in the purchase of target companies in leveraged buyout transactions

Don’t shoot your merger in the foot: what you need to know about gun jumping under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2010

Before pulling the trigger on a merger, companies should know that the factors contributing to a successful transaction from a business perspective - advanced planning and integration - may raise the danger of illegal premerger coordination, or "gun jumping," under the federal antitrust laws

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