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Antitrust & Competition
Competition Law's Season of Uncertainty
New laws, new regulators and a new wave of nationalism is roiling the global competition waters. Tim Cornell and Sharis Pozen, leaders of Clifford Chance’s U.S. and Global Antitrust groups respectively, discuss the challenges of multijurisdictional merger review, snowballing investigations and other hot-button issues in the global antitrust arena.
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Antitrust Risks of Exchanging Information Before the Deal Is Done
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued guidance explaining how parties to a merger or acquisition can reduce antitrust risk when exchanging competitively sensitive information prior to closing.1 The exchange of competitively sensitive information can violate both the Hart...
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DOJ Toughens Antitrust Consent Decree Enforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division last year warned that changes to DOJ consent decrees were forthcoming. Since then, DOJ has adopted new terms in recent consent decrees that enhance the DOJ’s ability to enforce its settlements.
The new DOJ consent decree terms, to be included...
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