Mergers & Acquisitions

Civil Justice

Kathryn McCarthy | FTI Consulting, Inc.

Editor: Welcome, Kathryn. Please start our discussion by telling us how many second requests you have worked on. McCarthy: In my 17 years of practicing law, I have worked on over 40 second requests – seven during a single year – in connection with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...

Antitrust & Competition

Robert Myers, Ivan Presant, Joseph Cosentino, Robert Masella | Clifford Chance

Editor: There has been a lot of focus recently on the prevalence of litigation around public M&A transactions. Can you give us your views on why there has been an increase in this type of litigation? Myers: The lawsuits challenging M&A transactions are coming from several sources. As...

Antitrust & Competition

Neil Rigby | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

On May 2, 2013, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (the Act) was published after receiving Royal Assent on April 25, 2013. The Act amends the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 to introduce a number of important changes to the competition law regime in the United Kingdom...