Policy · Antitrust
With the FTC's HSR form overhaul vacated and the appeal frozen until 2026, dealmakers must now navigate a new public inquiry as the pre-February 2025 form remains in place.
As Google appeals its search monopoly verdict to the DC Circuit, the Mozilla amicus push and the unfolding remedies order test whether antitrust enforcement can survive appellate review.
As Brussels prepares its largest DMA penalty and a California anti-self-preferencing bill collapses under lobbying pressure, the debate over choice-screen remedies for platform favoritism grows more urgent.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
From an antitrust data settlement in the meatpacking industry to police reform battles in Cleveland and Baltimore, the consent decree remains a powerful yet fragile enforcement tool.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
After two years of the Digital Markets Act and U.S. antitrust remedies, choice screens have become the go-to regulatory tool for platform self-preferencing, but it remains to be seen if they truly boost competition.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
From Nexstar's Ninth Circuit challenge to Live Nation's verdict appeal and Google's stay denial, upcoming appellate review will determine whether these antitrust trial victories stand.
Policy · Antitrust
DOJ and FTC consent decrees targeting poultry benchmarking, micromarket kiosks, and auto-dealer pricing are advancing bold theories on information sharing, algorithmic coordination, and niche market consolidation that may outlast any administration.
Policy · Antitrust
With the FTC's 2024 Hart-Scott-Rodino rule overhaul vacated and the premerger filing clock reset, agencies are now seeking public input on a new notification regime, leaving dealmakers in a state of cost relief mixed with regulatory uncertainty.
Policy · Antitrust
Premerger filings surged to 203 in March 2026 as the DOJ and FTC rush to rewrite HSR rules vacated by a federal court, and the antitrust division loses its chief during the Netflix-Warner Bros. review.
Policy · Antitrust
With the FTC's expanded HSR form struck down, a May 26 comment deadline on a new request for public comment leaves dealmakers navigating a regulatory gap as the agencies chart their next move.
Policy · Antitrust
After a federal court vacated the FTC's expanded premerger notification rules, dealmakers rushed to file 203 HSR transactions in March under the old, simpler form, while regulators face a May 26 deadline to propose new approaches.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
The Fifth Circuit's HSR vacatur returns premerger notification to pre-2025 rules as filing volumes hit an 18-month high, while agencies jointly solicit comment, but the Hart-Scott-Rodino clock ticks.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
From micromarket kiosk divestitures to algorithmic pricing curbs and Live Nation data mandates, consent decrees are redefining structural remedies in antitrust enforcement.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
As a landmark NBER study finds DMA-mandated browser ballots modestly shift user behavior, the evidence now faces scrutiny in U.S. antitrust remedies against Google and EU enforcement reviews, potentially reshaping self-preferencing rules.
Policy · Antitrust & Competition
Spring 2026 enforcement actions — a micromarket-kiosk divestiture, an auto-dealer settlement, and a joint statement on algorithmic pricing — show agencies extending competition law to overlooked parts of the economy.
Policy · Antitrust
Judge Brinkema's remedies order in U.S. v. Google (E.D. Va.) lands as a structural separation of the ad-exchange and ad-server businesses. The footnote on the AI-driven bid logic is more interesting than the headline.