Robin van der Meulen of Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law. Courtesy photoAntitrust Law Continues Its Turn in the Spotlight
The year 2024 has been a momentous year in antitrust, reflecting the Biden administration’s views on robust antitrust enforcement. Among the highlights, the Federal Trade Commission in April announced a new rule banning noncompete provisions and in October issued sweeping changes to premerger notification (HSR) rules. The U.S. Department of Justice filed antitrust lawsuits against Live Nation, Apple, and Visa, accusing all three of maintaining unlawful monopolies in violation of the Sherman Act.
January 13, 2025 at 08:00 AM
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The year 2024 has been a momentous year in antitrust, reflecting the Biden administration’s views on robust antitrust enforcement. Among the highlights, the Federal Trade Commission in April announced a new rule banning noncompete provisions and in October issued sweeping changes to premerger notification (HSR) rules. The U.S. Department of Justice filed antitrust lawsuits against Live Nation, Apple, and Visa, accusing all three of maintaining unlawful monopolies in violation of the Sherman Act.
But perhaps no antitrust case has dominated headlines like the “Big Tech” cases brought by both DOJ and FTC (and a number of State Attorneys General). Not since DOJ’s case against Microsoft in the late 1990s have we seen such major antitrust cases brought against some of the largest companies in the world.
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