Maydeen Merino

September 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We're going to see a lot more enforcement by the FTC specifically because this rule now provides a path for them to seek monetary remedies, which they haven't had," said Kathleen Benway, a partner at Alston & Bird.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read

September 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

"This change in this reorientation has happened against a backdrop of a very organic sense that something was not working, that we were not adequately preserving competition across these markets," Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read

September 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I fear that as the line blurs between expertise and advocacy, we risk losing expertise altogether," said Jonathan Kanter, the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read

September 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

"If you have a noncompete in any circumstance that is fast and broad, not tailored to the circumstances at issue and has some lengthy time period, then you're at risk in all of those circumstances," said Jess Krannich, a partner at Wilson Sonsini.

By Maydeen Merino

4 minute read

September 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

With Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump seeking the presidency, questions have arisen as to whether Khan would be compatible with either administration. It is unclear how either presidential nominee plans to address antitrust and consumer protection matters.

By Maydeen Merino

6 minute read

September 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The 2023 guidelines have some vulnerability," said Herbert Hovenkamp of the University of Pennsylvania.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read

September 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Based on her enthusiasm about labor, she will continue the Biden administration's efforts to use antitrust to protect against anti-poaching agreements that suppress wages or noncompetes, or the use of merger law to go after mergers that harm labor," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp.

By Maydeen Merino

4 minute read

August 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Federal Trade Commission's opposition to Kroger's proposed $25 billion purchase of Albertsons stems partly from the agency's belief it would be bad for workers.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read

August 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The validity of the rule is likely to come before the Third, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the possibility of circuit conflict also means that the issue could potentially receive Supreme Court review," according to an analysis from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

By Maydeen Merino

4 minute read

August 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

Agency regulation and enforcement of a law banning price gouging would be "resource-intensive work that has a very uncertain capacity to deliver a good result," said former FTC Chair William Kovacic.

By Maydeen Merino

3 minute read