Arthur J. Burke

On Tuesday, April 20th, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC)released proposed revisions to their Horizontal Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”).  T...

On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) announced that it had settled an action against Smithfield Foods, Inc. (“Smithfield”) and Premium S...

On January 26, 2010, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) provided an update regarding the current review...

The Federal Trade Commission today published a notice to amend the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”)....

As 2009 has progressed, we have seen the return of significant public company mergers and acquisitions activity and, with it, shareholder litigation seeking to enjoin high value deals. So...

The federal antitrust regulators, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continue to focus their enforcement efforts ...

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) yesterday fined John C. Malone, CEO and Chairman of Discovery Holding Company (“Discovery”), $1.4 million to settle allegations that he violat...

Christine A. Varney, the Assistant Attorney General who serves as the head of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced yesterday that the DOJ plans to pu...

Despite credit market turmoil and declines in deal activity, antitrust remains an important consideration in M&A transactions involving private equity buyers and sellers. The Obama admini...

The Supreme Court unanimously held in Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc. (decided February 25, 2009) that price squeeze claims are not cognizable absent a duty-to...