On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced updated transaction thresholds that trigger the requirement to file a premerger notification form under the.
antitrust law, any law restricting business practices considered unfair or monopolistic. The United States has the longest standing policy of maintaining competition among business enterprises through a variety of laws. The best known is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which declared illegal “every contract, combination . . . or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce.” Another important U.S. antitrust law, the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended in 1936 by the Robinson–Patman Act, prohibits discrimination among customers through prices or other means; it also prohibits mergers of firms, or acquisitions of one firm by another, whenever the
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 23 that it will increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional filing thresholds, which, along with the new HSR.
Southwest Airlines cancelled 16,700 flights amid severe winter storms this Christmas. Elizabeth Warren tweeted this was an example of how airline mergers have been a disaster for consumers. Warren has also expressed concern over the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger.