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Feb12

Unilateral Effects Analysis and Litigation Workshop

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The Federal Trade Commission is planning to host a public workshop on February 12, 2008 to examine the application of unilateral effects theory to mergers of firms that sell competing, but...

ValueAct Partners, LP, United States of America (for the FTC)

In December 2007, the Commission challenged ValueAct Capital Partners’ violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Pre-Merger Notification Act’s filing requirements related to the acquisition of stock in three companies, Gartner, Inc., Catalina marketing Group, and Acxiom Corp. The firm previously violated the HSR filing requirements in 2003, and after making corrective filings, and agreeing to put HSR safeguards into place to ensure compliance with the filing requirements, the Commission decided to take no action. However, ValueAct failed to enact the necessary preventative measures and again violated the HSR filing requirements with its aforementioned acquisitions resulting in the Commission seeking civil penalties in the amount of $1.1 million.

Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0510204
Feb13

Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy

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The FTC hosted a public workshop on that brought together experts from business, government, and the technology sector, consumer advocates, and academics to explore competition and consumer protection...

FTC Challenges Hospira/Mayne Pharma Deal

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To Protect Competition, Companies Must Sell Assets for Five Generic Injectable Drugs The Federal Trade Commission today announced its challenge to Hospira Inc.’s (Hospira) proposed $2 billion...