Antitrust in the Second Trump Administration – Massive Shift in Enforcement or More of the Same?
President Trump was just sworn into his second term, and he has already announced his core antitrust leadership, placing him well ahead of where he was in his first term. He has indicated that he intends to nominate Gail...
FTC Secures Record-Setting Civil Penalty for Gun-Jumping in Violation of the HSR Act
On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record-setting penalty to settle allegations of gun jumping in violation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C....
Baker & Miller PLLC Announces Two New Partners as Firm Reemphasizes Focus on Antitrust and International Roots
Baker & Miller PLLC is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2024, Erin A. Glavich and Lucy S. Clippinger, both of whom are antitrust attorneys based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, will become partners.
DOJ’s Agri Stats case demonstrates increased concern with information sharing among competitors in data analytics era
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a shot across the bow for competitor information exchanges. At the end of September 2023, the DOJ filed a conspiracy complaint against a data exchange for allegedly engineering and...
New merger guidelines – more noise than guidance about government merger enforcement
On 19 July 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) published draft “Merger Guidelines”, and asked for public comment. The title is in quotes because it