Ripped From the Headlines: What's Making News in Antitrust (2024)

Antitrust law enforcement and policy objectives continue to make front-page news! There is bi-partisan support for antitrust merger reform and numerous bills have been presented in both houses of Congress designed to strengthen antitrust enforcement. Both the FTC and the DOJ have taken a significantly broader approach to antitrust enforcement under the Biden Administration and pursued novel strategies in court. 

A leading practitioner in U.S. antitrust law, Gerald A. Stein, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (New York and Washington, DC), will discuss the legislative and enforcement developments in US antitrust law, current enforcement trends in merger and conduct cases, and currently used antitrust risk shifting clauses. Whether you are in-house or outside counsel, this presentation is developed to enhance your ability to provide strategic antitrust counseling to your business clients.

Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze pending antitrust legislation and policy objectives that will affect your clients
2. Identify the hot issues that antitrust enforcement agencies are focusing on
3. Appraise your clients on how to strategically analyze their merger planning
4. Break down how antitrust risk-shifting provisions can help your client mitigate antitrust uncertainty