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            <title>Ready, Settle, Go! FTC and DOJ agree to three merger settlements in one week</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:10:10 +0000            </pubDate>
                                                    <dc:creator>Megan A. Granger</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Drew Cypher</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[In this post we discuss a busy week for U.S. antitrust agencies, as the FTC and DOJ resolved three merger challenges, signaling renewed openness to remedies.]]>
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                <![CDATA[The last week of January was notably active for the U.S. federal antitrust agencies, with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) together announcing three merger settlements across a range of industries. The agencies resolved challenges to Reddy Ice/Arctic Glacier, Columbus McKinnon/Kito Crosby, and Sevita/ResCare, each through negotiated remedies rather than outright blocks.]]>
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            <title>A Million Reasons to Report: The DOJ’s Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program in Action</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:12:00 +0000            </pubDate>
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                                                                                <dc:creator>Rachel Williams</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Arlinda Shehu</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[The DOJ’s Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program has delivered its first $1 million award. This post examines the EBlock case and the importance of maintaining compliance programs that create mechanisms for individuals to internally report potential antitrust violations.]]>
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                <![CDATA[On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division and the US Postal Service (“USPS”) announced that they made a $1 million dollar payment to an individual under the new Whistleblower Rewards Program, which was announced last July.&#160; This award signifies the Antitrust Division’s ongoing commitment to cartel enforcement, confirms that its enforcement]]>
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            <title>Achy Breaky Heart: The FTC Blocks Edwards-JenaValve Aortic Device Deal</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:05:36 +0000            </pubDate>
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                                                                                <dc:creator>Sierra Anderson</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Matt Tonglet</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[A federal court blocks Edwards’ acquisition of JenaValve, endorsing the FTC’s pipeline-merger theory in an emerging medical device market.]]>
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                <![CDATA[FTC’s first successful judicial challenge to a pipeline-to-pipeline merger in the medical device or healthcare area On January 9, 2026, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) request for a preliminary injunction, blocking Edwards Lifesciences’s acquisition of JenaValve Technology.[1] &#160;This was the first]]>
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            <title>UK government sets out CMA reform agenda: Faster, fairer mergers or opening the door to political interference?</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:23:21 +0000            </pubDate>
                                                    <dc:creator>Jenine Hulsmann</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Annagiulia Zanazzo</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Chris Chapman</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[As previewed in our previous post (here), the UK government has announced a wide‑ranging package of proposed ‘refinements’ to the UK mergers regime, intended to improve its pace, predictability, proportionality and process (the ‘4Ps’). The consultation signals significant institutional, jurisdictional and procedural changes that would reshape how the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) reviews mergers.]]>
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                <![CDATA[As previewed in our previous post (here), the UK government has announced a wide‑ranging package of proposed ‘refinements’ to the UK mergers regime, intended to improve its pace, predictability, proportionality and process (the ‘4Ps’). The consultation signals significant institutional, jurisdictional and procedural changes that would reshape how the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) reviews mergers.]]>
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            <title>Will It Stick? FTC Breaks From its Administrative Process, Seeks a Permanent Injunction in Federal Court for Liquid Nails Merger</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:39:51 +0000            </pubDate>
                                                    <dc:creator>Mark Seidman</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Meghana Appalaraju</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Fiona O’Brien</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[Is Henkel a sign that the FTC is moving closer to the DOJ’s federal court merits-trial model—and if so, what does that mean for FTC merger challenges?]]>
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                <![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent decision to challenge a merger exclusively in federal court&#160;marks a significant departure from its past use of its in-house administrative court process and, if sustained, could recalibrate the legal standards and practical dynamics of FTC merger cases.&#160;On December 11, 2025, the FTC&#160;sued&#160;in the Southern District of New York to]]>
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            <title>Lettuce Talk About Price Fixing: White House Targets Price Fixing in the Food Supply Chain</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:00:37 +0000            </pubDate>
                                                    <dc:creator>Jasmine Rosner</dc:creator>
                                                                                <dc:creator>Daniel Baquet</dc:creator>
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                <![CDATA[On December 6, the Administration announced an Executive Order that increases scrutiny of anticompetitive behavior in the food supply chain and foreign control of key food supply assets in the U.S.&#160; The Fact Sheet accompanying the Order highlights recent settlements in price-fixing litigations involving major players in America’s food supply chain and the increasing influence]]>
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                <![CDATA[On December 6, the Administration announced an Executive Order that increases scrutiny of anticompetitive behavior in the food supply chain and foreign control of key food supply assets in the U.S.&#160; The Fact Sheet accompanying the Order highlights recent settlements in price-fixing litigations involving major players in America’s food supply chain and the increasing influence]]>
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