Tag Archives: antitrust

Navigating the new HSR landscape: Major updates and enforcement actions you need to know

By Jay L. Levine on April 7, 2025

When the words “Hart Scott” or “HSR” are mentioned, business executives and deal lawyers often react with indifference. While they recognize the necessity of HSR compliance before closing a transaction, it typically garners little attention unless the deal is expected to face intense scrutiny. The goal is usually to check the HSR box and move … Continue Reading

Capper Volstead: Past, present and future – Part 3

By Jay L. Levine and Porter Wright on March 2, 2023

In Part 3 of their Capper Volstead series, Jay Levine and Don Barnes discuss other statutes that exempt agricultural cooperatives from antitrust liability and delve into the historical and present relationship that USDA and DOJ have with the Capper Volstead Act. Read a transcript of the episode here. Find Jay on Twitter and LinkedIn or contact him at jlevine@porterwright.com. Listen wherever you listen to … Continue Reading

Capper Volstead: Past, present and future – Part 2

By Jay L. Levine and Porter Wright on February 22, 2023

In Part 2 of their Capper Volstead series, Jay Levine and Don Barnes continue to discuss the need for the Capper Volstead Act and its key elements. Specifically, the team dives in to discuss why the Act was required and preview some of the ongoing issues with its application.… Continue Reading

Government is cracking down on antitrust issues in labor markets

By Jay L. Levine on May 10, 2022

Antitrust enforcement is heating up when it comes to issues affecting the labor market and workers’ ability to sell their services to the highest bidder. Though the movement began in 2016, the Biden administration is claiming that certain agreements between employers that affect workers’ mobility and compensation can be prosecuted criminally.… Continue Reading

A new year of fresh challenges: Antitrust highlights from Q1 2022

By Jay L. Levine on April 21, 2022

The Antitrust Revolution continues marching on. From the agencies to Congress, the fundamental purpose of the antitrust laws and the way in which they are enforced is being re-written. If you think this doesn’t affect you or your business, you should listen in.… Continue Reading

New Brandeisians push further: Proposed antitrust legislation reflects broad remedial purpose of antitrust laws

By Jay L. Levine and Porter Wright on September 15, 2021

Our last article, New Brandeisians keep their promise, discussed the contents of Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) proposed overarching antitrust legislation, Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act (CALERA). Now, we’d like to take a step back and focus on the arguments supporting and opposing such reform, and in particular the precise manner in which the … Continue Reading