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V&E lawyers will discuss a potential wave of DEI and ESG investigations, enforcement actions, and lawsuits from the federal government, state attorneys general, and class action lawyers.

Join us as Hill Wellford and Mike Scarborough offer insights on antitrust developments affecting the technology industry.

On February 26, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the formation of a Joint Labor Task Force aimed at addressing deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive practices impacting labor markets.

California continues to ramp up recent efforts to ferret out anticompetitive conduct in the Golden State through oversight and enforcement.

On February 10, Vinson & Elkins LLP’s Hill Wellford, co-chair of the firm’s antitrust group, and Kara Kuritz, an antitrust transactional partner, presented a PLI briefing “Antitrust in Transactions.”

Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discussed recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025.

The Trump Administration’s antitrust enforcement priorities are beginning to take shape. On January 20, 2025, President Trump designated former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner Andrew Ferguson as the agency’s next Chair and formally nominated Mark Meador, an FTC veteran, to be a Commissioner. In addition, Trump nominated Gail Slater to be the next head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.

Vinson & Elkins’ 2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report details the antitrust approach expected under the upcoming Trump administration, with a focus on boosting oil and gas production.

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the Clayton Act governing “interlocking directorates.”

On Friday, January 10, 2025, the Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, American Investment Council, and Longview Chamber of Commerce filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas against the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and its Chair Lina Khan to block the enforcement of the FTC’s new rule expanding the scope of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Form (the “new HSR Rule”) set to take effect on February 10, 2025.

On December 18, 2024, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced that Tencent Holdings Ltd. (“Tencent”) had removed two directors from the board of Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) and relinquished its right to unilaterally appoint directors to Epic’s board going forward.

On December 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the largest distributor of wine and spirits in the U.S., alleging that Southern Glazer’s has violated the Robinson-Patman Act (“RPA”) and FTC Act through pricing practices that FTC claims discriminate against small and independent retailers.