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Enforcement Pulse Check 2025: Antitrust and Merger Control in the U.S.
2025 Antitrust Outlook: Six Trends You Must Know
The U.S. antitrust landscape is shifting rapidly, driven by global disruptions and evolving policy. With regulatory scrutiny intensifying and deal complexity on the rise, are you prepared for the "X-factors" defining the year ahead?
This essential report, based on insights from leading antitrust attorneys, dissects the six critical trends reshaping merger control in 2025. From the increased burden of HSR filings to the binary nature of data preparedness, we provide the strategic intelligence C-suite executives and legal leaders need. Download now to navigate rigorous Second Requests and build resilience in a volatile enforcement environment.
Close coordination with counsel across jurisdictions is crucial for securing timely merger clearances. Clients and their counsel must align early on strategy, stay coordinated in their responses to requests from various agencies, and ensure consistency in written and oral statements.
- Teisha Johnson, Baker Mckenzie
We’ve observed an increased interest from the government in data from enterprise systems. The volume of enterprise data systems that companies use, as well as the variety of applications and storage locations for data, have grown significantly, making many data sources technically responsive.
- Jeny Maier of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider
Antitrust work is very tech-forward because it has to be. We are not using generative AI to replace human reviewers or even technology-assisted review, but we are leveraging its pattern recognition capabilities to enhance and accelerate our work.
– Harsha Kurpad, Latham & Watkins
There are increasingly effective AI tools to assist with and streamline the process of preparing privilege logs…We’re experimenting with homegrown AI chatbots that we’ve trained on our Second Request responses over the years to help us develop a structural framework and draft boilerplate pieces for a Second Request.
– Jeff Jaeckel, Morrison & Foerster
I see a fairly aggressive amount of enforcement. There is a greater willingness to undertake remedies and divestitures…We are seeing a lessening of the inclination to use the process to kill deals. Instead, if they do not like a deal, they will oppose it and try to win in court.
– Matt Reilly, Kirkland & Ellis
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