Michael Schaper is a litigation partner who focuses on various types of complex civil litigation, including in numerous areas of intellectual property ...
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Publications
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DOJ Antitrust Compliance Guidance
5 December 2024
Helen V. Cantwell
, Josh A. Cohen
, Tim Cornell
, Ted Hassi
, David A. O'Neil
, David Sarratt
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Erich O. Grosz
, Adam C. Saunders
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U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Expanded HSR Notification Rules and Requirements
11 October 2024
Tim Cornell
, Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Chaim Lapp
, Adam C. Saunders
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Federal Court Sets Aside FTC Final Noncompete Rule Nationwide
22 August 2024
Tim Cornell
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Simone S. Hicks
, Meir D. Katz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, Michael Schaper
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Abraham Tabaie
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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Preliminary Ruling Casts Doubt on FTC Final Noncompete Rule
8 July 2024
Tim Cornell
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Simone S. Hicks
, Meir D. Katz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, John (Jay) Neukom
, Michael Schaper
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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Navigating Antitrust in the Age of AI: Global Regulatory Scrutiny and Implications
20 June 2024
Tim Cornell
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Anne-Mette Heemsoth
, Adam C. Saunders
, Zesemaiat Debessai Corino
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Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter
3 June 2024
Eric Dinallo
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Simone S. Hicks
, Meir D. Katz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, John (Jay) Neukom
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Michael Schaper
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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PE Firm Welsh Carson Escapes FTC’s Antitrust Suit against Portfolio Company
16 May 2024
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Adam C. Saunders
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FTC Issues Final Noncompete Rule
24 April 2024
Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Simone S. Hicks
, Meir D. Katz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Frank Mitchell
, John (Jay) Neukom
, Michael Schaper
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
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Private Equity Report: 2024 Outlook
February 2024
Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Andrew L. Bab
, Paul S. Bird
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Charu A. Chandrasekhar
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Luke Dembosky
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Avi Gesser
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Nia I. Goodman
, David Grosgold
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Andrew M. Levine
, Erez Liebermann
, Timothy McIver
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Edwin Northover
, Brett M. Novick
, Marc Ponchione
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Natalie L. Reid
, Julie M. Riewe
, Kevin Rinker
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Paul D. Rubin
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Scott B. Selinger
, Aly Love (f/k/a Simons)
, Thomas Smith
, Kristin A. Snyder
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Stuart Hammer
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Michael P. McGuigan
, Sheena Paul
, Melissa Runsten
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Ulysses Smith
, Sergio Torres
, Elie J. Worenklein
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Josephine Chen
, Perpétua B. Chéry
, Paul Eastham
, Isabelle Glimcher
, Yiran Ji
, Maryam Kanna
, Leah Martin
, Sophie Michalski
, Diana Moise
, David J. Swiedler
, Perri M. Weinstein
, Nathan R. Hogan
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New Government Shutdown Plan—No New HSRs
6 February 2024
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Leah Martin
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FTC Announces Increases to HSR Act Thresholds and Filing Fees, and Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds
24 January 2024
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Leah Martin
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Top 10 Healthcare and Life Sciences Issues to Watch in 2024
4 January 2024
Andrew L. Bab
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Mark P. Goodman
, Ted Hassi
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Kevin Rinker
, Paul D. Rubin
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kim T. Le
, Melissa Runsten
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Ilya Balabanovsky
, Margaret Howard
, Chaim Lapp
, Hannah R. Levine
, Zoe Jacoby
, Kaitlyn McGill
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Ending 2023 with a Bang: U.S. Antitrust Agencies Issue Tough New Merger Guidelines
20 December 2023
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Chaim Lapp
, Leah Martin
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Private Equity Report Fall 2023, Vol 23, No 3
November 2023
Dominic Blaxill
, Michael Bolotin
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Charu A. Chandrasekhar
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Matthew Dickman
, Avi Gesser
, Gregory V. Gooding
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Eric T. Juergens
, Frank Mitchell
, Brett M. Novick
, Benjamin R. Pedersen
, William D. Regner
, Edward M. Rishty
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Kristin A. Snyder
, Katherine Durnan Taylor
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Robert T. Dura
, Caitlin Gibson
, Stuart Hammer
, Matt Kelly
, Sarah Wolf
, Victoria G. J. Brown
, Matthew Stromecki
, Adam Silverwood
, Edoardo Troina
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Ready, Set, Sell: 10 Things to Consider Before Starting a Sale Process
November 2023
Dominic Blaxill
, Michael Bolotin
, Frank Mitchell
, Brett M. Novick
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Katherine Durnan Taylor
, Robert T. Dura
, Caitlin Gibson
, Stuart Hammer
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A Whole New World? U.S. Antitrust Agencies Propose Tough New Merger Guidelines
20 July 2023
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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FTC Proposes Sweeping Changes to HSR Rules and Filing Notification Requirements
29 June 2023
Ted Hassi
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Anne-Mette Heemsoth
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CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses ESG and Antitrust
8 March 2023
CLS Blue Sky Blog
Ted Hassi
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Ulysses Smith
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ESG and Antitrust: More Focus but No Consensus - Recent Developments, Pitfalls and Mitigating Risk
3 March 2023
Ted Hassi
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Ulysses Smith
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FTC Announces Increases to HSR Act, Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds, and Significant Increases in HSR Filing Fees for Largest Transactions
26 January 2023
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Leah Martin
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Reinvigorated Antitrust Enforcement of Interlocking Directorate Violations
January 2023
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Chaim Lapp
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Top 15 Healthcare and Life Sciences Issues to Watch in 2023
9 January 2023
Andrew L. Bab
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Mark P. Goodman
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Kevin Rinker
, Paul D. Rubin
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kim T. Le
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Elie J. Worenklein
, Samuel J. Allaman
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Hannah R. Levine
, Melissa Runsten
, Adam C. Saunders
, Adrian St. Francis
, Emily G. Dennan
, Micah A. Rubin
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Congress Enacts Changes to HSR Act, Significantly Increasing Filing Fees for Larger Transactions and Introducing New Foreign Subsidy Disclosure Requirements
5 January 2023
Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
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FTC Sharpens Focus on Private Equity
17 June 2022
Andrew L. Bab
, Mark P. Goodman
, Ted Hassi
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Kevin Rinker
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kim T. Le
, Leah Martin
, Adam C. Saunders
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FTC Announces Increases to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds
27 January 2022
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Leah Martin
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Private Equity Report Fall 2021, Vol 21, No 3
November 2021
Ted Hassi
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Anne-Mette Heemsoth
, Gregory V. Gooding
, Uri Herzberg
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Katherine Durnan Taylor
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Zachary H. Saltzman
, David J. Hotelling
, Natascha Born
, Jonathan Adler
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Ina C. Popova
, Patrick Taylor
, Cameron Sim
, Benjamin Teo
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Buyer Beware: The FTC’s Revived and Expanded Prior Approval Policy
8 November 2021
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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President Biden Issues Sweeping Executive Order to Strengthen Antitrust Regulation and Expand Enforcement
14 July 2021
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
, Adam C. Saunders
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Flurry of New FTC Rules and Policies Signals Era of Aggressive Enforcement Despite Recent Supreme Court Defeat
13 July 2021
Ted Hassi
, Paul D. Rubin
, Michael Schaper
, Leah Martin
, Melissa Runsten
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Proposed Legislation Would Significantly Alter Antitrust Merger Standards, Particularly for Big Tech Companies
11 February 2021
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
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FTC Announces Decreases to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds
3 February 2021
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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FTC and DOJ Antitrust Announce New Vertical Merger Guidelines
8 July 2020
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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FTC Announces Annual Adjustments to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds
29 January 2020
Ted Hassi
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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TMT Insights: What Is On The Horizon For Export Controls on “Emerging Technologies”? Industry Comments May Hold A Clue
23 September 2019
Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
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DOJ Antitrust Announces New Policies on Antitrust Compliance Programs
15 July 2019
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Ted Hassi
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Bruce E. Yannett
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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TMT Insights: SEC Pares Back Required Content for Exhibit Filings: Takeaways for TMT
23 April 2019
Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Paul M. Rodel
, Michael Schaper
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Employee “No-Poach” Agreements Draw Antitrust Attention and Debate
15 March 2019
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Ted Hassi
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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FTC Announces Annual Adjustments to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 Thresholds
4 March 2019
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Ted Hassi
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Leah Martin
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TMT Insights: A Skeptical D.C. Circuit Hears Oral Argument in the Government’s Appeal of the AT&T-Time Warner Merger
21 December 2018
Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
, Leah Martin
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TMT Insights: CFIUS Launches Pilot Program Targeted at Technology
9 November 2018
Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
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TMT Insights: Key Insights from the New York AI in Finance Summit
18 October 2018
Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
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TMT Insights: Derived Data: Contracting Considerations and Market Practices
30 August 2018
Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Michael Diz
, Henry Lebowitz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
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AT&T/Time Warner Merger Clearance Paves Way for Future Transactions
13 June 2018
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Michael Diz
, Gary W. Kubek
, William D. Regner
, Michael Schaper
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TMT Insights: A Checklist for Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Diligence in TMT Transactions
30 May 2018
Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Michael Diz
, Jonathan E. Levitsky
, Jim Pastore
, Michael Schaper
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Game Over: New York’s Highest Court Rejects Right of Publicity Claims Against Grand Theft Auto V
2 April 2018
David H. Bernstein
, Michael Schaper
, Jared I. Kagan
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Loyalty rebates in the EU (after Intel) and the U.S.
12 February 2018
ABA Distribution and Franchising Newsletter
Michael Schaper
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FTC Emphasizes the Importance of Testing Disclosures
30 September 2016
David H. Bernstein
, Michael Schaper
, Megan K. Bannigan
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The FTC Draws the Line on Native Advertising
23 March 2016
David H. Bernstein
, Michael Schaper
, Megan K. Bannigan
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D.C. Circuit's POM Wonderful Decision Points To Reduced Substantiation Burden For Advertisers
4 February 2015
David H. Bernstein
, Michael Schaper
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Private Equity Sponsor Fined for Cartel Activity of Portfolio Company
10 April 2014
Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Timothy McIver
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FTC Expands Scope of Reportable Pharma Patent Licenses under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
8 November 2013
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Kyra K. Bromley
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
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Strategic Thinking: Special Considerations for Private Equity Sponsors Contemplating Add-On Acquisitions
Winter 2013
Kevin M. Schmidt
, Michael Schaper
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Supreme Court Says ‘Reverse Payment’ Generic Drug Settlements Are Subject to Rule of Reason Antitrust Review
18 June 2013
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
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Strategic Thinking: Special Considerations for Private Equity Sponsors Contemplating Add-On Acquisitions
June 2013
The M&A Lawyer
Kevin M. Schmidt
, Michael Schaper
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The Private Equity Report
Winter 2013
Jonathan F. Lewis
, E. Drew Dutton
, David Innes
, Andrew M. Ostrognai
, Eric Dinallo
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Michael P. Harrell
, Jonathan R. Tuttle
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Michael Schaper
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Adele M. Karig
, Matthew D. Saronson
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EU Commission Ends Antitrust Proceeding After Areva and Siemens Agree to Limit Scope of Non-Compete and Confidentiality Obligations
29 June 2012
Dr. Thomas Schürrle
, Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Timothy McIver
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Third Circuit Approves Broad De Beers Diamond Settlement Class, But Does It Also Reopen the Door for Certification of Multistate Litigation Classes?
22 December 2011
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
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FTC Implements Revisions to HSR Premerger Filing Requirements
12 July 2011
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
, Kyra K. Bromley
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A Tougher Standard for Class in Antitrust Action
9 January 2009
Competition Law360
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
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New Decision Supports Tougher Standard for Class Certification in Antitrust Actions
6 January 2009
Daniel M. Abuhoff
, Gary W. Kubek
, Michael Schaper
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Getting Private Equity Deals Done in the Current Antitrust Environment
November 2021
Ted Hassi
, Timothy McIver
, Michael Schaper
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Anne-Mette Heemsoth
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Recent Events
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U.S. Antitrust Enforcement and State Healthcare Regulatory Developments
29 October 2024
Harris Williams
Harris Williams Consumer Health Conference
Austin, Texas
Speaking Engagements
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New HSR Rules to Impose Greater Burden
16 October 2024
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debevoise Webcast
Webcast
Speaking Engagements
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Antitrust and FDI Developments
8 February 2024
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Webcast
Speaking Engagements
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Clean Rooms – Key Considerations and Best Practices
27 April 2023
The Conference Board
The Conference Board – San Francisco Conference
Mountain View, California
Speaking Engagements
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Getting Private Equity Deals Done in the Current Antitrust Environment
4 November 2021
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
PE GC Virtual Roundtable
Virtual
Speaking Engagements
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Getting Deals Done in the Current Antitrust Environment
13 September 2021
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Webcast
Speaking Engagements
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