Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York)

Matthew P. Hendrickson

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York)
Partner

Mr. Hendrickson, a partner in Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition practice, is resident in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Hendrickson represents parties involved in mergers and acquisitions in proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He also handles antitrust litigation and provides counseling on U.S. competition laws and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Mr. Hendrickson has been part of the teams representing a number of clients with respect to major transactions, including SGL Carbon, Rhodia, Viacom, Madison Square Garden, JBS, Watson Pharmaceuticals, MDS, Express Scripts, Taro Pharmaceuticals, Southwest Airlines and Sprint Nextel Corporation. Litigation experience includes defending De Beers in connection with U.S. class action lawsuits relating to gem diamonds, defending De Beers in antitrust class action litigation brought in British Columbia, defending Shufflemaster against allegations of monopolization of casino table games, and defending Solvay and Laboratoires Fournier in connection with multiple suits alleging monopolization of a pharmaceutical product.

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Articles

9214 Bulletin

Matthew P. Hendrickson, Kenneth Schwartz, Rita Sinkfield Belin, Joseph F. Ciani-Dausch The US FTC announces the revised thresholds for determining whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

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On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the revised thresholds for determining whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). If a proposed (...)

Matthew P. Hendrickson, Steve Albertson The US FTC and DoJ announce the suspension of the process by which requests for early termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting periods are granted

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On Thursday, February 4, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), announced that it had suspended the process by which requests for early termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) waiting periods are granted, (...)

Matthew P. Hendrickson, Steve Albertson, Rita Sinkfield Belin The US FTC releases the revised thresholds for determining whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

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On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the revised thresholds for determining whether companies are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a transaction under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). If a proposed (...)

Rita Sinkfield Belin, Steve Albertson, Matthew P. Hendrickson The US FTC and DoJ jointly release two proposed rules to change the HSR pre-merger filing requirements for acquiring parties

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On Monday, September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly released two proposed rule changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filing requirements for acquiring parties. In an extension of a 2011 rule change that established the concept of (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, Kenneth Schwartz, Maria Raptis, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Steven C. Sunshine The US District Court for the District of Columbia blocks two proposed mergers in the insurance sector brought and litigated under the Obama administration (Aetna / Humana and Anthem / Cigna)

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In a continuation of recent Department of Justice (DOJ) successes challenging mergers, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently enjoined two more proposed mergers brought and litigated under the Obama administration. Aetna’s $37 billion proposed acquisition of Humana was (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, Maria Raptis, Matthew P. Hendrickson The US District Court for the District of Columbia grants the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction halting a merger in the office supply superstores sector (Staples / Office Depot)

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On May 10, 2016, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released his highly anticipated decision in the matter of Staples’ acquisition of Office Depot, granting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request for a preliminary injunction and effectively (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, Kenneth Schwartz, Matthew P. Hendrickson The US DoJ files a complaint against an activist investor before the US District Court for the Northern District of California for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (ValueAct)

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On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) led
 a complaint against activist investor ValueAct Capital in California federal court, requesting a $19 million fine for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act’s notifcation provisions . The DOJ’s complaint alleged (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, John H. Lyons, Matthew P. Hendrickson The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denies the FTC’s bid to prevent company from acquiring its alleged potential competitor (Steris / Synergy Health)

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On September 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bid to enjoin Steris Corporation (Steris) from acquiring its alleged potential competitor, Synergy Health plc (Synergy). The loss breaks a string of victories in merger (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, John H. Lyons, Kenneth Schwartz, Maria Raptis, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Steven C. Sunshine The US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denies the Federal Trade Commission’s bid to enjoin a company from acquiring its alleged potential competitor (Steris / Synergy)

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This article has been nominated for the 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On September 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bid to enjoin Steris Corporation (...)

Brian C. Mohr, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Rita Sinkfield Belin The US Federal Trade Commission announces a consent settlement based on an application of the investment-only exemption to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act’s premerger notification requirements (Third Point)

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On August 24, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a consent settlement based on an application of the investment-only exemption to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act’s premerger notification requirements. The settlement relates to the 2011 acquisitions of shares of Yahoo!, Inc. by Third (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, Kenneth Schwartz, Matthew P. Hendrickson The DoJ condemns pre-merger coordination requiring target company to sell factory (Flakeboard America / SierraPine)

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On November 7, 2014, the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced a $5 million agreement to settle charges that Flakeboard and SierraPine had engaged in unlawful pre-merger coordination . The DOJ’s complaint alleged that the parties’ conduct constituted both a per (...)

Brian C. Mohr, Joseph P. Nisa, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Neal R. Stoll, Rita Sinkfield Belin, Steve Albertson The US FTC issues proposed rulemaking relating to withdrawal of Hart-Scott-Rodino filings

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, will codify the FTC’s longstanding informal procedures for voluntarily withdrawing and refiling an HSR Act Premerger Notification and Report Form (HSR filing) and, more significantly, will (...)

Alec Y. Chang, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Sean M. Tepe, Sharis A. Pozen, Steven C. Sunshine The US FTC closes its investigation and approves the voluntary commitment of an internet search engine (Google)

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This article has been nominated for the 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Thoughts On Google’s FTC Settlement On Jan. 3, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission ended its highly publicized and wide-ranging investigation into Google Inc.’s (...)

Brian C. Mohr, Joseph P. Nisa, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Neal R. Stoll, Rita Sinkfield Belin The US FTC issues a statement to clarify the use of escrows in reportable acquisitions

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On April 29, 2011, the Premerger Notification Office (PNO) of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a statement “to provide greater clarity about the use of escrows in connection with transactions” that require notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as (...)

Gary A. MacDonald, Matthew P. Hendrickson The US District Court for the Northern District of California reaffirms the importance of market definition in antitrust merger analysis (Golden Gate Pharmacy / Pfizer)

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On April 16, 2010, Judge Maxine M. Chesney of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a complaint raising a private antitrust challenge to the merger of Pfizer, Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, because she concluded that the complaint failed sufficiently to (...)

Clifford H. Aronson, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Steven C. Sunshine The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit reverses the denial of a preliminary injunction sought by an undertaking against a merger in the organic food sector (Whole Foods / Wild Oats)

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On July 29, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the denial of a preliminary injunction sought by the FTC against a merger of Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Wild Oats Markets, Inc., in a ruling that significantly lowers the bar for the FTC to obtain preliminary (...)

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