Hogan Lovells (Washington)

Chuck Loughlin

Hogan Lovells (Washington)
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Chuck Loughlin, former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Trial Counsel, is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation group of Hogan Lovells and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Chuck has more than 25 years in both public service and private practice, with experience in multiple industrial sectors, including financial, pharmaceutical, and technology, enabling him to help companies navigate competition and antitrust issues across the United States. Chuck handled some of the most significant antitrust matters to come before the FTC and was awarded the FTC’s Award for Distinguished Service. He led the Impax Labs trial, co-led the Staples/Office Depot merger trial, and supervised the Tronox/Cristal merger trial and the 1-800 Contacts non-merger trial. While in private practice, Chuck was involved in the first trial of an antitrust challenge to so-called "reverse payment" patent settlements.

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Chuck Loughlin, Ashley Howlett, Ken Field, Ilana Kattan, Justin W. Bernick, Lauren E. Battaglia, Jill Ottenberg The US FTC and DOJ publish the long-awaited draft of the proposed merger guidelines that would lead to enhanced scrutiny of labor markets, potential entrants, serial acquisitions, and multi-sided platforms

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On July 19, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (“the agencies”) released their 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines (the “2023 draft guidelines” or the “revised guidelines”). The publication of the revised guidelines—currently available for public comment until (...)

Chuck Loughlin, Justin W. Bernick, Lauren E. Battaglia, Ashley Howlett, Ken Field, Ilana Kattan, Jill Ottenberg The US FTC and DOJ publish a new set of merger guidelines with increased focus on structural presumptions and the promotion of expansive and novel theories of merger enforcement that have recently faced significant pushback in court

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On July 19, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (“the agencies”) released their 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines (the “2023 draft guidelines” or the “revised guidelines”). The publication of the revised guidelines—currently available for public comment until (...)

Chuck Loughlin, Justin W. Bernick, Lauren E. Battaglia, Ilana Kattan, Jill Ottenberg The US FTC announces the withdrawal of two antitrust policy statements related to antitrust enforcement in health care markets

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On July 14, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is withdrawing two antitrust policy statements related to antitrust enforcement in health care markets (the policy statements). Specifically, the FTC is withdrawing “safe harbors” for healthcare provider mergers, joint (...)

Chuck Loughlin, Ilana Kattan, Daniel (Danny) Mader, Jill Ottenberg The US FTC warns against the legality of contract terms that impede voluntary interviews and weaken agency investigations

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On June 15, 2023 the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition (the Bureau) issued a statement outlining its view that the enforcement of certain contract terms “can impede the Bureau’s law enforcement investigations of potentially harmful mergers and conduct” and are therefore (...)

Katie Hellings, Logan Breed, Benjamin F. Holt, Lauren E. Battaglia, Chuck Loughlin, Dan Shulak, George Ingham, Katy Forsstrom, John Hamilton The US FTC proposes a new rule to ban nearly all employee noncompete agreements

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On 5 January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Non-Compete Clause Rule. The proposed rule, if adopted, would effectively ban the use of non-competes with employees by making the use of such non-competes a violation of Section 5 of (...)

Bob Leibenluft, Jonathan Elsasser, Justin W. Bernick, Chuck Loughlin, William F. Ferreira The US FTC proposes to ban employer non-compete agreements which signals a possible sea-change for employers across industries

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) January 5, 2023 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Non-Compete Clause Rule, which would ban nearly all post-employment non-competes, signals a possible sea-change for employers across industries. Significantly, however, non-profit (...)

Arjun Garg, David Horowitz, Kevin Sheys, Chuck Loughlin, Edith Ramirez, Logan Breed, Leigh Oliver The US President Joe Biden issues sweeping executive order targeting corporate consolidation and anticompetitive activity in the labor, financial services, healthcare, transportation, telecommunications, agricultural, and tech markets

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On 9 July 2021 President Biden signed a far-reaching executive order intended to promote competition in the American economy. The order targets perceived corporate consolidation and anticompetitive activity in the labor, financial services, health care, transportation, telecommunications, (...)

Edith Ramirez, Chuck Loughlin, Logan Breed The US FTC publishes commentary on vertical merger enforcement to provide greater transparency to the public regarding its analysis of vertical mergers

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On 22 December 2020, on a divided vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) issued a Commentary on Vertical Merger Enforcement (FTC Commentary) to provide “greater transparency to the public regarding its analysis of vertical mergers.” Following the FTC and Department of (...)

William Tripp Monts, Chuck Loughlin, Edith Ramirez, Justin W. Bernick, Benjamin F. Holt The US District Court for the Northern District of California announces a $100,000 fine and sentences a former CEO to 40 months in prison for his role in a tuna price fixing conspiracy involving two competitors (Bumble Bee Foods)

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On 16 June 2020, the former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods LLC was sentenced to 40 months in prison and fined US$100,000 for his role in a tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving two competitors. This sentence is one of the most significant penalties ever imposed on a corporate executive in a criminal (...)

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