Pam Taylor is a partner at Jones Day in its Chicago office. She represents companies in antitrust matters. Her practice includes government antitrust investigations and enforcement actions before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Pam counsels clients on the full range of antitrust issues, including the antitrust aspects of mergers, joint ventures and strategic alliances, pricing and price discrimination, distribution issues, dealer terminations, marketing practices, and Hatch-Waxman Act strategies. She also advises companies on Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification requirements. Pam has served as antitrust counsel to trade associations and counseled trade associations and members on standard-setting activities. Pam has provided antitrust advice to clients in a broad range of industries, including the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, health care services, consumer products, automotive, mining, waste management, chemical, and defense industries. Representative clients include Baxter International, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bridgestone/Firestone, Cardinal Health, Edwards Lifesciences, International Formula Council, and Veolia Environnement. Pam is a member of the bars of Illinois and Massachusetts and the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section. She is admitted to practice before various U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeals.
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) have proposed to expand dramatically the scope and burden of preparing a merger filing in the United States. The proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act rules and filing form would : (...)
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 increases Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing fees for large transactions, decreases filing fees for small transactions, and requires changes to the HSR Form. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ("CAA"), the omnibus spending bill that Congress passed (...)
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On February 4, 2021, the U.S. antitrust agencies announced that they are temporarily suspending the discretionary practice of granting early termination of the waiting period to filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act. Since January 16, the agencies granted ET in just one (...)
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The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act thresholds will decrease slightly in 2021. These thresholds determine which mergers and acquisitions must be reported to the federal government before consummation. The lower thresholds take effect on March (...)
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This week, the Federal Trade Commission announced its 2020 adjustments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act thresholds. These thresholds determine which mergers and acquisitions must be reported to the federal government before consummation. The new thresholds take effect on February 27, and (...)
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued draft Vertical Merger Guidelines. Vertical mergers combine two or more companies operating at different levels of a supply chain for a related product, e.g., windshields and cars. This is the first (...)
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In Short The Situation : Overruling its precedent, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") may not seek restitution under FTC Act Section 13(b) because the statute, which permits the FTC to obtain injunctions, does not (...)
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The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Premerger Notification Rules relating to Item 5 of the HSR Form that take effect starting September 25, 2019. Item 5 currently requires filers to report relevant U.S. revenues categorized using the U.S. (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Antitrust authorities in the United States and European Union have assessed penalties and fines against Canon, and in the United States, Toshiba, for (...)
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The FTC has brought an FTC administrative action alleging price fixing and other anticompetitive behavior involving three of the largest U.S. suppliers of ductile iron pipe fittings (DIPF), which are used in municipal water systems. It now has published for public comment a proposed consent (...)
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In the first substantial change to the U.S. premerger filing requirements since 2005, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have issued a revised Premerger Notification and Report Form ("HSR Form") and final amendments to the rules governing the information reporting parties (...)
