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10 Antitrust Trends And Developments to Watch This Year

Law360
January 23, 2017

"President Donald Trump’s competition policies are sure to top the headlines in 2017. Here, we offer insights on directions that Trump’s antitrust agenda may take and other competition trends and developments to look out for in the coming year, including a renewed focus on the SMARTER Act; increased Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act penalties; antitrust enforcement against employment practices; continued attention to the pharmaceutical industry; criminal enforcement in high-tech industries; hurdles for foreign investment in the U.S.; anti-competitive conduct in the e-commerce industry in the EU; and antitrust and consumer protection enforcement around big data."

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