The relationship between in-house and outside counsel is like any pseudo-marriage, with issues of finances, trust, confidentiality, and support. Under Danny Sokol’s sponsorship, this issue asks inside players for their…

Charles Layton, Julie Soloway, Apr 29, 2013 While many countries around the world have established procedures for reviewing transactions with national security implications, few have enacted statutes of general application…

Eirik Osterud, Harald Selte, Beret Sundet, Apr 29, 2013 On March 15, 2013, the Norwegian Government submitted its Proposition (Prop. 75 L (2012-2013)) for amendments to the Norwegian Competition Act…

Roy Hoffinger, Apr 29, 2013 After 30 years practicing antitrust law, 18 as in-house counsel, I think I can say that I have a fairly decent grasp of antitrust law-or…

Wayne Dale Collins, Lisl Dunlop, Apr 29, 2013 The allocation of antitrust risk has become an important feature of modern M&A agreements. In many strategic deals, where an antitrust challenge…

Michael McFalls, Apr 29, 2013 Transactional work can provide outside antitrust counsel immense opportunities to create, cement, and expand relationships with in-house counsel. For IP-intensive businesses, antitrust counsel can provide…

Aimee DeFilippo, Craig Waldman, Apr 29, 2013 The merger approval process can be a challenging experience, especially in tough deals that prompt extended antitrust investigations. Long wait times, high costs,…

Edurne Navarro Varona, Apr 29, 2013 Information exchange in the framework of a merger constitutes an important issue where the demands of the course of trade need to be balanced…

Francis Fryscak, Apr 29, 2013 Nearly four decades after enactment of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is a good time to get one’s bearings on how antitrust deal work has…