Jon B. Dubrow
Subscribe to Jon B. Dubrow's PostsJon Dubrow is co-head of McDermott’s Antitrust Mergers Focus Group and is a strategic advisor serving clients across a host of inter-related antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions / merger clearance, counseling and litigation. Jon leads the defense of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures before the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and other international competition authorities. He also regularly assists third parties whose interests are adversely affected by proposed transactions. Jon also is experienced in antitrust litigation. He provides counseling on distribution issues, contracting arrangements and a wide variety of other competition-related matters. Read Jon Dubrow's full bio.
Flurry of Antitrust Merger Enforcement Actions as Obama Presidency Comes to a Close
By Jon B. Dubrow on Feb 2, 2017
Posted In DOJ Developments, FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several antitrust enforcement actions in advance of the inauguration of President Trump, including settlements for failures to file under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act), a challenge to an unreportable deal and a settlement of a “gun-jumping”...
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Antitrust M&A Snapshot: October – December 2016 Update
By McDermott Will & Emery, Jon B. Dubrow and Joel R. Grosberg on Jan 30, 2017
Posted In DOJ Developments, EC Developments, FTC Developments, Healthcare Antitrust, Joint Ventures/Competitor Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions
McDermott’s Antitrust M&A Snapshot is a resource for in-house counsel and others who deal with antitrust M&A issues but are not faced with these issues on a daily basis. In each quarterly issue, we will provide concise summaries of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and European Commission (EC) news and events related...
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Notification Threshold Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased to $80.8 Million
By Jon B. Dubrow on Jan 26, 2017
Posted In FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Pursuant to the amendments passed by the US Congress in 2000, the FTC announced revised thresholds for HSR pre-merger notifications on January 19, 2017. These increased thresholds will become effective 30 days following publication in the Federal Register. These new thresholds apply to any transaction completed and any HSR pre-merger notifications filed on or after...
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Aerospace and Defense Series: Trump Administration—Potential for Increased Antitrust Leniency for Vertical Transactions in the Defense Industry
By McDermott Will & Emery and Jon B. Dubrow on Dec 1, 2016
Posted In DOJ Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
President-elect Donald Trump has called for a dramatic increase in defense spending including purchases of new ships and warplanes as well as the addition of tens of thousands of new troops. This increase in spending generally bodes well for the aerospace and defense industry and potentially signals a new era of growth for companies in...
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Price Discrimination Markets Lead Antitrust Enforcers to Increased Success
By McDermott Will & Emery and Jon B. Dubrow on Aug 16, 2016
Posted In DOJ Developments, FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
In the last two years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) brought, and won, several litigated merger cases by establishing narrow markets comprised of a subset of customers for a product. This narrow market theory, known as price discrimination market definition, allowed the agencies to...
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McDermott’s Antitrust M&A Snapshot Published on July 17, 2016
By McDermott Will & Emery, Jon B. Dubrow and Joel R. Grosberg on Jul 27, 2016
Posted In Consumer Protection/Privacy, DOJ Developments, EC Developments, EU Developments, FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Monopolization/Abuse of Dominance
McDermott’s Antitrust M&A Snapshot is a resource for in-house counsel and others who deal with antitrust M&A issues but are not faced with these issues on a daily basis. In each quarterly issue, we will provide concise summaries of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and European Commission (EC) news and events related to M&A,...
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Lessons Learned – The State of Affairs in US Merger Review
By Raymond A. Jacobsen, Jr., Joel R. Grosberg, Jon B. Dubrow, Bilal Sayyed and McDermott Will & Emery on May 18, 2016
Posted In DOJ Developments, FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
In the last year, the US antitrust regulators successfully challenged multiple transactions in court and forced companies to abandon several other transactions as a result of threatened enforcement actions. Looking back at the different cases, there are some trends that we see developing in the government’s positioning on mergers, and these should be kept in...
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Notification Threshold Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased to $78.2 Million
By Jon B. Dubrow on Jan 21, 2016
Posted In Mergers & Acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced increased thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) and 2016 thresholds for determining whether parties trigger the prohibition against interlocking directors under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Read the full article.
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FTC Settles Allegations of HSR Act Violation by Activist Investment Fund
By Jon B. Dubrow on Oct 28, 2015
Posted In FTC Developments, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement on August 24, 2015, with Third Point Funds for failing to file a notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) in connection with the acquisition of shares in Yahoo! Inc. (Yahoo) in 2011. Third Point Funds initially did not file and observe the HSR waiting...
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Increasing Antitrust Risk in Non-Reportable Transactions – DOJ Obtains Disgorgement of Profits in Tour Bus Settlement
By Jon B. Dubrow on Mar 11, 2015
Posted In DOJ Developments, Joint Ventures/Competitor Collaboration
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reached a settlement with Coach USA Inc. and City Sights LLC, breaking up their joint venture. The DOJ also employed the rarely used remedy of disgorgement to recover $7.5 million in profits from the defendants. This case demonstrates the aggressive posture the antitrust agencies are taking to challenge...
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