Significant changes to the Indian merger control regime came into effect in September 2024. But what has happened? Nisha Kaur Uberoi, partner at JSA law firm in Mumbai, joins Puja Patel and Matthew Hall to discuss the changes and their likely practical impact on transactions affecting India. Listen to this episode to learn more about the changes including the new deal value threshold, the codification of the material influence test for control, new timelines and procedure and the impact of new definitions on the use of the Green Channel route for approval.

With special guest:

Nisha Kaur Uberoi, partner, JSA advocates & solicitors

Related Links:

• JSA article, "What the overhaul of India’s merger control regime means", 24 September 2024
• India Competition Act, 2002
• Competition Amendment Act, 2023
• Competition Commission of India (Combinations) Regulations, 2024
• Competition (Criteria for Exemption of Combinations) Rules, 2024
• Notifications of the changes
  
  

Hosted by:

Puja Patel, A&O Shearman US LLP and Matthew Hall, McGuireWoods London LLP

Over a year after the FTC and DOJ first announced changes to the premerger notification form and associated rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the final rules were released in October 2024. What do these new HSR rules mean in practice for parties to transactions that must make an HSR filing? Daniel Rosenthal, Special Counsel at Milbank, joins hosts Jaclyn Phillips and Matt Tabas to discuss these changes in detail. Listen to this episode to learn more about what has changed, what hasn't, and how you can start to prepare.

With special guest:

Daniel J. Rosenthal, Special Counsel, Milbank LLP

Related Links:

The New HSR Form Is Here

Hosted by:

Jaclyn Phillips, White & Case LLP and Matt Tabas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Can competition law save humanity? Over the past two years, Fiona Schaeffer has spurred on the lawyers, regulators, and economists of the ABA Antitrust Law Section to examine the role that antitrust law has, or potentially will have, in dealing with the existential challenges posed by climate change and the rise of artificial intelligence. In this episode, co-hosts Alicia Downey and Anora Wang talk with Fiona about why she chose to focus attention on these two issues during her recent term as Section Chair, and the insights that listeners should take away from the Section's work to date.

With special guest:

Fiona Schaeffer, Milbank LLP

Related Links:

• Joint Section Comments on the Canadian Competition Bureau’s Discussion Paper on Artificial Intelligence and Competition (July 9, 2024)
• Report on Competition Law and Sustainability to the JFTC by the International Comments and Policy Committee (March 18, 2024)
• Joint Section Comments on the European Commission’s Consultation on Generative AI (March 6, 2024)

Hosted by:

Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Anora Wang, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP