--- title: On Competition Policy date: 2024-11-14T14:07:00-05:00 author: Joe Batutis canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy" section: Blogs --- # ## [Premerger Notification Rule Gets Stay of Execution ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/premerger-notification-rule-gets-stay-of-execution) [David H. Evans](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-h-evans), [William C. MacLeod](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-c-macleod) February 20, 2026 The new Premerger Notification Rule, vacated by a federal district court because its benefits outweighed its costs, has been temporarily reinstated by the Fifth Circuit. While the appeal plays out, companies will have… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/premerger-notification-rule-gets-stay-of-execution) ## [ Washington State and Colorado Premerger Notification Requirements ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/washington-state-and-colorado-premerger-notification-requirements) [David H. Evans](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-h-evans) August 5, 2025 Washington State and Colorado have premerger notification requirements. If you make about $25 million or more in either of those States, which will inch up each year, assuming no deflation, or have a principal place of… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/washington-state-and-colorado-premerger-notification-requirements) ## [ Firings of Democratic Commissioners Leave FTC In Flux and Tee Up Revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/firings-of-democratic-commissioners-leave-ftc-in-flux-and-tee-up-revisiting-of-humphreys-executor) [Donnelly L. McDowell](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/donnelly-l-mcdowell) March 20, 2025 As news hit last night that President Trump fired the two remaining Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, many questions abound. Would Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter contest the… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/firings-of-democratic-commissioners-leave-ftc-in-flux-and-tee-up-revisiting-of-humphreys-executor) ## [ Can Two FTC Commissioners of the Same Party Constitute a Quorum? ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/can-two-ftc-commissioners-of-the-same-party-constitute-a-quorum) [John E. Villafranco](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/john-e-villafranco), [Andrea deLorimier](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/andrea-delorimier) March 20, 2025 Yesterday, President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission, Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. President Trump’s action leaves Chair Andrew Ferguson (R) and… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/can-two-ftc-commissioners-of-the-same-party-constitute-a-quorum) ## [ FTC Doubles Down Against Long Odds on Noncompete Rule ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/ftc-doubles-down-against-long-odds-on-noncompete-rule) [William C. MacLeod](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-c-macleod) November 21, 2024 After two federal courts condemned the Federal Trade Commission’s audacious effort to ban noncompete agreements in the United States, the agency is gambling that a circuit court will rescue its Noncompete Rule . At… [ Continue reading ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy/ftc-doubles-down-against-long-odds-on-noncompete-rule) Previous Page 1 of 2 - 1 - [ 2 ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy.md/p2) [ Next ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/on-competition-policy.md/p2) [ RSS Feed ](/rss) ### Search Blog