While the gaming industry is familiar with the regulatory scrutiny that often follows mergers and acquisitions, antitrust reviews may be more of a mystery. However, casino executives and in-house counsel should be prepared for antitrust scrutiny when entering into any kind of M&A deal. In this article, the authors outline how the Federal Trade Commission analyzes casino mergers and what operators can do to preemptively assess the antitrust risks of a proposed transaction.
IP Literature Watch: June 2022
Among the pieces featured in this month’s IP Literature Watch are a paper considering the intervention of competition authorities to regulate 5G royalties; a...