Greg Heltzer
Subscribe to Greg Heltzer's PostsGregory (Greg) Heltzer focuses his practice on defending mergers and acquisitions and has successfully defended mergers for Constellation Brands, DaVita, Mars, Martin Marietta Materials, Baxter, Olam, TreeHouse Foods, Motorola Solutions, JAB Partners (Coty), Aleris, Worthington Industries, Blackboard and many private equity firms among others. Read Greg Heltzer's full bio.
FTC Targets Price Discrimination With New Robinson-Patman Act Lawsuit
By Greg Heltzer, Lisa Rumin, Ryan Tisch and Royce Brosseau on Dec 26, 2024
Posted In Distribution, Enforcement, Federal Trade Commission, Litigation & Arbitration, Trade Practices
On December 12, 2024, following a nearly two-year-long investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated its first litigation under the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) in more than two decades. The FTC sued Southern Glazer’s, a large wine and spirits distributor, alleging the company charged higher prices to smaller retailer customers than it did to large chains, violating the...
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Understanding How the New HSR Regime Impacts Your Business
By Jon Dubrow, Greg Heltzer, Lisa Rumin, Ryan Tisch, Timothy Carson and Marisa Poncia on Nov 5, 2024
Posted In Federal Trade Commission, Mergers & Acquisitions
During a recent webinar, Jon Dubrow, Greg Heltzer, Lisa Rumin, and Ryan Tisch provided a comprehensive introduction to the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) rules and their impact on the US premerger notification filing process. The program concluded with a Q&A moderated by Reese Poncia and featuring Ty Carson, a former Federal Trade Commission Premerger Notification Office lawyer, who shared his insider’s perspective from six years with...
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Treasury Responds to Biden Administration Executive Order with Report, Recommendations to Increase Alcohol Industry Competition
By Alva C. Mather and Greg Heltzer on Feb 15, 2022
Posted In Uncategorized
On February 9, 2022, the US Treasury Department (Treasury) released a report with recommendations for how the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) can help drive competition in the beer, wine and spirits markets by stepping up conduct enforcement, adopting creative and nuanced theories of harm...
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