Lauren T. Fleming
Overview
Lauren Fleming is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Group. Lauren delivers comprehensive counsel across transactional, litigation, and criminal antitrust matters, with a focus on representing merging parties and third parties in merger investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and foreign antitrust agencies.
Career & Education
- University of Kansas, B.A., Magna cum Laude, 2016
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum Laude, 2019
- District of Columbia
- Kansas (inactive)
- Missouri (Inactive)
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.15.24
FTC Significantly Curtails Long-Awaited Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Rules and Procedures
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to pass a final rule implementing significant changes to the premerger notification regime under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Department of Justice concurred with the vote. The final rule significantly reins back the agency’s proposed rule issued in June 2023—a proposal that would have imposed substantial new burdens on merging parties and prompted widespread criticism. The final rule is still the most significant overhaul of the HSR premerger notification requirements in decades, and the new requirements will impose additional time and expense on merging parties, some of which can be mitigated by putting processes in place in advance.
Firm News | 2 min read | 06.21.24
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.06.23
FTC Cracks Down on Non-Competes as Unfair Methods of Competition
Representative Matters
- Represented Novant Health in the FTC’s investigation of and litigation challenging the proposed acquisition of two CHS hospitals, successfully defeating the agency’s motion for preliminary injunction in district court (transaction abandoned after injunction pending agency’s appeal).
- Represented a multinational corporation in a grand jury investigation into hiring practices (alleged no-poach/non-solicitation agreements) and related class action litigation.
- Represented a brick-and-mortar and online food retailer in the FTC and state attorneys general investigation of and litigations challenging Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons.
- Represented a technology company in the FTC’s Broadcom/VMware investigation.
- Represented a retailer in obtaining regulatory clearance of a merger after receiving a Second Request.
- Represented a national commodity cooperative in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to block a proposed merger between its member and another producer.
- Represented a defendant in a collection of class action and individual antitrust lawsuits alleging that chicken producers conspired to reduce the supply of chicken in an effort to drive up prices.
- Represented a defendant in a collection of class action and individual antitrust lawsuits alleging production-fixing claims against pork producers.
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.15.24
FTC Significantly Curtails Long-Awaited Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Rules and Procedures
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to pass a final rule implementing significant changes to the premerger notification regime under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Department of Justice concurred with the vote. The final rule significantly reins back the agency’s proposed rule issued in June 2023—a proposal that would have imposed substantial new burdens on merging parties and prompted widespread criticism. The final rule is still the most significant overhaul of the HSR premerger notification requirements in decades, and the new requirements will impose additional time and expense on merging parties, some of which can be mitigated by putting processes in place in advance.
Firm News | 2 min read | 06.21.24
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.06.23
FTC Cracks Down on Non-Competes as Unfair Methods of Competition
Insights
Lauren 's Insights
Client Alert | 8 min read | 10.15.24
FTC Significantly Curtails Long-Awaited Changes to HSR Premerger Notification Rules and Procedures
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to pass a final rule implementing significant changes to the premerger notification regime under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Department of Justice concurred with the vote. The final rule significantly reins back the agency’s proposed rule issued in June 2023—a proposal that would have imposed substantial new burdens on merging parties and prompted widespread criticism. The final rule is still the most significant overhaul of the HSR premerger notification requirements in decades, and the new requirements will impose additional time and expense on merging parties, some of which can be mitigated by putting processes in place in advance.
Firm News | 2 min read | 06.21.24
Client Alert | 4 min read | 01.06.23
FTC Cracks Down on Non-Competes as Unfair Methods of Competition
