Court Relies Heavily on Testimony of Compass Lexecon Expert Mark A. Israel Compass Lexecon was retained by Rogers Communications Inc. (“Rogers”) to provide economic analysis and expert testimony in support of a C$26 billion landmark merger between Rogers and Shaw...

On September 12, 2022, the $8.6B merger of NortonLifeLock (NLOK, Tempe, AZ) and Avast PLC (AVASF, Prague, Czechia) cleared merger control in all global jurisdictions following reviews from the US DOJ and the UK CMA. A Compass Lexecon team led by...

Compass Lexecon provided economic advice and analysis in the $17 billion global acquisition of PPD, Inc by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. PPD is a contract research organisation and a lab service provider that supports pharmaceutical companies in the conduct of...

In July 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) closed its investigation of Salesforce’s proposed acquisition of Slack, allowing Salesforce to complete the $27.7 billion transaction. The deal combines Salesforce’s innovative customer relationship management software solutions with Slack’s dynamic...

On February 10, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Mobile US, Inc., Softbank Group Corp., and Sprint Corporation in State of New York et al. v. Deutsche Telekom...

On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the Department of Justice’s appeal of the US District Court’s opinion allowing the merger of AT&T and Time Warner to proceed without conditions. The Department of Justice announced soon thereafter...

Compass Lexecon was retained by AT&T and Time Warner to provide economic analysis and expert testimony concerning the merger of the two companies, and to assist with the litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice to block the deal...

In February 2017, CBS Radio and Entercom announced a merger to create one of the largest radio platforms in the United States. The companies own and operate a combined 235 broadcast radio stations throughout the United States, including in 22 of...