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House Republican leaders are struggling to take the first step in the process of passing their “reconciliation” (tax/spending) legislation, which is to pass a “budget resolution” that defines how the reconciliation bill will impact the deficit. Conservatives want the bill to reduce the deficit more aggressively than Republican leaders feel is...

The Trump administration’s tariff policy remains unsettled, but there are a number of dynamics that are clear... (a) President Trump continues to emphasize in interviews and discussions with Congressional Republicans that tariffs are a central part of his economic agenda, (b) he wants to impose broad-based “universal” tariffs, particularly related...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Omnicom/Interpublic

Recent/upcoming developments… The merger’s 30-day HSR waiting period is set to expire on February 6. Our outlook… We expect the companies will receive a second request this week unless they pull and refile their HSR filing. However, we believe a decision to issue a second request would be driven more by political considerations than substantive...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Upcoming/recent developments… The DOJ filed a lawsuit last week seeking to enjoin the proposed merger. The case was assigned yesterday to Northern California Federal District Court Judge P. Casey Pitts, a 2022 Biden appointee. After graduating from Yale law school in 2008, Pitts clerked for 9th Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt and...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Omnicom/Interpublic

The merger’s 30-day HSR waiting period is set to expire on February 6.

Mergers & Acquisitions

he DOJ filed a lawsuit last week seeking to enjoin the proposed merger. The case was assigned yesterday to Northern California Federal District Court Judge P. Casey Pitts, a 2022 Biden appointee. After graduating from Yale law school in 2008, Pitts clerked for 9th Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt and subsequently spent most of his legal...