Augment Your Antitrust Practice with HaystackID
Our Antitrust Investigation Services team brings experience from hundreds of deals to work as an extension of your team, helping you through merger reviews calmly, carefully, and without unnecessary drama. Our goal is to allow our clients to focus on the merits and substance of the competition review by leaving the technical aspects to us.
HaystackID’s Antitrust Investigation Services team holds a unique position in the industry. We are adept at handling high-volume and time-sensitive eDiscovery and data analytics work that often arises from antitrust scrutiny by regulators in the U.S. and worldwide. Our team, one of the most experienced in the business, has been instrumental in assisting clients with numerous U.S. civil investigative demands (CIDs) and HSR second requests, Canadian Competition Act SIRs, and initial E.U. Form CO filings, among others, over the past two decades.
Competition Review by the Numbers
352+
Merger Reviews
HaystackID’s competition experts have handled over 352 Merger Review Engagements since 2018.
90%
Burden Reduction
Using Advanced Analytics and TAR, HaystackID’s experts have reduced review burdens by as much as 90%.
30
AmLaw 50 Law Firms
HaystackID’s competition experts have worked with 30 of the AmLaw 50 law firms.
50+
Years Experience
HaystackID’s experts have over 50 years of combined experience helping get deals completed.
Competition Review by Agency and Expertise
Agencies
HaystackID competition experts have experience working with competition authorities worldwide.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Competition Bureau Canada
U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
European Commission Competition Directorate
Brasil Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE)
Industries
HaystackID competition experts have successfully handled premerger competition review in numerous industries.
Air Travel
Computer Networking
Craft Breweries
Defense Contracting
Digital Mapping
Distilled Spirits
Energy Production
Energy Transmission
Foods and Candies
Gaming
Hardware/Software Integration Services
Healthcare Services
Medical Devices
Medical Transcription
Multinational Brewing and Beverages
Music Distribution
Music Publishing
News Publishing
Petrochemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Rail Transport
Renal Care
Securities Exchanges
Software
Specialty Grocery
Telecommunications Hardware
Telecommunications Re-consolidation
Telematics
Technology
Wireless Telephony
The HaystackID Difference
Merger Control and Substantial Compliance
HaystackID’s Antitrust Investigation Services team understands that merger control is not the same as fast-moving litigation. We know what substantial compliance means, and we understand the far-reaching effects that a missed production can have – not just on substantial compliance in the U.S. but on the proposed transaction itself. We know what it means if we identify a previously unproduced Item 4(c) or 4(d) document early in processing, and perhaps most importantly we know what it means to reach substantial compliance quickly and cost-effectively.
Identification/collection of notification supporting documentation (HSR Items 4(c), 4(d), Form CO)
Structured Data Analysis for data typically stored in rows and columns
Advanced analytics, TAR and AI solutions, and experience negotiating their use with regulators
Collection, processing, analysis and production of ephemeral messaging and social media
Data collection, processing, analytics, hosting, review and productions
Timely compliance with production deadlines
Expert and economist repository and collaboration tools
Antitrust Insight from HaystackID Experts
Precision eDiscovery for Complex Antitrust Agency Investigations
During the COVID-constrained summer of 2020, HaystackID supported a leading global finance platform company and its internationally recognized outside counsel in responding to a Department of Justice (DOJ) Second Request based on a proposed acquisition of a highly regulated company. This Second Request resulted in the need to collect and evaluate 18TB of data, including significant stores of Slack messages and files, from both onsite and remote locations from more than 17 types of data stores. Within a period of 106 days, HaystackID completed approximately 300 collections, developed custom tools and processes, including innovative Slack-specific communications heat maps, predictive coding processes, and private message privilege identification, to enable a compliant response of a complex investigation request, ultimately enabling completion of the proposed acquisition.
Antitrust Agency Request Support
A proven provider of eDiscovery support for FTC and DOJ Second Requests, HaystackID was especially active during a four-month period of mid-2019 when it successfully supported six separate Second Requests. These six requests required both antitrust request process experience and cannabis industry expertise in order to meet and exceed reporting requirements for the time-sensitive, comprehensive information and documentation requests.