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07Jul

Alert: New US Antitrust Merger Guidelines Focus on ‘Vertical’ Acquisitions

Cooley LLP | | Return|
Reaction to recent trial losses; focus of enforcement will remain on mergers between competitors - On June 30, the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission published new Vertical Merger Guidelines clarifying the analytical framework the agencies use to evaluate transactions between companies that are not current or potential future competitors – so-called "vertical" transactions....
By: Cooley LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/alert-new-us-antitrust-merger-46952/

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