11Jul
US DOJ and FTC Issue Vertical Merger Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on June 30, 2020, published in final form the agencies’ Vertical Merger Guidelines (Vertical Guidelines). They are designed to increase the transparency of the agencies' analysis of mergers and acquisitions between firms that operate at different stages of the supply chain—for example, a manufacturer of finished products’ acquisition of a vendor of components incorporated in those products. The Vertical Guidelines are modeled after and...
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Perkins Coie
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