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The New U.S. Antitrust Vertical Merger Guidelines: Five Things You Need to Know

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The final Vertical Merger Guidelines issued on June 30, 2020 provide guidance to the business and legal communities on how the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) currently analyze the competitive impact of vertical mergers. The new guidelines apply to strictly vertical mergers (combinations of firms or assets at different stages of the same supply chain), “diagonal” mergers (combinations of firms or assets at different stages of competing supply chains), and...
By: Dechert LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-new-u-s-antitrust-vertical-merger-46106/

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