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17Aug

DOJ and FTC’s New Vertical Merger Guidelines Offer Reminder About Information Sharing

Arent Fox | | Return|
The US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission recently issued an updated set of guidelines for “vertical mergers,” or mergers between companies at different levels of the supply or distribution chain. The guidelines reflect the first update in nearly 40 years and largely reflect updates to existing case law and enforcement patterns, but they provide an instructive framework for managing antitrust risks related to vertical mergers, which also applies to other activities like...
By: Arent Fox
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-and-ftc-s-new-vertical-merger-49140/

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