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11Sep

DOJ Issues Merger Remedies Manual – Structural Remedies “Strongly Preferred”

On September 3, 2020, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) released a Merger Remedies Manual, updating its 2004 Policy Guide to Merger Remedies. (DOJ’s 2011 Policy Guide to Merger Remedies was withdrawn by DOJ in 2018.) As noted in the Manual and DOJ’s concurrent Press Release, a primary theme is that “structural remedies are strongly preferred in horizontal and vertical merger cases because they are clean and certain, effective, and avoid ongoing government regulation of the...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-issues-merger-remedies-manual-56075/

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