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17Sep

DOJ Issues New Merger Remedies Manual, Emphasizes Structural Remedy Preference

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On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division released a revised Merger Remedies Manual (“Manual”), providing a modernized framework to structure and implement remedies in merger cases where DOJ determines that the transaction would harm competition. DOJ last updated its merger remedy guidance in 2011, with guidelines that endorsed so-called “conduct” or “behavioral” remedies as an acceptable solution to harm caused by certain mergers......
By: Bracewell LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-issues-new-merger-remedies-manual-48172/

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