On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request ...

The Biden-era guidelines for antitrust reviews of mergers by the DOJ and FTC are widely disliked by corporations.

Citations: McCareins, Mark. 2019. How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the ATT and Time Warner Ruling. Kellogg Insight.

(3) Underscore the strong presumption that vertical mergers (mergers involving firms at different levels of the distribution chain, such as manufacturers and retailers) are efficient. Second ...

They include mergers not significantly increasing concentration in already highly concentrated markets, not eliminating substantial competition between firms and avoiding vertical mergers that ...