The US FTC and DoJ update the vertical merger guidelines

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US FTC & DoJ, Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines, 10 January 2020

FTC AND DOJ DRAFT VERTICAL MERGER GUIDELINES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY TO AGENCY PRACTICE* For the first time since the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) published non-horizontal merger guidelines in 1984, the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued updated Vertical Merger Guidelines to explain how the antitrust agencies analyze vertical mergers. The guidelines were published in draft on January 10, 2020, and are now open for a 30-day public comment period. WHAT HAPPENED: The DOJ and FTC released draft guidelines outlining the principal analytical techniques, practices and enforcement policies the antitrust agencies will use to analyze vertical mergers and acquisitions. Vertical mergers combine firms or assets that operate at different stages of the same

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Jon B. Dubrow, Joel R. Grosberg, Gregory E. Heltzer, Matt Evola, The US FTC and DoJ update the vertical merger guidelines, 10 January 2020, e-Competitions January 2020, Art. N° 93233

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