On November 29, 2010, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a consent agreement with GrafTech International relating to its acquisition of Seadrift Coke L.P. (Seadrift). [1] This action marks the second time this year that the DOJ has sought relief in a vertical merger. It also represents the second time that the DOJ has targeted most-favored nation (MFN) pricing provisions as anticompetitive. Both areas have received relatively scant attention in recent years, but the increased DOJ interest in each may be evidence
The US DoJ reaches consent agreement with parties to an acquisition in the graphite electrodes market (GrafTech / Seadrift)
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