After a decade of what was perceived by many as relatively restrained merger enforcement, the Obama administration has repeatedly and vocally vowed to “reinvigorate antitrust enforcement” and to “take effective action to stop or restructure mergers that are likely to harm consumer[s]” [1]. Many have interpreted this call to action to mean that the U.S. antitrust agencies will more actively challenge proposed and consummated transactions that are arguably anticompetitive. Given the agencies’ historical preference for structural remedies (rather than behavioral or conduct remedies) [2], the expectation has been that the renewed enforcement efforts would force merging parties to accept broad divestitures or face the real risk of litigation. While it is still too early to reach broad
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The US District Court for the District of Columbia seeks to divest part of a business and requires a licensing of software to mitigate the anticompetitive effects of a merger in the ticketing services industry (Ticketmaster / Live Nation)
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