Tag: Merger Enforcement

By Michael Caldecott & Erin Keogh1   I. Introduction Canada’s competition regime substantively mirrors the regimes of other mature jurisdictions in almost all respects. The most noteworthy...

We tend to think of mergers and monopolization as separate and distinct branches of antitrust. Using Section 2 to attack mergers raises the question...

Mergers have been a persistent tactic by which powerful companies grow their power and monopolize markets. In passing and amending the Clayton Act, Congress...

For at least the last 30 years the American and European competition authorities have claimed they can protect competition to innovate. The authorities have...

What should we do with a magic wand? The revision of the merger guidelines offers an opportunity to update and improve the foundational texts...

By John M. Yun (George Mason University) Antitrust analyses relegate efficiencies to a second-class status. Not only are they often an after-thought when assessing conduct...

In this article we offer a number of recommendations for updating the merger guidelines. Our comments address six distinct areas: (1) the guidelines’ structure, (2)...

President Biden made antitrust law — and reforming it — an important part of his administration’s agenda. Nearly nine months after he issued a...

Roughly a year into control of the federal antitrust agencies, President Biden’s antitrust team is turning its attention to policies and enforcement practices. They...

The inherent limitations of remedies as a method of resolving competitive concerns with mergers have become more evident. The expansive use of remedies in...