Tag: Merger Review

Thomas Brown, Katherine Robison, Ian Simmons, Jan 07, 2011 The transcript of the oral argument in this year's most watched antitrust case, American Needle v....

James Langenfeld, Oct 28, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines ("HMGs") on August 19,...

Hill Wellford, Gregory Wells, Oct 28, 2010 The new Horizontal Merger Guidelines, issued by the U.S. antitrust Agencies on August 19, 2010, mark a clear...

Janet McDavid, Eric Stock, Oct 28, 2010 On August 19, 2010, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the "Agencies") released the final...

Gregory Leonard, Oct 28, 2010 The release of the 2010 Merger Guidelines was largely an anticlimax. Unlike the 1982 and 1992 Merger Guidelines, the 2010...

Michael Doane, Luke Froeb, Steven Tschantz, Oct 28, 2010 Every first-year law student has heard the story of the man who was mowing his lawn...

Paul Denis, Oct 28, 2010 The two principal reasons that the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines achieved longevity, judicial acceptance, and international imitation were: (1) for...

Oct 28, 2010 Those of us who practice competition law globally and who engage in international technical assistance are regularly struck by the wide variation...

Malcolm Coate, Joseph Simons, Oct 28, 2010 For almost 30 years, the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies have described a structured, step-by-step analytical methodology in their...

Paulo Leonardo Casagrande, Caio Mario da Silva Pereira Neto, Jul 14, 2010 Nowadays, Brazil is considered an increasingly sophisticated jurisdiction in competition law matters. The...