Tag: Vertical Mergers
United Technologies/Raytheon Highlights Key Issues in Aerospace and Defense Industry Merger...
John B. Dubrow & Anthony S. Ferrara (McDermott, Will & Emory)
The DOJ Antitrust Division’s (DOJ) recent challenge to the United Technologies (UTC)/Raytheon (RTN) merger...
US: Overhaul of antitrust rules for vertical mergers in the works
US antitrust enforcers are proposing new guidelines for determining whether to approve mergers that combine companies that don’t compete with one another but operate...
Vertical Mergers: A Multi-jurisdictional Comparison
By Michael Blaisdell (Federal Trade Commission)1
Across the international competition community, vertical mergers are receiving considerable attention. CPI dedicated a Chronicle issue to the topic...
Assessing Merger Impacts on Consumer Welfare in a Converging Internet Marketplace
By Rob Frieden (Pennsylvania State University)
This article identifies substantial flaws in how U.S. government agencies and courts assess merger proposals by ventures operating in...
FTC Facilitates Lively Debate on the Future of Vertical Merger Enforcement
November 2018
FTC Facilitates Lively Debate on the Future of Vertical Merger Enforcement By Blair Kuykendall (Dechert)1
The FTC hosted two panels on November 1st to...
Vertical Mergers and Entrepreneurial Exit
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Vertical Mergers and Entrepreneurial Exit
By D. Daniel Sokol
The idea that tech companies should be permitted to acquire nascent start-ups is...
Vertical Health-Care Mergers Still in DOJ Crosshairs, Despite ‘Huge’ AT&T-Time Warner...
Posted by Health Care Blog
Vertical Health-Care Mergers Still in DOJ Crosshairs, Despite ‘Huge’ AT&T-Time Warner Loss
By Meg McEvoy
Judge Richard Leon’s opinion in the AT&T-Time Warner...
A Discussion of MOFCOM’s Competitive Analysis in 2012 From an Economic...
Sharon Pang, Elizabeth Xiao Wang, Feb 26, 2013
Understanding the requirements of different merger control regimes and coordinating a coherent approach across multiple jurisdictions is...
Economies as an Antitrust Defense: The Welfare Tradeoffs
Apr 01, 2005
In this article, Oliver Williamson sets out the case for taking efficiency gains into account when analyzing allegedly anticompetitive conduct, especially in...
