Record Number Of Mergers Forces US Regulatory Agencies’ Hand On Updating Enforcement Guides
Executive Summary
Chairwoman Lina Khan says concerns about impact on consumer product markets from mergers prompted FTC, working with DoJ, to seek public input on modernizing federal merger guidelines to better detect and prevent illegal, anticompetitive deals in current markets.
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