DOJ, FTC highlight core guidelines in draft merger guidance
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-07-19T21:39:00
New draft merger guidance put forward by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues the agencies’ joint mission to modernize antitrust enforcement.
The guidance, published Wednesday, is open for public comment through Sept. 18. Within it are 13 guidelines the agencies said they might use when determining whether a merger is unlawfully anticompetitive under antitrust laws.
The guidelines reflect the most common issues that arise in merger reviews, according to a DOJ fact sheet. They detail the agencies’ focus on areas including:
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