Antitrust experts decry safe harbour for some vertical mergers

Ben Remaly

26 February 2020

Assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim and FTC chair Joseph Simons (Credit: FTC chair Joseph Simons via Twitter)

As the two US antitrust agencies accept public input on a draft version of guidelines on how they evaluate vertical mergers, an apparent “safe harbour” for some deals has attracted criticism.

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Ben Remaly

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