Judge Leon takes up bargaining theory

Ben Remaly

06 June 2019

The Department of Justice’s antitrust division appears to have met Judge Leon on the other side of the bargaining theory table as he reviews whether the agency's settlement resolving the merger of CVS Health and Aetna is in the public interest.

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Ben Remaly

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