Until every vote is counted: The Tipline for 4 November 2020

Patience is a virtue. That is something antitrust counsel are well aware of, even when their merging clients are not. The Federal Trade Commission yesterday cleared Stryker’s acquisition of rival Wright Medical 10 months after issuing a second request for information. Hopefully those tallying the final votes in the race for the White House are working on more of an early-termination-like schedule so we can all go back to focusing on competition.