Weissman uses Whirlpool/Maytag to show agencies’ market definition can change

Alex Wilts

06 February 2017

Stephen Weissman at GCR Live Miami 2017, Photo by Freedom Film LLC

Baker Botts partner Stephen Weissman on Friday recounted his experience working on the Whirlpool/Maytag merger to explain that it is possible to persuade the US antitrust agencies to alter their market definition. Alex Wilts at GCR Live Miami

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Weissman uses Whirlpool/Maytag to show agencies’ market definition can change

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