Why Companies Merge and Acquire: Key Reasons and Types of M&A

Discover why companies merge and acquire others. Explore key reasons like synergy and growth, and understand the different ...
JD Supra

Historic Shift by the FTC on Vertical Merger Review, with More to Come

In a departure from past enforcement priorities, the Federal Trade Commission has challenged three vertical mergers over the past year, leading the parties to abandon two of the three deals. These ...
MedCity News

Judge OKs vertical merger despite rare challenge from DOJ to prevent “anticompetitive” practices

In a rare case of the Department of Justice bringing a lawsuit to block a proposed vertical merger and stop “anticompetitive” practices, a D.C. judge has given two healthcare companies — United and ...
HealthLeaders Media

3 Health Plan Mergers Through the Lens of New DOJ/FTC Rules

Linking the final federal guidelines to deals closed, abandoned, and still in play. Would the final 2023 merger guidelines from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have ...
JD Supra

Draft Merger Guidelines Issued: U.S. Antitrust Agencies’ Proposed Guidance Conflicts with Current Law and Seems Unlikely to Gain Wide Acceptance from Courts

The two U.S. antitrust authorities—the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the “Agencies”)—have jointly proposed new Draft ...
Ars Technica

FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting

Antitrust enforcers released a draft update outlining new rules today that officials say will make it easier to crack down on mergers and acquisitions that could substantially lessen competition in ...
Reuters

Back to the drawing board: FTC and DOJ rethink merger guidelines

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. March 7, 2022 - On Jan. 18, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice announced a joint initiative to ...