Merger guidelines

George Washington University Competition Law Center and Crowell & Moring Host Fifth Annual Antitrust and Tech Conference

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- George Washington University Competition Law Center and Crowell & Moring LLP will host the Fifth Annual Antitrust and Tech Conference at George Washington University Law School on Dec. 12.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- George Washington University Competition Law Center and Crowell & Moring LLP will host the Fifth Annual Antitrust and Tech Conference at George Washington University Law School on Dec. 12.
  • Chaired by GW Law professor William E. Kovacic , director, Competition Law Center, and Crowell senior of counsel Andrew I. Gavil , a professor at Howard University School of Law, the day-long program will focus on the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcement agenda to date and its prospects going forward.
  • The conference will include a fireside chat on the proposed Merger Guidelines and other key enforcement topics, featuring Susan Athey, chief economist at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Dept.
  • The event will take place from 1:30-6:00 p.m. EST, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at George Washington University Law School's Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom, 2000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

FTC and DOJ Seek Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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Proposed guidelines would address the many ways mergers can weaken competition, harming consumers, workers, and businesses

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Proposed guidelines would address the many ways mergers can weaken competition, harming consumers, workers, and businesses
Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are releasing a draft update of the Merger Guidelines, which describe and guide the agencies’ review of mergers and acq

FTC and DOJ Seek Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Review, Department, Food, Justice minister, Justice, Public affairs, Awareness, Federal Trade Commission, Commission, Farmer, Agriculture, 2013 articles about the Department of Justice investigations of reporters, Merger guidelines, Blog, Social media, Congress, Acquisition, Guideline, Risk, FTC, United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Compliance, Mergers and acquisitions, Hand, News, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Medical device, Dietary supplement, Airline, Music

Both agencies encourage the public to review the draft and provide feedback through a public comment period that will last 60 days.

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  • Both agencies encourage the public to review the draft and provide feedback through a public comment period that will last 60 days.
  • “With these draft Merger Guidelines, we are updating our enforcement manual to reflect the realities of how firms do business in the modern economy.
  • Today, we are issuing draft guidelines that are faithful to the law, which prevents mergers that threaten competition or tend to create monopolies.
  • The draft guidelines build upon, expand, and clarify frameworks set out in previous versions.
  • These guidelines are not mutually exclusive, and a given merger may implicate multiple guidelines.
  • In January 2022, the agencies announced a broad initiative to evaluate potential updates and revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, issued in 2010, and the Vertical Merger Guidelines issued in 2020.
  •  The draft Merger Guidelines also make clear that they are not a substitute for the law itself, and do not create new rights or obligations.
  • The agencies will use the public comments to evaluate and update the draft before finalizing the guidelines.
  • Visit the fact sheet on Draft Merger Guidelines.

Cadence Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results Webcast

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Friday, July 9, 2021
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) will hold its second quarter 2021 financial results webcast on Monday, July 26, 2021.

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) will hold its second quarter 2021 financial results webcast on Monday, July 26, 2021.
  • The webcast will begin Monday, July 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
  • An archive of the webcast will be available online from 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on July 26, 2021 until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, September 17, 2021, at cadence.com/cadence/investor_relations .
  • Cadence, the Cadence logo and the other Cadence marks found at www.cadence.com/go/trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Statement of FTC Chair Lina Khan and Antitrust Division Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers on Competition Executive Order’s Call to Consider Revisions to Merger Guidelines

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Friday, July 9, 2021
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The following statement can be attributed to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department Antitrust Division Richard A.

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  • The following statement can be attributed to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department Antitrust Division Richard A.
  • Powers:

    We must ensure that the merger guidelines reflect current economic realities and empirical learning and that they guide enforcers to review mergers with the skepticism the law demands.

  • The current guidelines deserve a hard look to determine whether they are overly permissive.
  • We plan soon to jointly launch a review of our merger guidelines with the goal of updating them to reflect a rigorous analytical approach consistent with applicable law.

Statement of FTC Chair Lina Khan and Antitrust Division Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers on Competition Executive Order’s Call to Consider Revisions to Merger Guidelines

Retrieved on: 
Friday, July 9, 2021
Articles, Mergers and acquisitions, United States antitrust law, Merger guidelines, Competition law, Health, Medical guideline, Law

The following statement can be attributed to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department Antitrust Division Richard A.

Key Points: 
  • The following statement can be attributed to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department Antitrust Division Richard A.
  • Powers:

    We must ensure that the merger guidelines reflect current economic realities and empirical learning and that they guide enforcers to review mergers with the skepticism the law demands.

  • The current guidelines deserve a hard look to determine whether they are overly permissive.
  • We plan soon to jointly launch a review of our merger guidelines with the goal of updating them to reflect a rigorous analytical approach consistent with applicable law.