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DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission FTC lost four merger challenges Illumina/GRAIL, UnitedHealth/Change Healthcare, U.S. Sugar/Imperial Sugar and Booz Allen/EverWatch in September. The losses demonstrate that parties willing to litigate can have success in court.
Litigation Losses Pile Up for DOJ and FTC - The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lost four merger challenges (Illumina/GRAIL,.
Booz Allen, which announced plans in March to acquire its sole competitor for an impending NSA contract, lobbied Congress and the White House on antitrust policy in the months leading up to a Justice Department antitrust suit to block the acquisition.