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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) has announced a new policy to dramatically expand its use of prior approval orders in merger transactions. On October 25, the FTC...

On 25 October, the FTC released a Statement on the Use of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders (Prior Approval Statement) making clear that the agency intends to include in all...

Citing a shortage of resources to respond to a “tidal wave of merger filings,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun sending letters (Warning Letters) to the parties to many...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun sending letters to the parties to many mergers and acquisitions that it has not completed its antitrust investigation of the transaction during the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.