Implications of the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act
Implications of the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act Jennifer Huddleston Executive Summary CALERA would shift the burden for many mergers from requiring the government to prove that such a merger is anti-competitive to requiring the merging companies prove their deal is not harmful. The legislation would also reduce the requirements for potential government action by removing the need for enforcers to define the market in certain cases; market definition is often a key element of dispute in antitrust cases. While the legislation purports to address problems stemming from t...