The Justice Department is updating its merger guidelines for the first time in more than a decade, modernizing the way it will order certain fixes, such as asset selloffs, to resolve federal antitrust concerns.
“The modernized Merger Remedies Manual reflects our renewed focus on enforcing obligations in consent decrees and reaffirms the Division’s commitment to effective structural relief,” DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim said in a statement Thursday. “It will provide greater transparency and predictability regarding the Division’s approach to remedying a proposed merger’s competitive harm.”
The updated merger remedy manual outlines how the DOJ will structure certain settlements to ...
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