How to avoid delays when paying HSR filing fees
By: Premerger Notification Office Staff, Bureau of Competition | Apr 28, 2015 1:00PM
UPDATE: June 6, 2016 – This blog is no longer current. See our new blog, "Wiring your HSR filing fee just got easier," for current information on paying the HSR filing fee.
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Divestitures may include assets outside the market
By: Dan Ducore, Bureau of Competition | Apr 24, 2015 9:03AM
According to the Bureau’s Statement on Negotiating Merger Remedies, the goal of a structural merger remedy is to maintain or restore competition in the markets affected by the merger while allowing the parties to proceed with those parts of the merger that do not raise competitive concerns. Usually, this approach results in a Commission order to divest key assets or capabilities to a buyer that will become a new competitor in the market and that can maintain the competitive status quo.
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A year’s worth of competition work
By: Debbie Feinstein, Bureau of Competition | Apr 17, 2015 2:56PM
Spring has come again, and with it, flocks of antitrust lawyers and economists have returned to Washington, DC for the ABA’s annual Antirust Law Spring Meeting. I have once again prepared the Bureau of Competition’s report on its activities and accomplishments over the past year.
