Pandemic or not, justifying mergers based on ‘failing firm’ defense faces hard sell

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian Conner, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, is bracing for a wave of merger proposals claiming the acquired firm is...

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