Halting risky deals easier than unscrambling them later, FTC's Sussman says

By Ilana Kowarski and Khushita Vasant (January 30, 2024) -- Unwinding a problematic merger once it has already stifled competition requires far more time, money and labor from federal antitrust agencies than enforcers would have needed to block a transaction in its infancy, a Federal Trade Commission official said, adding that the cost of "missing" a merger is “significant.”...

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