would likely be more competitive than the actual world; (2) that their basis for unwinding the merger was sufficiently … heavy evidentiary burdens if they sought to break a company up on the premise that a long-consummated merger was unlawful … from the outset and should have been blocked years ago. Specifically, they would have to prove (1) that the but-for world …

their tendency to raise prices. Yet efficiencies are said to be rarely decisive in actual merger decision-making. Moreover …, the economic analysis of merger efficiencies lags far behind that of anticompetitive effects. This article addresses this … analytical gap, drawing attention to the merger specificity of both efficiencies and anticompetitive effects, the teachings of …

consumer privacy as a factor in their merger reviews and to challenge mergers of firms with large stores of personal data that … cannot be factored into the merger review process in a way that is consistent with longstanding precedent. There are also … where firms differentiate themselves through their approaches to privacy, a merger could reduce the incentive of a merged …

post-merger R&D efforts (including lower expenditure). SIEIC is distinct from the mainstream unilateral effects theory of … recently, the European Commission (“Commission”) used its powers under the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) to impose remedies in … the Dow/DuPont merger. This was in part because of concerns that that the transaction “would be likely to significantly …

, we address three research questions: (i) Is the current development of analyzing industry with its recent merger activity … merger control in this industry, as well as a more active abuse control against already vertically-integrated media companies. …

antitrust agencies’ merger-enforcement guidelines is based on several faulty premises and appears to presuppose a preferred … outcome: stronger (rather than optimal) merger enforcement. It also telegraphs an attempt by the agencies to pronounce as … RFI misconstrues the role of merger guidelines, which is to reflect the state of the art in a certain area of antitrust …