published a Request for Information (“RFI”) on Merger Enforcement in which they “seek public comment on how the agencies can … modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers,” and list “digital markets” as one of 15 top-level topics. In the …• Involvement of multisided platforms, including transaction platforms• Potential for mergers to lead to data aggregation and …

the global antitrust community in recent years, there has been much more limited discussion in the context of mergers. In … conduct merger simulations and why there are important antitrust issues related to integrating merging parties’ pricing … effects in a merger context.- Remedies. Why data compatibility and collusion risk are important considerations when “divesting …

Commission reviewed only 21 of these mergers as most did not meet the European Union merger control turnover threshold. This … suggests under-enforcement, with some problematic mergers escaping merger review and thus posing competition risks.The EU … competition authorities of mergers for review, should ensure more merger reviews in the digital sector.Current European Commission …

Antitrust authorities all over the world are concerned if a particularly aggressive competitor, a "maverick", is bought …

adversarial system, the Antitrust Authority may try to prohibit mergers also in those cases in which litigation is inefficient …. Even if market concentration and technological disadvantages lead to a significant welfare reduction after merger, from … takeover is hostile. …

The importance of merger retrospectives as a way to assess competition policy is well-recognized. Yet there have been … few retrospectives – none that we are aware of for any recent merger – that examine the accuracy of the predictions made … by economic models used in the antitrust investigation of the merger, despite the substantial lessons that can be learned …