Horizontal Mergers : Mergers

Horizontal Mergers

Mergers & Acquisitions Primer
Robert W Doyle of Federal Trade Comm. Competition Bureau

Most large mergers and acquisitions are reviewed by the United States government prior to consummation. The two agencies reviewing these transactions are the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"). In order to provide a degree of predictability in those reviews, the agencies have promulgated a set of rules with regard to how the parties report their transactions to the government and how those transactions are evaluated. This note provides some background on both the premerger notification requirements and the guidelines for evaluating mergers.
Changes to Canadian Competition Law
Robert E Kwinter of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

In addition to a high level of sustained enforcement activity, Canada's competition regime continues to undergo a great deal of change and re-examination.
Competition Law
Robert E. Kwinter and Brian A. Facey of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

In addition to a high level of sustained enforcement activity, Canada 's competition regime continues to undergo a great deal of change and re-examination.
Antitrust Analysis of Bank Mergers: A Survey of Recent Developments
Terry Calvani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

In Antitrust Analysis of Bank Mergers: Recent Developments, Terry Calvani and W. Todd Miller reviewed dramatic ch.