The FTC and Justice Department have released the final 2023 Merger Guidelines, reflecting the modern economy and emphasizing the impact on consumers and workers. The guidelines have undergone a robust public process, receiving feedback and comments from thousands of people. The new guidelines aim to support healthy competition and innovation, formalizing a shift toward aggressive merger enforcement policy.
FTC and DOJ Issue Final Merger Guidelines That Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations https://t.co/K9mMjS4Ojz
FTC and DOJ Publish 2023 Merger Guidelines https://t.co/HOt8P8eMAM
U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Changes to the U.S. Merger Guidelines – Formalizing a Shift Toward a Very Aggressive Merger Enforcement Policy https://t.co/hMZ0szQkOx
Here’s a great explainer on the new DOJ merger guidelines. Concentrated market power is often shitty for consumers and workers and the new guidelines finally put the rest of us first when regulators are considering mergers. https://t.co/5mbu0vHFTs
Unchecked consolidation leads to fewer choices and higher prices for everyone. @JusticeATR and @FTC’s new company merger guidelines reflect modern business practices and will help support healthy competition and innovation in our economy. https://t.co/wuuoqGiJAG
Antitrust Regulators Issue New Merger Rules Amid Crackdown https://t.co/49ZRcYgTLr
I applaud the @FTC and @TheJusticeDept for finalizing their merger guidelines today following multiple rounds of comment and feedback from the public. https://t.co/F2IkaAEZzQ
The new @DOJ and @FTC merger guidelines are a game changer for antitrust enforcement and a clear break from the neoliberal economics of the 70s and 80s. Now mergers will be judged based on whether they work for consumers AND workers. This is good news. https://t.co/X7wM845hLT
.@TheLastRefuge2 US antitrust enforcers release final version of new merger guidelines https://t.co/DL6mJm7Z8S
US antitrust enforcers release final version of new merger guidelines https://t.co/VcoDyakdKZ https://t.co/iDektl8XWB
FINAL MERGER GUIDELINES ARE HERE! Quick thread on some of what has changed. I'll keep editorializing til the end or another thread. https://t.co/UiM4t5LV6S
Today @FTC and @JusticeATR are issuing the final 2023 Merger Guidelines. Thank you to the thousands of people who submitted public comments, ensuring we could undertake this work with a deeper understanding of the real-life stakes of merger enforcement. https://t.co/RRb0IavOk7
FTC and @JusticeATR release 2023 Merger Guidelines. Following a robust public process, agencies modernize merger guidelines to reflect realities of the modern economy: https://t.co/OwRXIaZk38 #mergers #antitrust /1