There are mergers to establish “economies of scale” that create efficiencies and can produce more services or products at a lower cost. “Vertical mergers” occur when two companies in the ...

The FTC’s primary argument was that the vertical merger would allow Tempur Sealy to foreclose rival mattress manufacturers from accessing Mattress Firm’s retail space, thereby harming ...

In rejecting the vertical merger guidelines that the FTC and Department of Justice had jointly issued in 2020, current FTC leadership advanced the view that federal case law applies overly ...

AT&T will face off against the U.S. government this week in a high-stakes courtroom battle over whether it should be allowed to buy Time Warner Inc., ...

and analyzing potential anticompetitive effects of both horizontal and vertical mergers. Additionally, the framework ...

Gail Slater was confirmed last week as Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the Antitrust Division; companies should expect a continuation of ...