The more technologically savvy people are, the more likely they are to read the magazine online, so horizontal integration aids in reaching a larger audience. What are the advantages of integration ...

“Generally these horizontal mergers tend not to be heavily challenged. Regulators are generally more concerned with mergers within the same market. These are considered largely different market ...

As described in our January 2024 Insight, the 2023 Merger Guidelines were a wholesale revision of prior guidelines, addressing not only horizontal mergers, but also non-horizontal transactions and ...

One significant area of recent research is the concentration thresholds used to evaluate horizontal mergers. A study has shown that focusing solely on the change in market concentration ...

Recently there has been a notable increase in interest in antitrust law in much of the world. This chapter discusses antitrust policy toward horizontal mergers, the area of antitrust that has seen ...

The 1992 Guidelines, the first ever joint Horizontal Merger Guidelines, remained in effect until 1997 during President Clinton’s second administration. Those 1997 revisions stayed in effect ...

“The days are gone where the agencies were just narrowly focused on horizontal 3-to-2 or 2-to-1 mergers. We’re taking a hard look at vertical mergers, potential competition theories, and the ...

In a keynote presentation, Deutsche Telekom chief executive Tim Höttges said Europe “needs a DOGE” to address Brussels overregulation, while Telefonica’s Marc Murtra said Europe’s position in the ...

Following the report, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen instructed Teresa Ribera, the commissioner in charge of the green transition and competition, to review horizontal merger ...