Of all the ways that a merger can go wrong, it is hard to think of a worse scenario than the deal falling apart and the parties being subject to a criminal investigation. Lawyers are constantly tracki…
When Merger Review Turns Criminal
In Brief
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division) are responsible for enforcing federal antitrust laws.
- Understanding the collaboration between the civil and criminal sections of the Antitrust Division is vital to attorneys and their clients subject to the merger review process.
- Companies need to be increasingly aware of the risks that ordinary course documents present.
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