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Cassidy Law

Margaret M. Cassidy

Executive Editor for Business Crimes & Corporate Compliance, Gaming Law, Government Affairs Practice, and Sports Law, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Blue Ridge Power

Dredeir Roberts

Executive Editor for Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property, and Energy Law, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

Perry Salzhauer

Executive Editor for Cannabis Law, Environmental Law, Health & Life Sciences, and Insurance Law, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Hudson Cook LLP

Latif Zaman

Executive Editor for Banking Law, Consumer Finance Law, Labor & Employment Law, and Tax Law, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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The Arefin Law Office

D. Sharmin Arefin

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Rachael Aspery

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Lev E. Breydo

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Eric Buist

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Snell & Wilmer

Megan Carrasco

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Boulette Golden & Marin LLP

Steven Garrett

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Kasia Hebda

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Carlton Fields

Thomas F. Morante

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Davis Polk

Andrew B. Samuel

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

James W. Sandy

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Barbara T. Sicalides

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Joseph E. Silvia

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Liberty University School of Law

Timothy M. Todd

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Snell & Wilmer

Amanda Z. Weaver

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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Haynes and Boone, LLP

Susan A. Wetzel

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

Lauren Ybarra

Contributing Editor, Business Regulation & Regulated Industries
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MONTH-IN-BRIEF (Nov 2024)

Antitrust Law

What Is the FTC “Merger Portal?”

By Barbara Sicalides and Julian Weiss, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

At the open meeting of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) this month, agency staff and commissioners discussed the recently launched “Merger Portal.” The portal is available on the FTC’s website and provides the public with an additional method of communicating opinions and facts regarding mergers to the agency.

According to FTC staff, the goals of the “Merger Portal” project are to (1) evolve—not upend—the existing FTC.gov complaint process; (2) give users a “more direct path” to merger complaints; and (3) collect useful information for merger investigations and enforcement actions. Members of the public can continue to comment on or raise concerns about a merger, as they have in the past, through counsel or direct electronic or telephonic communications with the agency. Staff and the commissioners noted that public input is welcome and can be important to merger enforcement. The Kroger/Albertsons merger, currently being challenged by the FTC and several state attorneys, was used as an example of a transaction where public input benefited the agency’s enforcement effort. The Merger Portal, described as part of an effort to “systemize” opportunities for public involvement, could also be an effective way to alert the agency to potentially anticompetitive transactions that fall below the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) thresholds.

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