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ABA task force to study competition, public interest

By Leah Nylen ( May 9, 2017, 17:24 GMT | Insight) -- The growing prospect of governments intervening in mergers to defend the "public interest," rather than competition concerns, has prompted the US's largest professional association for attorneys to form a task force to study the intersection of competition law and public interest factors such as employment and industrial policy goals. The American Bar Association group is likely to issue a report in the coming months with recommendations on how governments could structure competition and public interest reviews to provide greater transparency and certainty to business.The growing prospect of governments intervening in mergers to defend the "public interest," rather than competition concerns, has prompted the US's largest professional association for attorneys to form a task force to study the intersection of competition law and public interest factors such as employment and industrial policy goals....

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