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US DOJ joins FTC in sending letters warning merging companies they close at their own peril

By Curtis Eichelberger ( March 29, 2022, 16:31 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has issued warning letters to some merging companies telling them that despite the expiration of a statutory review period, their deals could still be contested by the government, MLex has learned. The Federal Trade Commission had previously acknowledged sending such letters, but the DOJ had not. The FTC's practice, initiated during the Biden administration, has been criticized as circumventing a law designed to create legal certainty for deals.The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has issued warning letters to some merging companies telling them that despite the expiration of a statutory review period, their deals could still be contested by the government, MLex has learned....

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