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FTC's Slaughter supports bill to make merging parties prove deals don't harm competition

By Leah Nylen ( May 14, 2019, 19:13 GMT | Insight) -- Legislation that would shift the burden onto merging parties to show that a deal doesn’t harm competition would be a “game changer” for the Federal Trade Commission, one of the agency’s commissioners said. “I think it’s a great idea,” FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter said of the bill proposed by Democratic senator and presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar.Legislation that would shift the burden onto merging parties to show that a deal doesn’t harm competition would be a “game changer” for the Federal Trade Commission, one of the agency’s commissioners said....

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