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US FTC Chairman Ferguson announces 2023 federal merger guidelines will remain

( February 18, 2025, 17:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced that the FTC and the Department of Justice will continue enforcing the 2023 merger guidelines in both a press release and a memo to FTC staffers that the agency published. Guidelines issued during the Biden Administration will still be relied upon "as the framework for the FTC’s merger-review analysis," an FTC press release stated. In a memo to his subordinates, Ferguson wrote, "If merger guidelines change with every new administration, they will become largely worthless to businesses and the courts. No business can plan for the future on the basis of guidelines they know are one election away from rescission, and no court will rely on guidance that is so obviously partisan."See press release below. ...

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