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US FTC’s 2025 merger trial defeats yielded caselaw windfall for defendants

By Ilana Kowarski ( December 29, 2025, 21:37 GMT | Comment) -- US Federal Trade Commission merger trial litigators received two unfavorable district court rulings in 2025 that antitrust law enforcement targets could leverage in future cases when disputing government market definitions and share estimates or while challenging negative forecasts about how a deal would influence competition.Two federal district court rulings in favor of defendants in actions brought by the US Federal Trade Commission this year could add to the toolboxes of antitrust law enforcement targets nationwide when disputing government market definitions and share estimates, or while challenging forecasts about how a deal would influence competition....

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