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US DOJ vows to roll back most Biden-era merger policies

By Flavia Fortes, Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski ( June 4, 2025, 21:58 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice is promising to dismantle most Biden-era merger policies, signaling a strategic recalibration in its approach to merger review. The DOJ's Antitrust Division will move away from practices such as warning letters, policy “leveraging,” overly broad second requests and “shadow decrees” — tools critics argued created uncertainty and chilled legitimate transactions. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bill Rinner, head of merger enforcement, said today that the DOJ will refocus on procedural fairness and robust enforcement, emphasizing that deterrence should be a byproduct of strong enforcement, not its primary objective.The US Department of Justice is promising to dismantle most Biden-era merger policies, signaling a strategic recalibration in its approach to merger review. ...

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