The State of Merger Enforcement
As antitrust law continued to be a hot-button political issue, antitrust merger enforcement was rapidly evolving.
Six months into the Trump administration, we had seen its first merger challenges but also an openness to the settlements the Biden administration had disfavored. State enforcers were also increasingly signaling a desire to investigate and challenge mergers, with two states, Washington and Colorado, enacting pre-merger notification laws. The question on everyone's mind was what the next six months of enforcement would look like, and what it all meant for businesses and how they could prepare for potential merger investigations.
Perkins Coie's team of experienced antitrust lawyers and former enforcers had discussed the Trump administration's merger enforcement actions and policy statements, analyzed recently enacted state pre-merger notification laws, and assessed other issues that might impact mergers and acquisitions. They had invited attendees to join them for this discussion.
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