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Public source dossierAgency reportU.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission
2023 Merger Guidelines
Joint agency guidelines describing frameworks used to review mergers including structural presumptions based on post-merger HHI and changes in HHI.
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Public source2023 Merger GuidelinesU.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission / 0 active routes / No dated rows
- Record identitydoj-ftc-merger-guidelines-2023U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, 2023
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U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, 2023 Merger Guidelines, released December 18 2023.
Joint agency guidelines describing frameworks used to review mergers including structural presumptions based on post-merger HHI and changes in HHI.
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U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, 2023 Merger Guidelines, released December 18 2023. Available at https://www.justice.gov/atr/2023-merger-guidelines. Accessed Aug 5, 2026. Antitrust Radar source record doj-ftc-merger-guidelines-2023: https://antitrustradar.org/sources/doj-ftc-merger-guidelines-2023
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