FTC Requests Public Comment on Proposed Study for Divestiture, Remedy Orders in Merger Cases
The FTC is requesting public comment on a proposal to study the agency’s effectiveness when it ordered a divestiture or other remedies in merger cases from 2006 to 2012, an agency news release said Friday. “Successful divestitures and other forms…
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of relief are central to the Commission’s merger enforcement efforts,” FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said in the release. “Building on prior Commission efforts, the proposed study seeks to provide valuable information to ensure that our remedies continue achieving their primary goal -- maintaining competition in the affected markets,” she said. The proposed study would expand on a similar report by the agency from 1999, the release said. The FTC would review 92 related orders. (See the notice for public comment here.)