ABA: Merger guidelines should reflect current practice (Dealscape

Antitrust lawyers say it's high time the government raised its official threshold for determining whether concentration in a market is harming competition. The current thresholds contained in the federal merger guidelines are too low and don't reflect agency practice, the American Bar Association insists.

The ABA's antitrust section on Monday called on the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to raise the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index thresholds in the agencies' guidelines "to reflect more accurately agency practice."

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? ABA: Merger guidelines should reflect current practice Posted on November 10, 2009 4:00 PM Antitrust lawyers say it's high time the government raised its official threshold for determining whether concentration in a market is harming competition. The current thresholds contained in the federal merger guidelines are too low and don't reflect agency practice, the American Bar Association insists. The ABA's antitrust section on Monday called on the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to raise the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index thresholds in the agencies' guidelines "to reflect more accurately agency practice." This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in full as well as second-to-none market intelligence. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 407 in-depth reports of M&A deals in the Food sector 370 articles related to the American Bar Association 191 in-depth reports of M&A deals in Regulation 64 articles related to the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank SEC Lazard Kettle Foods Inc. Biogen Idec Cadbury plc Evercore Partners Credit Suisse Talbots Inc. Skadden Arps		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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