• Horizontal Merger Guidelines (04/02/1992, revised 04/08/1997)
  • Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (03/2006)
  • 20th Anniversary Celebration of the 1982 Merger Guidelines: The Contribution of the Merger Guidelines to the Evolution of Antitrust Doctrine (06/10/2002)
  • Merger Enforcement Workshop (02/2004)
• Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines (06/14/1984)
• Joint Venture Guidelines (04/2000)
• Policy Guide to Merger Remedies (10/2004)
• Antitrust Statutory Provisions

Merger Reviews

• Merger Review Process Initiative (Revised 12/14/2006)
  • Press Release: Antitrust Division Announces Amendments to its 2001 Merger Review Process Initiative (12/15/2006)
  • Background Information on the 2006 Amendments to the Merger Review Process Initiative (12/14/2006)
  • Model Process and Timing Agreement (12/14/2006)
  • Model Second Request - Request for Additional Information and Documentary Material Issued to Weebyewe Corporation (Revised: 12/14/2006)
• Second Request Internal Appeal Procedure (06/2001)
• Report to Congress Regarding Merger Review Procedures (06/19/2001)

Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)

The following information is available on the FTC's Web site:

• Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Information
• Early Termination Notices

To check on the status of a filing
Phone the FTC's Premerger office at 202-326-3100.

Statistics

• Ten Year Workload Statistics Report
• HSR Annual Reports to Congress (on the FTC's Web site)
• Merger Challenges Data, Fiscal Years 1999-2003 (12/18/2003)
• Antitrust Division Annual Report (1999): Appendix B includes information on merger challenges from April 1996 to September 1999.

Other Merger Documents

• Bank Merger Competitive Review: Introduction and Overview  (1995) (Current as of 09/13/2000)
• Protocol for Coordination in Merger Investigations Between the Federal Enforcement Agencies and State Attorneys General (03/11/1998)