FTC Merger Best Practices
- Announcement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras On Reforms to the Merger Review Process
February 16, 2006
- Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition on Negotiating Merger Remedies [PDF 60KB]
April 2, 2003
- Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition On Guidelines for Merger Investigations
December 11, 2002 - Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations
October 30, 2002 - Frequently Asked Questions About Merger Remedies
News Releases
- December 11, 2002
FTC Competition Director Announces Best Practices for Merger Investigations
- October 30, 2002
United States and European Union Antitrust Agencies Issue "Best Practices" for Coordinating Merger Reviews
- October 18, 2002
FTC Announces Second Workshop on Merger Remedies
Scheduled for October 23, 2002 in New York City
- May 21, 2002
The Urge to Merge - FTC Provides Details on Upcoming Washington, D.C. Workshops on Best Practices
Similar Workshops to be Held in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago
- March 15, 2002
FTC Initiates "Best Practices Analysis" for Merger Review Process
Series of Brown Bag Meetings To Be Held
FTC Staff Submissions
- Best Practices for Data, and Economics and Financial Analyses in Antitrust Investigations, Bureau of Economics [PDF 46K]
Written Submissions
- Comments on FTC Merger Review Process
American Bar Association Antitrust Section (August 6, 2002) [PDF 153K] - Guidance for Federal Merger Investigations and Complying with "Second Requests"
American Bar Association (December 2000) [PDF 79K] - Proposals for Improving the Merger Review Process
Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (June 12, 2002) [PDF 103K] - Second Request Reform Proposals For High-Tech Industries
David A. Balto and Scott A. Sher [PDF 242K] - Use of Mediation in the Merger Review Process: A Proposal To Increase Efficiency and Minimize Frustration
Keith L. Seat [PDF 149K] - Presentation
Lauren S. Albert (June 12, 2002 )[PDF 98K] - The "Paperless" Second Request?
Robert N. Cook [PDF 110K] - Supermarket Merger Investigations and Remedies
Food Marketing Institute (June 18, 2002) [PDF 84K] - Welome Letter
Food Marketing Institute (October 11, 2002) [PDF 109K]
Merger Investigation Best Practices Recommendations
Applied Discovery, Inc. [PDF 94K] - The Merger Review Process: Cooperation on Data Issues
Michael L. Denger and Montgomery N. Kosma, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP (July 9, 2002) [PDF 86K] - Development and Maintenance of Accounting and Financial Records and Data as Related to the Merger Investigation
David T. Painter, LECG, LLC (July 10, 2002) [PDF 30K] - Toward Guidelines for Merger Remedies
Albert A. Foer [PDF 142KB] - Comments on Merger Policy
National Grocers Association (June 20, 2002) [PDF 668KB] - "Comments on Food Marketing Institute's Submission," and the related Appendix
- Supermarket Merger Investigations and Remedies
Ronald W. Cotterill, Director Food Marketing Policy Center (October 23, 2002) [PDF 64KB]- Appedix A [PDF 21KB]
- Merger Enforcement and Remedies
National Grocers Association (October23, 2002) [PDF 100KB] - Committe on Antitrust & Trade Regulation of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
William H. Rooney (October21, 2002) [PDF 100KB]
Workshops:
Workshop on Electronic Records:
Monday, June 3, 2002: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Room 332
Washington, DC
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 79K]
General Session on Best Practices for Merger Investigations
Wednesday, June 5, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
San Francisco Regional Office
901 Market Street, Suite 570
San Francisco, CA
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 101K]
General Session on Best Practices for Merger Investigations
Wednesday, June 12, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 94K]
General Session on Best Practices for Merger Investigations
Tuesday, June 18, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Regional Office
55 East Monroe Street, Suite 1860
Chicago, IL
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 94K]
General Session on Merger Remedies
Tuesday, June 18, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Room 332
Washington, DC
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 80K]
General Session on Best Practices for Merger Investigations
Tuesday, June 25, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Federal Building
300 N. Los Angeles St., Conference Room E
Los Angeles, CA
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 82K]
General Session on Best Practices for Merger Investigations
Thursday, June 27, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 332
Washington, DC
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 76K]
Workshop on Accounting or Financial Data
Wednesday, July 10, 2002: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 332
Washington, DC
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 86K]
General Session on Merger Remedies
Wednesday, October 23, 2002: 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY
Transcript of Proceeding [PDF 106K]