2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines Overview

This video introduces Section 7 of the Clayton Act, which governs the antitrust analysis of horizontal and vertical mergers and acquisitions. We introduce the key elements of the statute, the legal and economic framework...

Economics of merger efficiencies and how the antitrust agencies incorporate efficiencies in their investigations of mergers.

Case study of FTC v. Meta Platforms and what it could mean for potential competition cases going forward.

This video introduces the structural approach to Section 7 analysis exemplified by the Court in Brown Shoe, Co., Inc. v US and later in US v Philadelphia National Bank.

In this video, we discuss the practical significance of the PNB presumption in modern litigation, its strength was invoked, its relationship with the 2020 Merger Guidelines’ non-market share based framework, and sh...

In this video we examine the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in U.S. v. Baker Hughes. We introduce its burden-shifting framework, discuss the various ways a defendant might satisfy its rebuttal burden in a Section...

This video continues our study of the evolution of the structural presumption in US v. General Dynamics. We focus on General Dynamic’s treatment of rebuttal evidence, the link between market definition and competit...

In this video we introduce the “PNB Presumption,” the evolution of the structural presumption set forth in Brown Shoe, and preview the importance of PNB in modern Section 7 litigation.

This video discusses vertical mergers — the distinction between horizontal and vertical mergers, the “why” of vertical mergers, the theories of harm from vertical mergers, the controversy over vertical merger...