United States Federal Trade Commission: how it reviews brand acquisitions

The Federal Trade Commission shares US merger review with the Department of Justice and takes most consumer-goods, food and retail deals. Transactions above the annually adjusted Hart-Scott-Rodino threshold must be notified and observe a waiting period. The FTC may close the investigation, accept a consent order requiring divestitures, or sue in federal court to block the deal.

Official site: www.ftc.gov/competition · Regime: Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; Section 7 of the Clayton Act

A primer on this jurisdiction's merger regime is in preparation.