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Market Delineation Under The Naag Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Realities Or Illusions, Gregory J. Werden
Market Delineation Under The Naag Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Realities Or Illusions, Gregory J. Werden
Cleveland State Law Review
The Reagan Administration expressed its enforcement policy for horizontal mergers in Merger Guidelines issued in 1982 and 1984 ("DOJ Guidelines"), implemented its policy through its specific enforcement actions pursuant to section 7 of the Clayton Act, and proposed to codify its policy in amendments to section 7. The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) now has gone beyond mere criticism. It has announced the intention of state attorneys general to challenge mergers they believe to be anticompetitive and has issued its own enforcement guidelines for horizontal mergers ("NAAG Guidelines"). The purpose of this Article is to show that the NAAG …