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Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Government intervention in business integration; corporate merger; Clayton Act; Gesetzgegen Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen
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Competition And/Or Efficiency: A Review Of West German Antimerger Law As A Model For The Proposed Treatment Of Efficiency Promotion Under Section 7 Of The Clayton Act, James F. Ponsoldt, Christian Westerhausen
Competition And/Or Efficiency: A Review Of West German Antimerger Law As A Model For The Proposed Treatment Of Efficiency Promotion Under Section 7 Of The Clayton Act, James F. Ponsoldt, Christian Westerhausen
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
As many commentators have noted, the end of Ronald Reagan's presidency likely will engender a renewed debate concerning the proper level of government intervention in business integrations. During the past eight years, the number and size of corporate mergers have risen astronomically. Such unchallenged mergers have occurred while the Reagan Administration and the Democrats in the United States Congress ("Congress") have debated the appropriateness of merger control laws, both in testimony at oversight hearings and in conflicting proposals for amending Section 7 of the Clayton Act ("Section 7"). The purpose of this Article is to demonstrate the need for legislative …