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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Nov. 28, 2001

Merger Hindsight

Imagine the following nightmare scenario: After months of negotiations and painful due diligence, your client is ready to close a merger critical to its strategic plans. You are pleased to discover that the new Hart-Scott-Rodino rules allow the deal to close without having to report it to the antitrust regulators in Washington. See 15 U.S.C. Section 18(a) (as amended Feb. 1, 2001). Your client does not have to waste time and precious money complying with intrusive document demands about its business. Nor does it have to negotiate with the antitrust regulators over their concerns.

        By Jeffrey I. Shinder
        
        Imagine the following nightmare scenario: After months of negotiations and painful due diligence, your client is ready to close a merger critical to its strategic plans. You are pleased to discover that the new Hart-Scott-Rodino rules allow the deal to close without having to report it to the ...

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