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The first quarter of 2019 proved to be as active as ever for
antitrust regulators in both the United States and Europe. In the
United States, vertical merger enforcement was the focus of a few
high-profile matters. The US DOJ has been working on an update to
the Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines, possibly providing
clarification for merging parties.
Meanwhile in Europe, although the European Commission cleared a
number of merger control proceedings with remedies, the European
Commission also blocked two transactions during the first quarter
of 2019.
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