The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) has recently taken bold measures to reshape the Commission’s enforcement priorities for review of mergers and acquisitions. The FTC shares jurisdiction over such reviews with the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”). Accordingly, new policies have historically been adopted jointly by the FTC and DOJ. Several recent actions of the FTC, however, have been undertaken unilaterally in a stark

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