EU and US laws prohibit merging companies from implementing reportable transactions until their deal is cleared or the statutory waiting period has expired. Violations of this principle are colloquially known as “gun-jumping”...more
2/15/2018
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
Sherman Act ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
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