Analysis

DOJ Dusts Off Arbitration Option For Mergers After 20 Years

By Matthew Perlman (September 16, 2019, 6:50 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice invoked a power that it's had since the mid-1990s but never used before, when it agreed earlier this month to arbitrate a key issue in its challenge of a $2.6 billion aluminum deal. The process could provide real benefits for merging parties, but it remains to be seen how often the authority will, or should, be used....

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