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US merger enforcement returned to tradition in 2025, but politicization threats loom

By Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger ( December 30, 2025, 15:33 GMT | Comment) -- US merger enforcement in 2025 is showing clear signs of a return to long-standing legal and economic principles after a period of change in enforcement policy — but that reset remains fragile. As antitrust agencies reaffirm a traditional, precedent-based approach grounded in rigorous economic evidence and judicially tested standards, merger review is expected to become more predictable and rule-of-law driven, though rising political pressure and ideological agendas risk re-injecting uncertainty, threatening the predictability and rule-of-law foundations on which merger review depends.US merger enforcement in 2025 is showing clear signs of a return to long-standing legal and economic principles after a period of change in enforcement policy — but that reset remains fragile. ...

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