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Antitrust agencies reviewing mergers should look more often at whether a deal may tend to create a monopoly, US FTC’s Slaughter says

By Flavia Fortes and Ana Paula Candil
  • 16 May 2024 16:40
  • 16 May 2024 16:40
When reviewing whether a transaction threatens competition, US antitrust authorities should consider more often whether a merger tends to create a monopoly, a factor in analyzing the possible anticompetitive harm of deals that hasn’t been as widely used, Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said.
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Flavia Fortes

Global Head of Mergers


Flavia writes about merger control, antitrust enforcement and litigation in the U.S. and Brazil. Before joining MLex, Flavia worked as an Antitrust Consultant in the Federal Trade Commission's Office of International Affairs and as a Research Fellow for the American Antitrust Institute. She has written on the intersection of antitrust law and intellectual property law in technology-driven and innovative markets.

Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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