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Sara Razi Quoted in Law360 on Merger Reviews During First Half of 2023

07.10.23

Sara Razi, Global Co-Chair of the Firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice, was quoted in a Law360 article titled, “DOJ's Merger Record Improves & Other Early 2023 Highlights,” which explored the antitrust merger review landscape during the first half of the year. When explaining the FTC’s decision in early April ordering Illumina to unwind its reacquisition of Grail, Sara noted that this represents an effort for the FTC “to set its own record straight” and steer courts where they have been reluctant to go when weighing vertical challenges: away from transaction thinking rooted in historical behavior and instead focused on how incentives might change.

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