
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday voted to rescind year-old guidelines to help companies comply with laws governing mergers and acquisitions of other businesses within their supply chain, a decision that two dissenting commissioners said clouds the legal landscape for businesses to comply with the laws governing vertical mergers. The FTC voted three to two to rescind the June 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines that were also adopted by the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) Antitrust Division, which for now is…