CRA was retained by International Paper, a major producer of paper and packaging products, to assist in securing antitrust clearance from the Department of Justice for International Paper’s proposed acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s containerboard packaging and recycling business. A team of CRA economists staff assisted International Paper by developing economic arguments and preparing empirical analyses that demonstrated that the transaction would not affect competition in containerboard or corrugated box manufacturing. The transaction was allowed to proceed with no divestitures and without issuance of a second request.
Comments on the effect of algorithms and artificial intelligence on the likelihood of coordinated effects as described in Guideline 3 of the draft Merger Guidelines
In this note, we discuss how the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (collectively, the Agencies) view the effect...