While the gaming industry is familiar with the regulatory scrutiny that often follows mergers and acquisitions, antitrust reviews may be more of a mystery. However, casino executives and in-house counsel should be prepared for antitrust scrutiny when entering into any kind of M&A deal. In this article, the authors outline how the Federal Trade Commission analyzes casino mergers and what operators can do to preemptively assess the antitrust risks of a proposed transaction.
EDM: Merger specificity or alternative reality
In this article published in the December 2021 issue of the ABA Antitrust Magazine Online, Gopal Das Varma addresses two questions related to the pricing...