Peter Boberg and Andrew Dick, with lawyers from Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, published an article in GCR/USA on the Office Depot/OfficeMax merger. The authors explain why the FTC let the deal through after blocking a nearly identical deal 15 years ago and show just how much the competitive landscape for retail mergers has changed since that decision. To read the article, click the link below.
Data sharing in hybrid marketplaces with endogenous fee setting
The issue is especially timely given provisions in the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) designed to expand access to data held by large digital platforms. The...