How CRA can help with Second Requests
While the percentage of eligible transactions that received a Second Request has decreased, the agencies continue to issue Second Requests to a larger share of...
CRA’s team is well-versed in responding to Second Requests from the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Our successful track record of working closely with counsel and merging parties, to both simplify their workloads and to achieve “substantial compliance,” reflects our deep knowledge in this area. CRA offers more than just expertise on Second Requests, we also apply sophisticated data processing software and use advanced, on-premise or cloud computing infrastructure to process, analyze, and transfer datasets of any size efficiently.
This work involves:
- Interpreting the Second Request.
- Guiding the merging parties in gathering the data necessary to respond to the Second Request, including timeframe, granularity of data, types of information needed, etc.
- Processing the data and creating supporting documentation for submissions to achieve “substantial compliance.”
- Addressing follow-up questions from and engaging with the agencies regarding the substance of the responses.
- Leveraging data collected for the Second Request to support advocacy work.
Engagements
- 01CRA Competition team advises on Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard across jurisdictions worldwideCRA Competition supported Microsoft’s historic $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, providing expertise across all jurisdictionsView engagement
- 02CRA team ensures compliance for major software companyCRA’s Peter Boberg, Ioana Dan, and Oliver Latham analyzed tens of terabytes of usage data using CRA’s cloud computing infrastructure and expertise to assess comView engagement
- 03Cloud computing processing for Second RequestUtilizing CRA’s cloud computing infrastructure and expertise, the team efficiently processed hundreds of gigabytes (GBs) of highly granular transaction data...View engagement