House of Cards? The Structural Presumption in Merger Review 6p2l3p

One of the many consequential recent amendments to the Competition Act, the so-called “structural presumption” for the identification of anticompetitive mergers has been the subject of robust debate. us for this episode as we speak with U.S. practitioner and former FTC attorney Jamie for a rundown of the approach taken to the structural presumption in U.S. merger law – how is it applied in ordinary course merger reviews and how can it impact the advocacy of parties in merger litigation? – and a discussion of the potential impact of the presumption on Canadian law and practice. 3sp3d