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Byline: Jaret Seiberg
WASHINGTON -- Joe Simons, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said Sept. 17 the agency is prepared to fight anti-competitive mergers in court. He also suggested that several challenges to smaller transactions could be announced in the coming weeks.
"We are hoping we will have a significant amount of litigation, perhaps more than in the past," Simons said a "brown bag" lunch sponsored by the American Bar Association's antitrust section.
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