U.S. FTC to vote on rescinding policy nixing 'prior approval' remedies
Reuters
Published Jul 12, 2021 01:57PM ET
Updated Jul 12, 2021 02:30PM ET
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Monday it will vote July 21 on whether to rescind a 1995 policy statement regarding “prior approval” and “prior notice” remedies in merger cases.
The FTC said in 1995 it would no longer require prior approval of certain future acquisitions in such orders as a routine matter.
But the FTC's commissioner at that time, Mary Azcuenaga, objected to the agency's decision to abandon the longstanding policy. She noted that the "prior approval requirement is imposed only on firms that have attempted unlawful acquisitions" and argued it was "less costly than a new investigation of a proposed transaction and a second challenge under the law."
Separately, the FTC will vote on a proposed policy statement on repair restrictions imposed by manufacturers and sellers after the FTC in May issued a report on "Right to Repair" issues that impact mobile phones, home appliances, cars, farm equipment and many other consumer products.
President Joe Biden, in an executive signed on Friday that is designed to boost competition, singled out repair restrictions that bar farmers from being able to make software-related repairs to tractors as an issue the FTC should address.
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