FTC and DOJ Withdraw More Guidance Leaving the State of Collaborative Projects Less Clear

On Dec. 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the withdrawal of their decades-old guidelines regarding collaboration among competitors. The guidelines addressed partnerships between competitors – such as joint ventures, joint marketing arrangements and joint research projects – that the agencies viewed as procompetitive and provided an analytical framework for competitors to evaluate the risk that federal authorities...
By: Stinson LLP

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