FTC and DOJ Withdraw More Guidance Leaving the State of Collaborative Projects Less Clear
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24
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