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FOREWORD

The Section of Antitrust Law is pleased to publish the second edition

of Mergers and Acquisitions: Understanding the Antitrust Issues, a

comprehensive review of United States substantive merger law. Since

the publication of the first edition, the federal agencies and state

attorneys general have continued an active agenda and have refined

merger analysis through settlements, litigated cases and speeches.

Like the first edition, this second edition serves as a fundamental

reference to all sources relevant to merger analysis. It has been

completely updated to capture the most important developments in this

area. No other book or treatise provides the comprehensive and up-to-

date analysis available in Mergers and Acquisitions: Understanding the

Antitrust Issues.

The Section is indebted to the many attorneys who contributed to a

work of this scale and scope. The Section’s Mergers and Acquisitions

Committee, and particularly its current Chair, Joe Krauss, devoted time

and attention to this project. In addition, I want to thank Council

members Ilene Gotts and Debbie Pearlstein, who reviewed this book

before publication and provided valuable insights.

I want to extend special thanks to editor Bob Schlossberg, who was

co-editor of the first edition and who coordinated the work of all

contributors in preparing this second edition.

Kevin E. Grady

Chair, Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association

March 2004