Foreword

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FOREWORD

The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law is pleased to

publish the fourth edition of Mergers and Acquisitions: Understanding

the Antitrust Issues, a comprehensive review of United States substantive

law relating to mergers and similar transactions. Since the publication of

the first edition, the federal agencies and state attorneys general have

continued to focus significant resourcesin this area and have refined

merger analysis through settlements, litigated cases, and speeches.

As with previous editions, this fourth 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 and economists who

contributed to a work of this scale and scope. I want to extend special

thanks to co-editors Ronan P. Harty and Leon B. Greenfield, who

carefully coordinated the work of all contributors in preparing this fourth

edition.

March 2015 Howard Feller

Chair, Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association

2014-15

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