He explained that when the DOJ and FTC conduct pre-merger reviews to determine if the merger harms competition, they look at many things, including documents from the parties and interviews with customers, experts, and competitors.
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Steven Cernak is of counsel at the law firm Schiff Hardin and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation team. Less well known is that last year, the two were drawn into legal conflict once again in a matter related to a separate acquisition.
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The two companies are well known USPS PC Postage providers that offer solutions to shippers and mailers, including online merchants, and they have a history of conflict over patent ownership – in 2012, Investor’s Business Daily wrote, “Since 2006, the companies have been suing and countersuing each other regularly.” The article covered the news that the two companies had agreed to a 5-year truce on patent litigation. The pre-merger review process is set up so that the US DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission can determine whether acquiring and acquired firms are competitors, or are related in any other way such that a combination of the two firms might adversely affect competition. CEO Ken McBride said during the company’s recent quarterly earnings call, “We are currently in the regulatory review process with the Department of Justice and the timing of that process remains uncertain.” revealed that its planned acquisition of Endicia is still proceeding through the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review process.