Sc. Sunshine, CLEARING A BANK MERGER THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - THE 1992 HORIZONTAL MERGER GUIDELINES, The Banking law journal, 110(3), 1993, pp. 188-203
What are the ramifications of the application of the 1992 Horizontal.
Merger Guidelines' analysis to bank mergers? In the author's view, the
Antitrust Division's attempt to hone its investigation of the competi
tive effects to actual conditions in each of the affected markets, whi
le allowing a more in-depth assessment of the transaction, will likely
lead to decreased predictability of government intervention and incre
ased time and costs of compliance. The author reviews the 1992 Guideli
nes' methodology as it has been applied to bank mergers and explores s
ome of the opportunities the new guidelines afford for those advocatin
g a bank merger before the Justice Department.