Premerger Notification: Hearings Before the Antitrust Subcommittee (Subcommittee No. 5) of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session on H.R. 264 and H.R. 2143, Bills to Amend the Clayton Act, as Amended, by Requiring Prior Notification of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, and for Other Purposes, March 6, 7, 8, 20, and 21, 1957 |
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... action brought by the Attorney General . Failure by the Federal Trade Commis- sion , the Attorney General , or other appropriate agency to interpose objection to such acquisition within the ninety - day period shall not bar the ...
... action brought by the Attorney General . Failure by the Federal Trade Commis- sion , the Attorney General , or other appropriate agency to interpose objection to such acquisition within the ninety - day period shall not bar the ...
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... action brought by the Attorney General . Failure by the Federal Trade Commission , the Attorney General or other appropriate agency to request additional relevant information pursuant to this paragraph or to interpose objection to such ...
... action brought by the Attorney General . Failure by the Federal Trade Commission , the Attorney General or other appropriate agency to request additional relevant information pursuant to this paragraph or to interpose objection to such ...
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... action on these proposals . ** * ( A ) series of interrelated measures would strengthen the Government's ability to deal specifically with mergers : Requirement of advance notification of proposed mergers that are likely to have ...
... action on these proposals . ** * ( A ) series of interrelated measures would strengthen the Government's ability to deal specifically with mergers : Requirement of advance notification of proposed mergers that are likely to have ...
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... action on these proposals * * * . [ A ] series of interrelated measures would strengthen the Government's ability to deal specifi- cally with mergers : Requirement of advance notification of proposed mergers that are likely to have ...
... action on these proposals * * * . [ A ] series of interrelated measures would strengthen the Government's ability to deal specifi- cally with mergers : Requirement of advance notification of proposed mergers that are likely to have ...
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... action . However , we think that if the proposal which is before the sub- committee this morning had been in effect , it would have given us a chance to review it with some chance of taking action . The CHAIRMAN . If I remember ...
... action . However , we think that if the proposal which is before the sub- committee this morning had been in effect , it would have given us a chance to review it with some chance of taking action . The CHAIRMAN . If I remember ...
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Page 127 - That no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition...
Page 147 - The Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
Page 127 - Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.
Page 46 - ... to the person to be served, or to a member of the partnership to be served, or to the president, secretary, or other executive officer or a director of the corporation to be served; or (b) by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place of business...
Page 38 - Until a transcript of the record in such hearing shall have been filed in a circuit court of appeals of the United States, as hereinafter provided, the commission or board may at any time, upon such notice and in such manner as it shall deem proper, modify or set aside, in whole or in part, any report or any order made or issued by it under this section.
Page 195 - ... to prevent and restrain such violations. Such proceedings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified of such petition the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case ; and pending such petition and before final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed...
Page 46 - ... a decree affirming, modifying, or setting aside the order of the Commission, and enforcing the same to the extent that such order is affirmed, and to issue such writs as are ancillary to its jurisdiction or are necessary in its judgment to prevent injury to the public or to competitors pendente lite.
Page 39 - The judgment and decree of the court shall be final, except that the same shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court upon certiorari as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 38 - ... and thereupon shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the question determined therein...
Page 25 - Nothing contained in this section shall be held to affect or impair any right heretofore legally acquired : Provided, That nothing in this section shall be held or construed to authorize or make lawful anything heretofore prohibited or made illegal by the antitrust laws, nor to exempt any person from the penal provisions thereof or the civil remedies therein provided.