Competitor Collaborations During COVID-19

Antitrust regulators worldwide have had to adopt novel strategies to address the emergency need for collaboration within certain industries to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In the United States, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have issued guidance to address acceptable forms of “procompetitive collaboration” to help respond to the pandemic. As a part of this guidance, the antitrust agencies pledged to expedite their individual guidance programs, FTC’s advisory o