Google/DoubleClick and the Power of Information to Raise Antitrust Concerns in Vertical Mergers

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Stephen Kinsella, David Went, Mar 17, 2008

Last week, following an investigation that lasted almost six months but that did not result in a statement of objections, the European Commission cleared Google’s acquisition of ad serving company DoubleClick. While this result had been widely anticipated for a number of weeks, not many transactions cleared unconditionally have stirred up such hot debate on both sides of the Atlanti