Public Comment to the Federal Trade Commission on the Preliminary Approval of the Staples-Essendant Merger
February 26, 2019
By Adil Abdela, Marshall Steinbaum
Roosevelt Research Associate Adil Abdela and Fellow Marshall Steinbaum submitted a public comment to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), arguing against the preliminary approval of the Staples-Essendant merger. For more information on anticompetitive business practices see Powerless. For more information on a new standard for antitrust, see The Effective Competition Standard.