AT&T will face off against the U.S. government this week in a high-stakes courtroom battle over whether it should be allowed to buy Time Warner Inc., ...

Horizontal mergers are just one type of merger. Another is the vertical merger, which takes place when firms from different parts of the supply chain consolidate to make the production process ...

There are five main types of business mergers: product extension, conglomerate, vertical, horizontal, and market extension mergers. Each type has distinct characteristics, reasons for happening, and ...

Is the DOJ’s AT&T complaint one of those exceptions to the rule? No. Sound vertical-merger challenges require at least the presence of significant market power and the potential for substantial ...