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Associations

• ABA Section of Antitrust Law
• District of Columbia Bar - Antitrust, Trade Regulation, and Consumer Affairs Section

Government Resources

• European Comission - Competition Features Official Journal on Merger, legislation, cases and other documents.
• Mergers & Alliances From the Energy Information Administration. Features information on mergers in the energy industry.
• Office of Fair Trading, UK Includes Fair Trading magazine, the Competition Act, and other resources.

Laws

• Commerce and Trade Laws U.S. Code, Title 15.
• Commercial Practice Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 16.
• Pre-Merger/Hart-Scott-Rodino Act From the Federal Trade Commission. Includes forms, instructions, premerger rules, formal interpretations, publications and more.
• U.S. Department of Justice - Merger Enforcement Features guidelines for horizontal mergers, non-horizontal mergers, joint ventures and more.

Web Sites

• Mergers From Antitrust.org. Features merger news, economic research, cases, laws, simulations and more.
• Mergers & Acquisitions From Hoover's. Features mergers and acquisitions headlines.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Primer By Robert W. Doyle, Jr. of Powell, Goldstein Frazer & Murphy.

Westlaw Databases

• Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily (BNA-ATD)
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation Database (BNA-ATR)
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report (BNA-ATRR)
• Antitrust & Trade Topical News (ATRNEWS)
• Corporate Anti-Takeover Defenses: The Poison Pill Device (SECPILL)