
Stop, Collaborate and Listen! What to Know About the FTC and DOJ’s Withdrawal of the Competitor Collaboration Guidelines
I. Introduction In his eponymous 1990 hit, Robert Van Winkle—Vanilla Ice—promised: “If there was a problem yo I’ll solve it.” If only the FTC and DOJ (the “Agencies”) could make the same pledge. Instead, their sudden decision to withdraw[1] their Antitrust …