Merger enforcement is no longer defined primarily by courtroom battles.
Across major jurisdictions, parties resolve many challenged mergers long before a final judicial decision through negotiated remedies, transaction restructuring, or abandonment.
In this opening episode of the Age of AI series, we explore how this shift is transforming the work of economists and why artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly valuable during the earliest stages of merger review.
Topics include:
• Trends in merger enforcement across major jurisdictions
• The evolution of the economist’s role
• AI-assisted economic analysis
• Early negotiation and remedy design
• The future of competition policy
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