FTC issues opinion demanding divestiture of assets acquired in consummated battery components merger | Practical Law

FTC issues opinion demanding divestiture of assets acquired in consummated battery components merger | Practical Law

On 13 December 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC) released its Opinion, which had been issued a month earlier, ruling that the consummated acquisition of Microporous Products L.P. (Microporous) by Polypore International, Inc. (Polypore) ran afoul of antitrust laws by diminishing competition in three battery separator markets.

FTC issues opinion demanding divestiture of assets acquired in consummated battery components merger

by Practical Law
Law stated as at 13 Dec 2010 • USA (National/Federal)
On 13 December 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC) released its Opinion, which had been issued a month earlier, ruling that the consummated acquisition of Microporous Products L.P. (Microporous) by Polypore International, Inc. (Polypore) ran afoul of antitrust laws by diminishing competition in three battery separator markets.