FCC Should Issue Policy Statement on Deal Reviews, FSF's May Says
The FCC should issue a policy statement aimed at improving deal reviews, Free State Foundation President Randolph May wrote Monday. Congressional action is needed to provide a "full measure of reform," he said, but the commission could advance the ball…
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by issuing a policy statement that makes at least two commitments: to complete transaction reviews in timely fashion -- within 180 days "except in exceptional circumstances" -- and to refrain from imposing conditions "unless they are narrowly tailored to address harms uniquely presented" by a deal.