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“I’m pretty sure that the Department of Justice wouldn’t allow Penguin Random House to buy us…”
Seller’s CEO U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Complaint, at 11 (Nov. 2, 2021); Pre-Trial Brief, at 1, 12 (Jul. 27, 2022)
“[T]he state and federal government looks at these kinds of things for antitrust… And you can’t create a monopoly. And so you know the reality of it is even if they wanted to, [Buyer] would not have been able to acquire us.”
Seller’s CEO U.S. v. Geisinger Health, Inc., Complaint, at 9 (Aug. 5, 2020)
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