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US Department of Justice files lawsuit against Aon-WTW merger

By 2021-06-17T08:04:00

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Attorney general says the legal action displays the department’s ‘commitment to stopping harmful consolidation’

The US Department of Justice yesterday (16 June 2021) filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against broker Aon’s planned £30bn acquisition of Willis Towers Watson (WTW), alleging that “the merger threatens to eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation for American businesses, employers and unions that rely on these important services”.

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