The growing judicial acceptance of the merger guidelines.

The courts have consistently shown a willingness to consider the Department of Justice's Merger Guidelines since their first promulgation in 1968, although they have not accorded them the force of law. The guidelines are useful to the business world in analyzing the legality of the business decisions they are contemplating. Ease of entry and the analysis of anticompetitive conduct are two aspects of the guidelines which need additional clarification. More than 75 cases and 28 requests for preliminary injunctions have based some of their arguments on the guidelines.