{"id":127189,"date":"2025-07-18T12:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=127189"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:12:38","slug":"ftc-lifts-bans-on-pioneer-hess-ceos-from-serving-on-acquirers-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/18\/ftc-lifts-bans-on-pioneer-hess-ceos-from-serving-on-acquirers-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Lifts Bans on Pioneer, Hess CEOs From Serving on Acquirers&#8217; Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Federal Trade Commission members set aside a ban on the executives, saying the FTC failed to plead antitrust law violations and disregarded decades of precedent under the FTC Merger Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/921862754\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a 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