Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act, the FTC or the Justice Department may block a planned merger until the firms agree to certain conditions.

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act gives the FTC or the Justice Department the authority to review mergers and acquisitions and block them if they may lead to anticompetitive effects on the market. As part of this review process, the agencies may require the firms to agree to certain conditions or divestitures in order to mitigate potential harm to competition. Therefore, option A is correct.