Sec. 7. Exclusive jurisdiction
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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of any decision made by the Federal Trade Commission or the Assistant Attorney General under the amendments made by sections 4 and 6 of this Act. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if a State attorney general brings an action under section 5 or subsection
(n)of section 7A of the Clayton Act, as added by section 6 of this Act, the district court of the United States for the judicial district in which the capital of the State is located shall have exclusive jurisdiction. In the event that multiple State attorneys general bring actions regarding the same acquisition, those actions shall be consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or a district court with jurisdiction under this section. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from all decisions under subsection (a). The Supreme Court of the United States shall not have appellate jurisdiction of any appeal from a decision under subsection
(a)or (b). The causes of action authorized by this Act and amendments made by this Act shall be the exclusive remedies available to any person injured or adversely affected by a decision of the Federal Trade Commission or the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice made under this Act or under the amendments made by this Act.