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Football associations Libra, LFU require deal notification, Brazil's CADE finds

By Maria Júlia Baumert ( February 11, 2026, 19:11 GMT | Insight) -- Brazil’s competition authority found on Wednesday that the structures created by football associations Libra and Liga Forte União (LFU) must be treated as deals subject to mandatory notification. The authority concluded that both Libra and LFU constitute “associative contracts” under Brazilian competition law. Brazil’s competition authority found on Wednesday that the structures created by football associations Libra and Liga Forte União (LFU) must be treated as deals subject to mandatory notification....

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