Single-state challenges to major US deals are 'on the table,' New Jersey ex-AG says
By Ilana Kowarski ( January 30, 2026, 00:03 GMT | Insight) -- State officials throughout the US have grown eager to exercise their merger control authority, so much so that state governments are increasingly receptive to the possibility of solo merger litigation that doesn’t involve either the federal government or another state, former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said Thursday.State-level officials throughout the US have grown eager to exercise their merger control authority, so much so that state governments are increasingly receptive to the possibility of going it alone in merger litigation that doesn’t involve either the federal government or another state, former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said at a conference* Thursday....
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