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Synopsys-Ansys merger faces final KFTC deliberations in March
The fate of the Synopsys-Ansys merger in South Korea will be decided next month as the standing committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is set to deliberate on... (more story)
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Tapestry-Capri merger decision endorses flexible US market definitions
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” hand... (more story)
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US FTC’s bipartisan revision of premerger form aims to reduce legal vulnerability
All five US Federal Trade Commissioners voted last week for a slimmer, less demanding premerger form for dealmakers than the June 2023 draft — united across party l... (more story)
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Victor Meyer, general director of cartel investigations at Mexico's competition authority, discussed how the reformed agency will operate in the coming weeks, highlighting institutional changes, increased powe... (more story)
US President Donald Trump and Paramount subsidiary CBS are engaged in “good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations,” according to a court filing. Trump and his legal team filed a motion for a temporary stay ... (more story)
A federal judge has denied a motion from Fortune Brands Innovations, the buyer of divested assets in the Assa Abloy-Spectrum Brands settlement in 2023 with the US Department of Justice, seeking judicial clarif... (more story)
Aviva’s 3.7 billion-pound acquisition of rival Direct Line Insurance Group has formally gained UK antitrust approval after an initial probe by the regulator, with the deal expected to complete this week. Aviva... (more story)
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are once again under a regulatory spotlight, as South Korea’s competition regulator prepares to determine whether Asiana’s recent airfare adjustments amount to a breach of the be... (more story)
As Australia's new merger-control system comes into effect today on a voluntary basis, the government has finalized the regulations underpinning the new regime, providing clarity on notification-threshold calc... (more story)
The US Supreme Court today rejected a request from American Airlines to review a lower court ruling that invalidated its joint venture with JetBlue in the Northeast US. American had argued that a ruling could ... (more story)
Aviation company Safran has received unconditional approval from the Brazilian competition agency to buy the Collins Aerospace division of its rival RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon. The authority s... (more story)
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There is an obvious way for Mars to solve EU competition concerns over its acquisition of Kellanova: Sell off various brands to reduce its bargaining power in negotiations with European retailers. The question... (more story)
A settlement by global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group with the US Federal Trade Commission for their $13.5 billion deal includes restrictions on the companies’ ability to coordinate w... (more story)
The United States has reaffirmed its stance on rigorously evaluating efficiency claims in merger control, emphasizing that such claims rarely justify otherwise anticompetitive mergers. In a detailed note submi... (more story)
Details of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel, and the associated agreement with the US government, left some wondering what the government really gained, and led others to assess what they can offer the W... (more story)
The US Department of Justice settlement with Safran and RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies) for the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business underscores the agency’s careful at... (more story)
Greencore is likely to stress the negotiating heft of Britain’s supermarkets and the relatively strong level of competition in sectors such as ready-made meals, as it strives to gain UK antitrust clearance for... (more story)
From next month, dealmakers planning to do business in Australia under the new mandatory-notification regime will need to raid their piggy banks and be prepared to cough up real money. It’s all part of a commi... (more story)
Meta’s plan to invest about $14.8 billion in data-labeling startup Scale AI has put AI partnerships back in the spotlight, as the transaction is certain to attract the attention of antitrust regulators. The in... (more story)