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Nexstar-Tegna suit by US states suggests loss of faith in federal merger control
The decision by eight state attorney generals to sue to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger — bypassing the federal government — marks a pivotal moment in the deteriorati... (more story)
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American Water, Essential Utilities biggest merger risk likely comes from PUCs
American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the stat... (more story)
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Novartis-Avidity Biosciences deal gets early clearance in US
Novartis and Avidity Biosciences have received antitrust clearance for their $12 billion deal from the US competition authorities. On Dec. 17, the agencies granted ... (more story)
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Associated British Foods said it would probably have to close down its bakery business in Northern Ireland in the event that it doesn’t gain antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Hovis Group because of th... (more story)
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic’s acquisition of energy company Italiana Petroli has received approval from the EU under its foreign subsidy rules. The European Commission had a Monday deadlin... (more story)
A Hawaii federal judge has dismissed again a challenge by a group of consumers seeking to undo Alaska Air Group’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The court had granted a motion to dismiss the initial complai... (more story)
Uniform and workplace services providers Cintas and UniFirst have filed paperwork for their $5.5 billion deal with the US competition authorities. The companies submitted the notification on April 8 and the wa... (more story)
China has blocked Meta Platforms’ acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus and ordered the deal to be unwound, the office overseeing foreign investment security review under the National Developmen... (more story)
Charter Communications said that it is working with the California Public Utilities Commission towards a closing of its proposed $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications this summer. The company previou... (more story)
US catering company Aramark is to pursue an appeal in Scotland after it was refused permission by the UK's antitrust court to contest a ruling that it could not seek to overturn a veto on its buyout of rival E... (more story)
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will be incorporating fresh data into their forthcoming revised merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board with an eye toward justifying the deal more thorou... (more story)
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Chinese e-commerce titan JD.com will face down calls for an EU foreign-subsidy probe into its acquisition of European consumer electronics giant Ceconomy by pointing to how it’s a publicly traded company with ... (more story)
As important as the EU's redrafting of its merger guidelines is the clear shift of late in how the top politicians in Brussels view M&A. The European Commission president wants bigger European companies to eme... (more story)
Scrutiny of Charter Communications’ proposed acquisition of Cox Communications has narrowed to commitments that could be made to resolve third-party concerns rather than concerns about an outright block of the... (more story)
Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)
RTL's acquisition of Sky Deutschland this week has seen the EU turn up the volume on key ideas crucial to its forthcoming guidelines: a dynamic market analysis that allows the emergence of a strong European co... (more story)
US federal and state antitrust law enforcers have ramped up their policing of alleged threats to either quantity, quality or variety of competition within the rapidly shrinking and consolidating journalism sec... (more story)
Recent court wins in antitrust cases show that US states’ more assertive enforcement rhetoric is translating into tangible results, while underscoring growing risks for deals such as the proposed Paramount-War... (more story)
A federal judge has made clear that regulatory approval is no substitute for antitrust review, ruling that the US Federal Communications Commission lacks authority to decide competition issues and that its sig... (more story)