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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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Apple, Google, Meta must face US consumer claims over casino apps
Apple, Google and Meta Platforms aren't protected by Section 230 and must face consumer-protection claims and certain gambling-related loss recovery claims for host... (more story)
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China’s top merger-control regulator has for the first time opened an investigation into a below-threshold deal in the internet-platform sector, calling in Meituan’s acquisition of Maiyatian. The disclosure ca... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal has unanimously approved United Airlines' $100 million investment in the Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aereas, increasing the company’s minority shareholding from... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal suspended the final clearance of ClickBus’s acquisition of RJ Participações on Wednesday and closed the deal review without examination on the merits, concluding ... (more story)
US Anesthesia Partners asked a federal judge to impose a summary judgment against the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit, which the medical group characterizes as a factually unsubstantiated cas... (more story)
Consumers seeking to unwind the $1.9 billion Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger filed an opposition in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii to Alaska Air’s motion to stay discovery, arguing that the r... (more story)
A US federal judge has largely allowed states challenging Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks to probe the Justice Department’s settlement talks, while limiting efforts to obtain evide... (more story)
Raising or eliminating the national television ownership cap would decrease competition and harm local communities, witnesses said during a hearing Tuesday before the US Senate Commerce Committee.
Google’s $32 billion takeover of cloud cybersecurity software maker Wiz has been cleared in the EU after the European Commission said the deal raised no competition concerns due to the presence of “several cre... (more story)
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Paramount Skydance Corp. announced Tuesday it has substantially complied with the US Department of Justice’s second request for information regarding the company’s hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery... (more story)
Google’s swift EU clearance for its $32 billion Wiz takeover is a clear reminder that Big Tech dealmaking is not doomed to fail in Brussels — despite the grumblings of companies across the Atlantic. The Europe... (more story)
State lawmakers are entering 2026 with renewed momentum on antitrust policy, advancing a wave of proposals aimed at tightening competition rules and expanding enforcement authority. This week, a California pre... (more story)
Telecom operators and other companies looking to assuage competition concerns from mergers with promises to invest may take heart from a decision by Spain’s competition watchdog. It has allowed two of the coun... (more story)
Warner Bros. Discovery’s buyout presents more abstract, thorny competition questions than a commodity merger would. To be sure, the WBD sale raises standard-fare antitrust concerns about product output, price ... (more story)
Respondents to the latest market test sent by the Brazilian competition authority reiterated strong fears of price increases should Subsea7 and Saipem merge, while underscoring that Brazil’s deepwater conditio... (more story)
American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the state public utility regulators that will carry t... (more story)
Private-equity-backed healthcare firm Sevita and its publicly traded acquisition target, BrightSpring Health Services, ratified a merger antitrust consent decree Friday with the US Federal Trade Commission to ... (more story)