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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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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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China’s top merger-control regulator has fined two Zhejiang companies a combined 1.7 million yuan ($240,000) for gun-jumping, its fourth publicly disclosed unlawful merger case this year. For the first time si... (more story)
Prosus was given six months less than it had before to reduce its 27 percent holding in Delivery Hero, as part of discussions with the European Commission over acquiring Just Eat Takeaway.com. The tech investo... (more story)
Skyworks and Qorvo intend to pull and refile Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification filings in early January, according to a securities filing. The companies filed their notification forms with the US Fe... (more story)
Commercial refrigeration system maker Epta has requested European Commission authorization for its intended acquisition of Hauser, which supplies commercial refrigeration and related equipment for food retail.... (more story)
The US Department of Justice, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and a coalition of state attorneys general have asked a federal judge in California to resolve a dispute over how confidential information may be used i... (more story)
Concerns over labor market monopsony in merger reviews continue to be an area of focus for the US Federal Trade Commission, which is also targeting noncompete clauses in employee contracts directly through inv... (more story)
Belgian construction group Stadsbader purchased EQOS's Belgian assets, following Eiffage's commitment to divest those assets as a remedy to its buyout of EQOS, according to a document published on Monday by th... (more story)
Belgium’s Vandemoortele has gained provisional UK approval to buy Délifrance after the companies offered to divest certain assets to ease antitrust concerns over the supply of frozen bakery products. The compa... (more story)
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Corporate executives under pressure to present Wall Street with rosy pictures of future business prospects should take heed of the cautionary tales offered by a trio of recent US antitrust lawsuits where defen... (more story)
For Republican US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador, one persistent source of frustration is when merger trial judges discount or ignore the negative implications of clearing anticompetitive transactions,... (more story)
When a new administration takes office, the year is often marked by quick changes in general policy, which can be far more important than specific cases. This was especially true in the head-snapping transitio... (more story)
The EU’s merger investigations in 2025 confirmed its strong preference for competition concerns to be addressed by “structural” remedies, rather than by “behavioral” ones. This year the European Commission app... (more story)
US state attorneys general are emerging as increasingly assertive and independent actors in merger enforcement, reshaping the antitrust landscape amid a more politicized federal review environment. States are ... (more story)
The US Federal Communication Commission under Chairman Brendan Carr increased activity and showed clear viewpoint changes in 2025, and utilizing its view of the "public interest" to back up its positions is a ... (more story)
Getty Images and Shutterstock didn't see eye to eye with the UK merger regulator over market share and the impact of Big Tech and AI in its initial review of their merger. The CMA rejected a proposed stock und... (more story)
Paramount’s $108 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t likely to give the combined company such a large piece of the market that the law will presume the deal to be anticompetitive, but it still ... (more story)