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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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The exodus of Australian government officials with M&A expertise continued this week, with one of the architects of the recent overhaul of merger laws, Annalisa Heger, announcing that she was moving to a senio... (more story)
GTCR provided a federal court details of an agreement it has in place to divest assets in hopes of resolving the US Federal Trade Commission’s competitive concerns over its acquisition of Surmodics. Ian Conner... (more story)
Investigations into potential collusion by way of pricing algorithms can be expected to ramp up as deployment of the technology becomes more prevalent across the US economy, Gail Slater, chief of the US Depart... (more story)
Naspers, the parent company of tech investor Prosus, has secured EU approval for its takeover of Just Eat Takeaway.com, after agreeing to reduce its 27.4 percent stake in rival food delivery platform Delivery ... (more story)
Norwegian aerospace giant Kongsberg Gruppen is behind the first deal to have been notified under Australia’s mandatory and suspensory regime, with the technology group’s local operation, Kongsberg Defence Aust... (more story)
India's top court is re-hearing its decision on the Bhushan Power and Steel insolvency case, pitting former promoters against creditors. Last week, the promoters argued for a new insolvency process, citing the... (more story)
Amedisys was fined $1.1 million by the US Justice Department for Hart-Scott-Rodino Act violations as part of its deal with UnitedHealth Group — less than the maximum penalty amount — due to internal corrective... (more story)
A coalition comprised of the Rural Wireless Association, Inc., the Open Technology Institute at New America, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, and the Communications Workers of America requested a ... (more story)
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Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)
Primary Health Properties has been served with a freeze order as the UK antitrust regulator reviews its planned 1.79 billion-pound acquisition of rival British medical infrastructure provider Assura. But there... (more story)
Lobbying the White House or pitching the US Attorney General promise to become standard practice for companies seeking merger approval as the administration of US President Donald Trump reshapes merger law enforcement.
The chief of the Polish antitrust authority believes the resilience of European companies and markets ought to be the prime concern for European policymakers, taking priority even over the bloc’s environmental... (more story)
Mario Draghi prescribed a radical solution for Europe’s ailing telecom industry: market consolidation to cure chronic profitability and investment problems. But the economics that underpin the figures in his 2... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority’s review of Grupo Bimbo’s proposed acquisition of Wickbold has entered a new phase of scrutiny, with CADE issuing a fresh round of competitors' queries that may prolong the ... (more story)
Entertainment group RTL is pointing to the minimal impact its takeover of Sky Deutschland would have on the market for TV advertising as it seeks to steer the deal past EU competition regulators, MLex has lear... (more story)
Olivier Guersent has signed off as head of the European Commission’s powerful competition directorate, serving six different commissioners and witnessing the highs and lows of the bloc’s economic policies. In ... (more story)