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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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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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The European Commission still sees signs of "disguised protectionism" in how some governments meddle in M&A transactions, and it will act to ensure an integrated market in areas such as banking and insurance c... (more story)
Plans by Airbus, Thales and Leonardo to merge their space activities will create a dominant position and distort competition, according to Marco Fuchs, the CEO of German competitor OHB.
Gildan Activewear and HanesBrands have refiled paperwork with the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice for their $2.2 billion deal. The companies made a new filing under the Hart-Scott-Rod... (more story)
European merger enforcers can’t simply adopt global market definitions as a “magic solution” to clear dealmaking that risks harming competition, according to Guillaume Loriot, one of the European Commission’s ... (more story)
Competition enforcers need to look more "dynamically" at how markets evolve when assessing mergers and "be more tolerant toward industrial policy," according to one of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize fo... (more story)
Three European industrial titans — Thales, Leonardo and Airbus — have announced a framework deal for a common space venture. The deal, which follows months of discussions, still needs regulatory approvals befo... (more story)
Torrent Pharmaceuticals has received conditional approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog to acquire a controlling stake in JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. The Competition Commission of India cleared the ... (more story)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise asked a US district judge to reject a motion-to-shorten-time filed by the District of Columbia and a coalition of US states that have criticized the company’s merger antitrust settle... (more story)
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The US Department of Justice can be expected to oppose the intervention by 12 states and the District of Columbia in an impending Tunney Act proceeding involving the $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard ... (more story)
Eleventh-hour changes to Australia’s new merger regime, which is set to replace the existing informal rules on Jan. 1, 2026, are leaving antitrust lawyers puzzled about how and when to notify transactions. In ... (more story)
The planned merger between Getty Images and Shutterstock is well positioned to close in the US, with no major regulatory pushback expected. The lack of remedies discussion, a bond deal deadline for next Tuesda... (more story)
The move of antitrust lawyer Luke Woodward to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is being viewed by many as the return of a prodigal son, who developed his understanding of competition law as an ... (more story)
Changes to deal notification thresholds don’t appear to be on the horizon, Brazilian competition authority President Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima said, noting that such a decision rests with the government.... (more story)
In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the interim president of Brazil’s antitrust authority, Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, affirmed its commitment to ensuring predictability and technical rigor in its m... (more story)
The newly expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification form requires more statements and documents from merging parties in the US that might put deals at greater risk. Such “hot documents” are stateme... (more story)
The proposed merger of mining companies Anglo American and Teck Resources is sure to draw a national security review from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and will likely require econom... (more story)