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Indonesia antitrust regulator pushes pre-merger reviews, stronger digital oversight December 04, 2025 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia’s antitrust regulator is pushing for a shift to a mandatory pre-merger review regime and for broader powers to be included in amendments to the country’s 26-year-old competition law now being debated... (more story)

Boeing to divest Spirit assets, personnel to receive US FTC merger approval December 03, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US Federal Trade Commission will require Boeing to divest several Spirit AeroSystems assets and continue providing aerostructure services to competing contractors for military aircraft programs to resolve ... (more story)

Novo Nordisk-Akero Therapeutics deal gets green light in US December 03, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Diabetes and obesity drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk’s $5.2 billion deal for clinical-stage metabolic disease drug manufacturer Akero Therapeutics has received clearance from the US competition authorities. The... (more story)

First EU media-merger ‘plurality’ opinions next year, but regulator guidelines lag December 03, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Media companies will see the first formal signs of the EU’s new media-plurality test for mergers next year, when the European Media Board says it expects to issue its first opinions. The European commission gu... (more story)

Investments into EU set for tougher checks under economic-security plan December 03, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Lewis Crofts

Tighter scrutiny of inbound investments to the EU is planned under a new economic-security roadmap, with an aim to include monitoring of portfolio investments for the first time. The European Commission also a... (more story)

Smiths Group says security unit sale won’t face serious obstacles December 03, 2025 | Jon Menon

Smiths Group has said that the £2 billion sale of its airport security detection business to CVC Capital Partners won’t face material regulatory obstacles, and that it expects the deal to complete in the secon... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE study rules out market power in Petz-Cobasi merger December 02, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

A technical paper by the Brazilian competition authority's Department of Economic Studies indicates that nearly 10 percent of the isochrones — areas defined by travel time — examined could lead to market power... (more story)

HPE-Juniper judge issues ruling explaining decision to let states intervene December 02, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

A group of states seeking to intervene in the HPE-Juniper merger settlement met the requirements for permissive intervention but didn't establish that they were entitled to intervene of right, a California fed... (more story)

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Japan reinvents industry policy to protect technologies and supply chains December 04, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan is recalibrating its industrial policy to safeguard critical technologies and secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, amid escalating geopolitical tensions and widening export controls by major ... (more story)

Alaska, Hawaiian Air flyers detail harms to renew suit, show standing December 03, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes

Consumers who want to unwind the Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger have returned to court with an amended lawsuit, telling the judge who rejected their prior effort to block the merger that they have ample proof... (more story)

Slaughter’s legal showdown has broad implications (FTCWatch) November 28, 2025 | Claude Marx

The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)

Doctolib's fine in France for purchase of rival raises antitrust policy questions November 28, 2025 | Jean Comte

The French competition watchdog's decision to fine Doctolib, the leading online medical appointment booking platform, over its acquisition of a rival seven years ago is raising questions about where the line i... (more story)

AAM-Dowlais merger approval shows EU regulator can look down the road November 28, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

The European Commission's speedy approval of the merger of American Axle & Manufacturing and Dowlais is the latest sign the antitrust regulator can take a flexible and long view. Although the merged automotive... (more story)

Singapore's competition watchdog may decide the fate of Grab–GoTo merger talks November 28, 2025 | Roffie Kuniawan and Jet Damazo-Santos

A Grab–GoTo merger makes financial sense for shareholders and has growing political backing in Jakarta, but the deal faces its most serious obstacle in Singapore. The Competition and Consumer Commission of Sin... (more story)

UMG will welcome EU’s narrowing of Downtown deal concerns (update*) November 24, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Universal Music Group has good reason to cheer, despite an EU statement of objections against its takeover of Downtown Music. The charge sheet shows the European Commission narrowing its concerns about the dea... (more story)

US FTC’s MasterBrand deal probe likely to focus on market shares November 21, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

As cabinetmakers MasterBrand and American Woodmark respond to the US Federal Trade Commission’s second request, the companies will find it difficult to evade conversations about national market-share estimates... (more story)