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Vandemoortele offers EU concessions over Délifrance deal November 28, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Belgian food manufacturer Vandemoortele has offered to amend its plan to buy frozen bakery products maker Délifrance, in a bid to address EU competition concerns. The European Commission has extended its deadl... (more story)

Ribera fights to safeguard rulebook after first year as EU competition chief November 28, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Teresa Ribera has defended Europe's power to regulate corporate activity — be it by tech companies or in M&A — as a "rule of law" issue, shrugging off pressure from within and without to water down the Europea... (more story)

Brazilian officials point to challenges of coordinating competition remedies November 28, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazilian competition officials raised concerns about the complexity of aligning competition remedies across jurisdictions, pointing to the need for better coordination and practical mechanisms for collaborati... (more story)

Brazil's CADE adopts 'ex-ante mindset' for digital enforcement November 28, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition authority is adopting an “ex-ante mindset” as it explores remedies that anticipate future digital regulation, Councilor Camila Alves Pires said at a BRICS+ forum. She said ex-ante transpar... (more story)

Qualcomm, Alphawave gain South Korean approval to clear path for deal November 27, 2025 | Jon Menon

Chipmaker Qualcomm has gained, or waived, all of the regulatory clearances needed to complete its acquisition of Alphawave IP Group following approval in South Korea. The US company agreed to buy Alphawave, wh... (more story)

Skouris set to chair EU judges' vetting committee November 27, 2025 | Jean Comte

Vassilios Skouris is set to be appointed president of the seven-strong committee tasked with evaluating candidates for EU judges positions, according to a document seen by MLex. The consultative body, whose op... (more story)

Brazil's CADE clears Grupo Atem’s acquisition of WPL November 26, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition Tribunal has unanimously approved Grupo Atem’s acquisition of river transport company Waldemiro P. Lustoza & Cia, or WPL, requesting governance commitments to mitigate antitrust risks in t... (more story)

Verisk, AccuLynx still answering US FTC questions about non-horizontal concerns November 26, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Verisk and AccuLynx are still answering questions from the US Federal Trade Commission even though it has been more than 30 days since the government filed a second request, MLex has learned.

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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)

ADNOC’s curious EU foreign-subsidy remedy creates more questions than answers November 21, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Andrew Boyce and Lewis Crofts

The outcome of the EU's foreign-subsidy review of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's Covestro acquisition has few lessons to offer dealmakers in the way of certainty, given that the concessions extracted appeare... (more story)

Support for Charter-Cox deal in comments to US FCC unlikely to be decisive November 20, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Public comments filed with the US Federal Communications Commission about the proposed merger of Charter Communications and Cox Communications were overwhelmingly supportive of the deal and often cited the com... (more story)