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Epta files Hauser acquisition for EU clearance December 23, 2025 | Jean Comte

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)

States clash with HPE, US DOJ on confidentiality terms in Juniper settlement December 23, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

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)

Labor concerns a priority in merger review, noncompete probes, US FTC's Meador says December 22, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Ilana Kowarski

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)

Stadsbader bought EQOS's Belgian assets, allowing Eiffage deal, EU document shows December 22, 2025 | Jean Comte

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)

Vandemoortele, Délifrance proposals may resolve concerns, UK’s CMA says December 22, 2025 | Jon Menon

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)

Rayonier, PotlatchDeltic deal gets early clearance in US December 22, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Rayonier and PotlatchDeltic have received antitrust clearance for their $8.2 billion deal from the US competition authorities. On Dec. 19, the agencies granted early termination of the waiting period under the... (more story)

South Korea fines Korean Air, Asiana over seat cuts on Frankfurt route December 22, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Merger remedies imposed on Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have been breached once again, prompting South Korea’s competition regulator to fine Korean Air 5.88 billion won ($3.9 million) and Asiana Airlines 580... (more story)

EU foreign-subsidy rules need full 'reworking,' says Germany December 22, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

The EU's new law to police companies distorting European markets due to financial support from foreign governments needs a "fundamental revision" to "reduce bureaucracy" and ensure the bloc can still attract i... (more story)

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US FCC increased activity, changed policy direction quickly in 2025 December 23, 2025 | Wesley Brown, Flavia Fortes

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, Shutterstock need to win over UK merger regulator on market share December 23, 2025 | Jon Menon

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, WBD shares may not exceed US presumption but still cause for alarm December 22, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

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)

Netflix's swoop for Warner Bros. will test EU stance on TV-viewing market December 17, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Netflix will hope European competition enforcers see the market for TV content as a broad and diverse package bringing together various free and subscription content, if it is to win the race for Warner Bros. ... (more story)

US FTC's Henkel-A-Paint challenge relies on structural presumption, hot docs December 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit to block Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the manufacturer of Loctite, from acquiring competitor Liquid Nails from private equity firm American Industrial Partners and A-Paint, r... (more story)

Combined Access Advance, Via LA codec pools could fend off AV1 threat December 15, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

The video compression patent licensing market will be transformed by Access Advance’s planned acquisition of the Via LA HEVC/VVC program. Time will tell if the consolidation of core technologies by Google, App... (more story)

Tug-of-war over Warner Bros spurs US media antitrust debate, frenzy of lobbying December 15, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

In a conventional US antitrust review, neither Paramount’s nor Netflix’s proposed buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery would escape government scrutiny because both deals create at least one significant horizontal... (more story)

Is IndiGo solely to blame for India's aviation meltdown, or are regulators at fault too? December 15, 2025 | Freny Patel

India’s early-December aviation collapse has sparked calls to probe IndiGo for abuse of dominance. Yet the deeper issue is how merger control allowed such extreme market concentration — and why the Competition... (more story)