FTC settlement highlights broad scrutiny of 365 Retail serial acquisitions
May 07, 2026
| Flavia Fortes and Ilana Kowarski
The Federal Trade Commission’s proposed remedy in the 365 Retail Markets matter underscores the agency’s growing focus on serial acquisitions and its willingness to assess a company’s broader course of conduct... (more story)
DC Circuit scrutiny of Nexstar-Tegna puts FCC delegated decisions in spotlight
May 06, 2026
| Wesley Brown
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit’s demand for a timeline in litigation tied to the Federal Communications Commission’s approval of the Nexstar-Tegna merger is drawing renewed attention to the agency’... (more story)
Telecom sector will cheer EU merger guidelines' championing of scale
May 04, 2026
| Andrew Boyce
The telecom sector was one of the loudest voices in a review of the European Commission's merger guidelines, saying they need room to consolidate national markets to compete with larger rivals in the US and Ch... (more story)
Sysco–Jetro deal poses complex antitrust test beyond traditional merger playbook
May 01, 2026
| Flavia Fortes
Sysco’s proposed $29.1 billion acquisition of Jetro Holdings, parent of Restaurant Depot, presents US enforcers with a familiar name but a structurally different problem from the distributor mergers that regul... (more story)
Push to change UK CMA's decision process prompts rare alignment of critics
May 01, 2026
| Jon Menon
The UK government is assessing feedback to its plans to re-engineer the system of decision making for in-depth merger and market probes at the country’s antitrust regulator. The breadth of the concerns raised ... (more story)
UPM-Sappi paper deal draws tough and traditional EU concerns
April 29, 2026
| Andrew Boyce
An in-depth EU investigation into UPM’s joint venture with Sappi has thrown the book at the deal, voicing a host of concerns about how the tie-up would combine the two largest graphic paper manufacturers in Eu... (more story)
China's block of Meta-Manus deal underscores higher bar for cross-border tech deals
April 29, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's landmark decision to block Meta Platforms' acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus underscores Beijing's evolving approach to evaluating cross-border technology deals, with authorities now... (more story)
Big Tech dodges Brazil gun jumping for AI deals, but regulator may seek review
April 27, 2026
| Flavia Fortes
Brazil’s competition authority found that artificial intelligence partnerships struck by major tech companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google didn’t result in gun-jumping violations in the country, but th... (more story)