This is the new MLex platform. Existing customers should continue to use the existing MLex platform until migrated.
For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager.
Dismiss

DealRisk®

Insight View More

US states not looking to stand in DOJ's shoes in HPE-Juniper case, NY enforcer says November 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Ilana Kowarski

New York's top antitrust enforcer said Tuesday that US states who won a motion to intervene in a court proceeding in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks are not seeking to ... (more story)

JenaValve pushed for Edwards to divest JC Medical, US FTC tells court November 18, 2025 | Wesley Brown

JenaValve pushed for Edwards Lifesciences to divest JC Medical, but was shut down, the US Federal Trade Commission told the US District Court for the District of Columbia during the first day of trial Tuesday ... (more story)

HPE-Juniper judge allows states to intervene in Tunney Act settlement review November 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Flavia Fortes

Twelve states and the District of Columbia can intervene in the review of a settlement agreement between Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks and the US Department of Justice, a federal judge said on Tu... (more story)

UMG-Downtown deal faces EU charge sheet November 18, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Universal Music Group is facing formal EU objections to its takeover of Downtown Music, MLex has learned. In a statement the company said it remained confident of gaining approval from the bloc's merger watchdog.

EU needs more 'strategic' approach to trade challenge beyond subsidy rules, Ribera says November 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

The looming clash between the EU’s strict internal rulebook and the demands of trading partners outside the bloc needs a tied-up approach bringing in economic security and trade policy that goes beyond specifi... (more story)

Veolia's Hungarian buy shows EU merger watchdog looking beyond market shares, Loriot says November 18, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Veolia’s success in gaining EU merger approval for its acquisition of a Hungarian power plant despite a position of dominance shows how officials look beyond market shares to grapple with how markets will deve... (more story)

Imabari-JMU merger conditionally cleared by Japan's competition regulator November 18, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Imabari Shipbuilding has won conditional approval from Japan’s competition regulator to acquire a majority stake in rival Japan Marine United Corp. The Japan Fair Trade Commission said on Tuesday that Japan’s ... (more story)

Technip, Petrobras push for narrow market definition in Brazil’s Saipem7 deal review November 17, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Petrobras and TechnipFMC have argued to the Brazilian competition authority that the proposed combination of Saipem and Subsea7 should not be assessed under a broad subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, or ... (more story)

Comment View More

Routine decisions fueling heated exchanges among Brazil CADE councilors November 14, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority has seen two consecutive judgment sessions marked by an unusually tense atmosphere, as disagreements among councilors — traditionally confined to complex economic interpreta... (more story)

Saipem–Subsea7 merger in Brazil sparks fears of price hikes in offshore market November 12, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The planned merger between Saipem and Subsea7 is raising alarms across Brazil’s offshore oil and gas sector, with operators and suppliers warning that reduced competition could drive up costs for subsea projects.

GTCR, Surmodics win in US court shows litigating the fix pays off November 11, 2025 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

A US judge on Monday denied the Federal Trade Commission’s bid to block the merger between GTCR and Surmodics — the first defeat of a merger challenge brought during President Donald Trump’s second term.  The ... (more story)

Substitutability of digital, TV ads a key question for Nexstar-Tegna deal November 10, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger and Wesley Brown

The US antitrust review of television broadcasters Nexstar and Tegna could rest on whether the government concludes that advertisements on digital services are reasonable substitutes for broadcast TV’s 30-seco... (more story)

Six weeks in, US government shutdown delays inject uncertainty into FTC probes November 07, 2025 | Alex Wilts, Madeline Hughes, Chris May and Mike Swift

The record-breaking US government shutdown has entered its sixth week, creating uncertainty over how the Federal Trade Commission will handle stalled cases once furloughed staff return and whether the prolonge... (more story)

Doctolib's French antitrust sanction sends warning on acquisition strategies November 06, 2025 | Jean Comte

A sanction against Doctolib is the French competition watchdog's first time penalizing an acquisition as a dominance abuse, since the EU Court of Justice confirmed the possibility in its Towercast ruling. Fren... (more story)

Proposed FTC Commissioner Baasch brings privacy, competition litigation chops to agency November 05, 2025 | Mike Swift and Chris May

Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)

Google-Wiz early termination in US a good sign for deals under review November 05, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Google has received antitrust clearance for its proposed $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz, according to a notice in the US Federal Trade Commission’s early termination page — a positive develo... (more story)