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China to refine penalty scales for anticompetitive mergers as cases build
China will develop detailed penalty scales for anticompetitive merger violations as it gains more experience with these types of cases, since the guidance released ... (more story)
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Universal Music’s Downtown takeover could face EU scrutiny (update*)
Universal Music Group's takeover of independent music-services company Downtown Music is facing a potential review by the European Commission, after the Netherlands... (more story)
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Simcere-Tobishi merger lawsuit verdict sets precedent in China, SAMR says
In a landmark ruling, a Chinese court has upheld the antitrust regulator's conditional approval of the merger between Hong Kong-listed pharma company Simcere and ri... (more story)
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority met with a UK press publisher who raised concerns about the $3.7 billion merger between Getty Images and Shutterstock.
Newly unveiled penalty scales for merger-control violations by China’s top competition regulator strike a balance between strictness and leniency, an advisor to China’s cabinet said. The guidelines introduce e... (more story)
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who was recently fired as Federal Trade Commissioner, told US lawmakers today that she is worried about the fate of a lawsuit the FTC brought against pharmacy benefit managers as no si... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department could implement changes to HSR filing rules if it becomes clear that new information from merging parties is not useful, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson said. C... (more story)
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson today defended President Donald Trump’s authority to oust two Democratic Party commissioners from the agency, saying they were removed “lawfully” while stat... (more story)
How mergers can affect innovation and companies’ incentives to invest is the subject of a new study being commissioned by the EU’s competition watchdog. The European Commission put out a tender today for an ex... (more story)
Drax Group's acquisition of UK battery energy storage system investor Harmony Energy Income Trust is conditional on UK national security approval. The British power generation company agreed to buy HEIT for ab... (more story)
China will develop detailed penalty scales for anticompetitive merger violations as it gains more experience with these types of cases, since the guidance released today only outlines principles-based rules fo... (more story)
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The US Federal Trade Commission is tracking Alimentation Couche-Tard’s potential acquisition of the owner of 7-Eleven with unusual interest. Instead of waiting until a deal is in place, the agency has been in ... (more story)
In a pivotal ruling, a Chinese court has clarified that previous antitrust penalties do not prejudice the competition authority's assessment of new mergers. This judgment marks China's first judicial review of... (more story)
Third parties have asked Brazil’s competition authority to block or heavily condition Grupo Atem’s proposed acquisition of WPL. Ipiranga, Vibra Energia and Petróleo Sabbá — the latter of which is part of the ... (more story)
US antitrust agencies have been filing fewer merger lawsuits in Washington, DC, which has increased trial expenses and tasked less-experienced courts with some of the federal government’s biggest, most sophist... (more story)
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)
Hong Kong's CK Hutchison may encounter a complex web of regulatory challenges in China as it seeks to divest port assets in a high-profile deal to a consortium spearheaded by BlackRock. The deal, which is sign... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important. A group of former FTC commissioners and agency officials who spoke to MLex about the unprecedented fir... (more story)
While the chair of the US Federal Trade Commission has always had broad discretion to open and close cases, there were internal checks and balances within the independent agency to keep tabs on the cases and f... (more story)