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Keysight, Spirent remedies under market test as China review clock pauses near deadline August 15, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s antitrust review of Keysight Technologies’ planned acquisition of Spirent Communications has been paused for several weeks as the 180-day review deadline approaches, MLex has learned. The State Adminis... (more story)

Charter, Cox pulled US HSR paperwork, will refile today August 14, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Charter Communications and Cox Communications pulled their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification paperwork and will refile with the US antitrust enforcers today, Charter told MLex.

Kongsberg deal sets stage for more lease-based reviews under new Australian laws August 14, 2025 | James Panichi

The review of a land deal designed to kick-start Kongsberg’s development of an Australian missile facility is expected to be followed by a fresh land-lease probe, suggesting the new mandatory-notification regi... (more story)

US Senators Blumenthal, Warren probing lobbyist influence in DOJ's Amex GBT–CWT case August 13, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Democratic US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren are pressing American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings to disclose their use of lobbyists and political consultants following the D... (more story)

EU Commission lacks resources to implement competition policy, top official said August 13, 2025 | Jean Comte

Olivier Guersent, then director general of the European Commission's competition department, unsuccessfully lobbied in February to increase by 2 million euros the institution's annual budget for competition po... (more story)

Flexible thresholds needed to protect small Indian firms from big tech giants August 13, 2025 | Freny Patel

Greater flexibility for the deal-value threshold is warranted to protect small Indian companies from global tech giants. A parliamentary committee report warned that the current fixed threshold of $240 million... (more story)

Petz, Cobasi criticized for skipping public hearing over their merger in Brazil August 12, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Representatives from Brazil’s executive and legislative branches, along with major rival Petlove, raised concerns over a potential approval of the merger between Petz and Cobasi, the two leading companies in B... (more story)

US DOJ supports unwinding Delta-Aeromexico alliance, cites potential loss of competition August 12, 2025 | Wesley Brown

The US Justice Department supports the US Department of Transportation’s tentative decision to not renew antitrust immunity for the alliance between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico, according to a comment submi... (more story)

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Amedisys US settlement left some concerns unresolved, shows flexibility on remedies August 14, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes

The compromise permitting UnitedHealth Group to acquire rival home healthcare and hospice service provider Amedisys shows both US federal and state enforcers are willing to give flexibility to dealmakers looki... (more story)

New FDI rules test limits of EU’s sway over national investment decisions August 13, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

As the EU revamps its foreign investment screening rules, a clash is brewing over who gets to assess security risks and which sectors should be covered. Lawmakers want to give the European Commission more powe... (more story)

Broad risk of M&A call-in remains under EU’s draft subsidy guidance August 11, 2025 | Jean Comte and Lewis Crofts

Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)

PHP’s buyout of Assura faces CMA freeze as key deadline looms August 11, 2025 | Jon Menon

Primary Health Properties has been served with a freeze order as the UK antitrust regulator reviews its planned 1.79 billion-pound acquisition of rival British medical infrastructure provider Assura. But there... (more story)

Trump reshapes US merger control, giving rise to uncertainty August 06, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger, Wesley Brown and Ilana Kowarski

Lobbying the White House or pitching the US Attorney General promise to become standard practice for companies seeking merger approval as the administration of US President Donald Trump reshapes merger law enforcement.

Soft merger rules won’t create European champions, says Polish antitrust chief August 06, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

The chief of the Polish antitrust authority believes the resilience of European companies and markets ought to be the prime concern for European policymakers, taking priority even over the bloc’s environmental... (more story)

Draghi’s enigmatic numbers cloud need for EU telecom consolidation August 05, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Lewis Crofts

Mario Draghi prescribed a radical solution for Europe’s ailing telecom industry: market consolidation to cure chronic profitability and investment problems. But the economics that underpin the figures in his 2... (more story)

Bimbo-Wickbold deal faces delays with new queries from Brazil CADE Tribunal August 04, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority’s review of Grupo Bimbo’s proposed acquisition of Wickbold has entered a new phase of scrutiny, with CADE issuing a fresh round of competitors' queries that may prolong the ... (more story)