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SES-Intelsat deal receives US FCC green light July 14, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The US Federal Communications Commission has approved SES’s $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat. The agency said that the transaction will create a “more vigorous satellite competitor” and serves the public interest.

Trump orders Suirui International acquisition of Jupiter to be unwound July 11, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

US President Donald Trump ordered Suirui International’s 2020 acquisition of Jupiter Systems to be unwound within the next 120 days, after an investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United ... (more story)

Theories of harm should be built ‘from the ground up,’ FTC’s Guarnera says July 11, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Chris May

US Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera said today that conservative antitrust law enforcers should be meticulous about ensuring that the government’s theories of harm mesh... (more story)

Vivendi faces charges in EU’s Lagardère merger gun-jumping probe July 11, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Vivendi is facing a formal chargesheet from EU merger regulators over its 2023 acquisition of Lagardère, MLex has learned. The regulator will soon flesh out allegations that the French media conglomerate breac... (more story)

Big Tech opposed 'three-year' rule in thresholds for Australia’s new merger laws July 11, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Global tech companies including Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Nokia warned the Australian government that proposed notification thresholds for serial acquisitions under... (more story)

Constellation divestitures must go to smaller player, monitor tells US FERC July 10, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Though electricity provider Constellation Energy reached a partial settlement with a regional market monitor regarding its planned acquisition of Calpine last week, the monitor contacted the US Federal Energy ... (more story)

T-Mobile, UScellular deal clears US DOJ investigation July 10, 2025 | Wesley Brown

The US Justice Department investigation into T-Mobile’s acquisition of UScellular's wireless business and spectrum assets has closed without an injunction being sought, the agency announced today. The deal, wo... (more story)

Sanofi receives US green light for Blueprint Medicines buyout July 10, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Sanofi’s acquisition of Blueprint Medicines for about $9.5 billion has received clearance from US antitrust authorities. The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired on July 9, according to a sec... (more story)

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India's Digital Competition Bill get regulator's push but meets resistance July 15, 2025 | Freny Patel

India's top competition official has voiced strong support for the proposed Digital Competition Bill, advocating for proactive "self-reporting obligations" to enhance market health, despite the existing regula... (more story)

Cordeiro exits Brazil competition agency with legacy of controversy, acclaim July 11, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)

Acuren, NV5 overlap in testing, compliance, but companies could point to competition July 10, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Acuren and NV5 argue their $1.7 billion deal is complementary, but both companies offer services in the testing, inspection, certification and compliance sector in the US — particularly in nondestructive testi... (more story)

SES, Intelsat clear major hurdle with US Team Telecom approval July 09, 2025 | Flavia Fortes, Wesley Brown

Luxembourgish satellite company SES and Intelsat, a Luxembourgish-American company that provides satellite services, have received conditional approval from Team Telecom, clearing a major hurdle for completing... (more story)

In Grupo Atem-WPL deal appeal, Brazil CADE's Tribunal will also look at past conduct July 08, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Ipiranga, Vibra and Petroleo Sabbá have each filed appeals against the approval by the Brazilian competition authority’s investigatory unit of Grupo Atem’s acquisition of river transporter WPL. The agency’s Tr... (more story)

Will UK catch more deals in broad reach of national security? July 04, 2025 | Jon Menon

One year after Labour came to power, fresh policy plans suggest that the UK government might be giving itself leeway for wider intervention in mergers to protect economic interests and enable domestic business... (more story)

US FTC's Omnicom decree signals war on ad boycotts; critics question motives July 03, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Global ad agency holding companies Omnicom and Interpublic secured authorization from the US Federal Trade Commission for their proposed merger by making a novel behavioral commitment — a promise not to engage... (more story)

US Supreme Court’s nationwide injunction opinion impacts agency rulemaking July 03, 2025 | Khushita Vasant, Sam Rubenfeld and Mike Swift

A US Supreme Court opinion that federal court judges lack authority to impose universal injunctions won't stop those judges from issuing injunctions in data privacy disputes or run-of-the-mill antitrust cases ... (more story)