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Petz, Cobasi fighting Petlove’s entry as third party in Brazil deal review March 21, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Petz and Cobasi, aiming to combine their businesses in the pet care sector, have vigorously opposed Petlove’s attempt to intervene in the merger review, claiming their rival wants to “promote their own private... (more story)

Alphabet reports acquisition of Galileo AI March 21, 2025 | Jean Comte

Alphabet has told EU regulators it has acquired Galileo AI, a US startup that produces User Interface using artificial intelligence. Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google, reported the deal to the Eu... (more story)

Nippon Steel hammers ‘baseless’ consumer suit over deal with US Steel March 20, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

Nippon Steel hammered what it called a “baseless” lawsuit by US consumers challenging its acquisition of US Steel, telling a federal judge today that the case falls in “a long line” of failed litigation challe... (more story)

SES-Intelsat deal cleared by Brazilian competition authority March 20, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

SES’s proposed acquisition of Intelsat has been cleared by the Brazilian competition authority without conditions. The agency said that after the transaction there will still be sufficient competition from oth... (more story)

UK merger control will keep stopping bad deals, CMA executive says March 20, 2025 | Jon Menon

The UK merger-control regime will keep stopping harmful deals even after it is revamped by the antitrust regulator to make it less burdensome for businesses, according to a senior executive at the Competition ... (more story)

EU merger guidelines to see 'call for evidence' in coming months, official says March 20, 2025 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst

A senior EU competition ofiicial said the body will start the review of the bloc's merger guidelines "with a broad call for evidence in the coming months." The exercise will explore how to better assess the dy... (more story)

Four new EU General Court judges set to be approved next week March 20, 2025 | Jean Comte

Nominations of several members of the EU's lower-tier General Court are set to be approved by representatives of member states on March 26, according to a document seen by MLex. Two will be appointed for the n... (more story)

Amcor files Berry packaging deal for EU simplified review March 20, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Packaging maker Amcor has requested EU merger approval for its plan to acquire US rival Berry Global. Amcor notified the deal to the European Commission under its “simplified” procedure, which is used to asses... (more story)

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US FTC, DOJ have looked beyond DC federal court for recent merger challenges March 21, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

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)

Democratic US FTC commissioners say firings undermine agency independence March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

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)

CK Hutchison may face multiple hurdles in China over BlackRock port deal March 20, 2025 | MLex Staff

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)

US FTC commissioner firings threaten 'brand' before key constituency: judges March 20, 2025 | Mike Swift

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)

Trump firings at US FTC clear path for enforcement docket shake-up March 19, 2025 | Madeline Hughes, Chris May, Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

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)

Removal of US FTC commissioners stirs court fight on presidential power March 19, 2025 | Claude R. Marx and Dwight A. Weingarten

US President Donald Trump’s firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commission members Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is setting up a likely Supreme Court fight that could dramatically reshape the executive branch.

Google-Wiz deal will test global antitrust regulators’ latest thinking on Big Tech March 19, 2025 | Flavia Fortes, Andrew Boyce and Jon Menon

Alphabet’s $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz will put global antitrust regulators’ latest thinking on acquisitions by Big Tech companies to the test. Google and Wiz abandoned t... (more story)

In US FTC’s GTCR case, focus on PE rollups replaced by traditional M&A review March 18, 2025 | Wesley Brown and Ilana Kowarski

The Biden administration's focus on private equity firms appears to have been replaced by textbook merger analysis at the US Federal Trade Commission, as highlighted by an FTC complaint against GTCR’s proposed... (more story)