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Bharat Forge gets conditional approval to acquire American Axle's Indian arm April 23, 2025 | Freny Patel

Bharat Forge has received conditional approval to acquire American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings' Indian subsidiary, AAM India Manufacturing, a key player in commercial-vehicle axles. The Competition Commissio... (more story)

Kingspan loses EU court dispute over file access in Trimo deal April 22, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Kingspan has seen EU judges reject a legal challenge over information held by the European Commission in its review of an abandoned merger with Trimo. The lower-tier General Court rejected the appeal as inadmi... (more story)

Global Payments-Worldpay deal needs US, EU, UK approvals April 22, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Global Payments has said it needs competition approvals in the US, EU and UK before it can complete its takeover of Worldpay. The US payments company announced the $24.25 billion deal last week, saying it woul... (more story)

After Capital One-Discover’s US approval, California AG vows to fight unlawful mergers April 21, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Following last week's federal regulatory approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover, the California Attorney General's office said "further consolidation in markets that are central to American economic... (more story)

Delhivery, Ecom Express seek Indian merger clearance under Form II April 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

Integrated logistics company Delhivery has proposed acquiring a controlling stake in e-commerce logistics specialist Ecom Express for $168 million, and has sought approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog un... (more story)

Capital One-Discover merger approved by US Fed, OCC; state AGs are wild card April 18, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency both approved Capital One’s acquisition of Discover Friday, and the companies said they plan to close the $35.3 billion merger on ... (more story)

US FTC's GTCR-Surmodics challenge joined by Illinois, Minnesota April 17, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Illinois and Minnesota have joined the US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit seeking to block GTCR BC Holdings' $627 million acquisition of Surmodics. The FTC's amended complaint also adds GTCR, LLC as an addi... (more story)

Uber Eats, Foodpanda case shows efficiency of Taiwan's existing digital market regulation April 17, 2025 | MLex Staff

The now defunct Uber Eats and Foodpanda merger has been highlighted as a testament to the effectiveness of Taiwan’s existing regulatory competition framework, even in the absence of ex-ante regulations governi... (more story)

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Former Omnicom-IPG alliance in spotlight as US FTC reviews merger April 16, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, which are trying to combine in a deal that faces scrutiny from the US Federal Trade Commission, were founding members of a now-defunct ad indust... (more story)

Petlove faces hurdles to involvement in Brazilian pet care deal due to contradictions April 15, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Petz and Cobasi’s main rival has made a second effort to participate in the deal review, arguing to Brazil’s competition watchdog that the deal is harmful to a fair competition environment. But the two merging... (more story)

Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout April 14, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)

British Steel rescue points to harder UK scrutiny of sensitive China deals April 14, 2025 | Jon Menon

British Steel’s rescue with the emergency passage of new law on Saturday signals a harder line in the UK government's vetting of buyouts involving Chinese companies in sensitive areas of the economy. The gover... (more story)

Carver's exit hits Australian antitrust regulator at a sensitive time for enforcement April 14, 2025 | James Panichi

Last’s week’s decision of key antitrust official Liza Carver to return to private practice was announced at a delicate time for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which appears to be close to an... (more story)

Meta-FTC US court clash over Instagram, WhatsApp deals set to begin April 11, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

When Meta Platforms and the US Federal Trade Commission face off over the next two to three months in a high-stakes antitrust trial, the onus of proving that the social media giant has monopoly power will be o... (more story)

Big Tech 'censorship' in antitrust crosshairs of Trump’s 'free speech warriors' April 10, 2025 | Chris May

Big Tech gatekeepers are subject to antitrust liability if they inappropriately exercise control over social media platforms and other fora for public discussion, top US Department of Justice and Federal Trade... (more story)

Antitrust observers confront uncertainty at global conference in US April 09, 2025 | Chris May and Alex Wilts

Confident predictions about the future of US competition law enforcement were in short supply during America’s biggest annual assembly of antitrust practitioners last week in Washington, DC.