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US House withdraws bill transferring FTC’s competition powers to DOJ April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

The US House Judiciary Committee today withdrew a bill that would have eliminated the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and transferred and consolidated the agency’s antitrust powers in the Depa... (more story)

Spirit AeroSystems’ workers urge UK to intervene over asset deal April 30, 2025 | Jon Menon

Spirit AeroSystems workers and union officials met with UK lawmakers today to urge the government to intervene in the proposed partial divestment of assets. Airbus this week agreed to take certain money-losing... (more story)

EU’s Loriot pledges ‘vigilance’ for states intervening in M&A to protect ‘public interests’ April 30, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

EU merger enforcers will keep a close eye on governments intervening in mergers on public-interest grounds — such as security or media plurality — to ensure they don’t fragment Europe’s economy at a time when ... (more story)

Satellite company SES seeks EU clearance for Intelsat acquisition April 30, 2025 | Jean Comte

Satellite company SES has requested the EU Commission's approval for its planned acquisition of Intelsat, which provides satellite services. The commission has set a June 10 deadline to decide on the deal.

Merger of leading Japanese drugstore operators Aeon, Tsuruha approved conditionally April 30, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japanese retail giant Aeon’s proposed merger with Tsuruha Holdings, which would create the largest drugstore group in Japan, received conditional approval today from the Japan Fair Trade Commission. The merger... (more story)

EU foreign-subsidy reviews are 'simplifying' as rules bed in, official says April 30, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

EU powers to review the distortive impact of subsidies from countries such as China, Russia and the Middle East are becoming more predictable and less burdensome as the European Commission gains more experienc... (more story)

Key lawyer with Australian antitrust regulator to return to private practice (update*) April 30, 2025 | James Panichi

Law firm King & Wood Mallesons announced today it had snagged the services of a key lawyer involved in the antitrust watchdog’s delicate role in paving the way for the new merger regime. In a statement, the fi... (more story)

US Supreme Court grapples with class certification rules April 29, 2025 | Claude Marx

US Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both parties today in a case aimed at determining if uninjured parties can be part of a certified class in class-action litigation. And for the most part, the... (more story)

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Azul-Gol gun-jumping review to examine rule for deals without fixed term April 30, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The review by the Tribunal of the Brazilian competition authority of a codeshare agreement between airlines Azul Linhas Aereas and Gol Linhas Aereas for a potential gun-jumping violation will examine the treat... (more story)

Mediobanca bid for Banca Generali adds twist to Italian banking consolidation April 29, 2025 | Jean Comte

Mediobanca yesterday revealed a bid for rival Banca Generali, adding complexity to dealmaking in the Italian baking sector, in which Mediobanca is itself a target of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, or MPS. It... (more story)

US state antitrust laws poised to heighten regulatory hurdles for M&A April 25, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

US states are ramping up antitrust enforcement, with several enacting broader antitrust laws and new requirements for companies to provide advance notice of proposed transactions. While these state-specific la... (more story)

US FTC Chairman Ferguson distances himself from predecessor Khan April 24, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has faced criticism from the US business community for his alleged support for heavy-handed regulation, but one newspaper recently crossed a line. The Wall ... (more story)

Competition regulators eyeing changes to US markets from import tariffs April 23, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Under conventional antitrust analysis, companies acting independently to raise prices receive significant protection from antitrust enforcement. But in markets where foreign companies compete, that analysis fa... (more story)

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)