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Don't play games on remedies notification, Australian official warns dealmakers
Dealmakers planning to horse trade with the regulator by offering “piecemeal” remedies under Australia’s new mandatory and suspensory merger regime could see their ... (more story)
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Fired US FTC commissioners clash with DOJ attorney
Lawyers for former Democratic US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter clashed in federal court today with a Department of Justice lawye... (more story)
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Verizon US FCC clearance shows how culture war shapes Trump merger reviews
Telecom giant Verizon Communications’ proposed $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications was cleared today by the US Federal Communications Commission afte... (more story)
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Milk cooperatives Arla and DMK aim to notify their merger to the EU regulator around June 19, following approval by their respective boards. They hope to get "clarity on the regulatory approvals" by the end of... (more story)
Honeywell International’s 1.8 billion-pound acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s catalyst unit will need antitrust approvals in countries including the UK, US and China. The UK-listed chemicals company agreed to s... (more story)
Dealmakers planning to horse trade with the regulator by offering “piecemeal” remedies under Australia’s new mandatory and suspensory merger regime could see their deals delayed as the review escalates to an i... (more story)
Instagram would not have been as successful as it is today had it not been acquired by Meta Platform in 2012, an economic expert for the tech giant testified today while arguing that the US Federal Trade Commi... (more story)
Mars and Kellanova are telling antitrust regulators across the globe reviewing their $35.9 billion deal that they only compete globally in the market for snack bars, but that their offerings are differentiated... (more story)
Tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta Platforms have slammed as “problematic” merger-law guidance issued by the Australian government, which the companies said was unclear about when the laws ap... (more story)
Lawyers for former Democratic US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter clashed in federal court today with a Department of Justice lawyer over the legality of their firing by Presid... (more story)
An evidentiary hearing in the Microsoft-Activision administrative case before the US Federal Trade Commission has been postponed to July 21, following a joint motion from the parties. The commission approved t... (more story)
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An EU probe into Mars' $36 billion takeover of snacks maker Kellanova, now formally under way after months of pre-notification talks, is expected to center on “conglomerate” concerns that the US food giant cou... (more story)
US federal subpoenas about Constellation Energy’s plan to buy rival power producer Calpine Corp. have included numerous detailed questions about pricing statistics and economic forecasts. These inquiry letters... (more story)
A commitment by Nippon Steel to invest $11 billion through 2028 in an effort to gain US approval for its merger with US Steel came after discussions with the Trump administration, but no agreement was reached ... (more story)
A bidding battle for Assura, a UK real estate company that invests in doctors’ clinics, has brought the potential involvement of the UK antitrust regulator to the fore. Primary Health Properties on Friday rais... (more story)
Telecom giant Verizon Communications’ proposed $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications was cleared today by the US Federal Communications Commission after a lengthy review. The FCC published its off... (more story)
DICK's Sporting Goods is a US sporting equipment retailer selling everything from bikes and water bottles to golf clubs and footwear, while Foot Locker is a global retailer that gets almost all its revenue fro... (more story)
Coming changes to merger law in the UK will formally restrict the competition regulator’s ability to block deals and cement a less interventionist approach more broadly, in line with the Labour government's do... (more story)
Andrew Leigh has been reappointed as Australia’s competition minister, with added responsibility for boosting the workforce’s weak productivity gains in recent years. In an interview with MLex, Leigh said stro... (more story)