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US FTC staff offered another round of deferred resignations, buyouts April 25, 2025 | Chris May

US Federal Trade Commission employees have been offered three potential ways to cut short their employment at the nation’s competition and consumer protection watchdog, according to agency memoranda seen by MLex.

ServiceNow to pull, refile US paperwork for Moveworks buy; no more questions from CMA April 25, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Software maker ServiceNow said that it will withdraw its US merger paperwork for the acquisition of artificial intelligence firm Moveworks by April 30, and it plans to refile no later than May 2. The company a... (more story)

Universal Music’s Downtown takeover faces EU scrutiny following referral April 25, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

EU merger regulators will scrutinize Universal Music Group's $775 million takeover of independent music-services company Downtown Music, after the European Commission accepted requests to do so by Dutch and Au... (more story)

Petlove cleared by Brazil CADE to be third party in Petz-Cobasi deal review April 24, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

A rival to Petz and Cobasi has convinced the Brazilian competition watchdog to join the merger review for the Petz-Cobasi deal. In addition, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a public hearing on impli... (more story)

Trump, Ferguson say Humphrey’s Executor inapplicable to fired US FTC members April 24, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

President Trump and US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told a federal judge that governing precedent under the landmark Humphrey’s Executor case is both good law and inapplicable to the firin... (more story)

WhatsApp billions in hole after Meta acquisition, US FTC expert says at trial April 24, 2025 | Chris May

Meta Platforms had no plan to monetize WhatsApp for years following its $19 billion acquisition of the company in 2014, didn't present its board of directors with a standard valuation method for the company, a... (more story)

UniCredit seeks EU approvals for proposed BPM takeover April 24, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Italian bank UniCredit has requested EU competition and foreign-subsidies approval for its plan to take over rival Banco BPM. The European Commission has set June 4 deadlines for the two reviews. The deal, wor... (more story)

US FTC looking to bring transparency back to merger reviews, Holyoak says April 24, 2025 | Alex Wilts

US Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak said today that it's a priority of hers to return transparency to the merger-review process at the agency.

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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)

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)