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Six weeks in, US shutdown delays inject uncertainty into FTC probes
The record-breaking US government shutdown has entered its sixth week, creating uncertainty over how the Federal Trade Commission will handle stalled cases once fur... (more story)
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Competition tribunal can demand additional economic evidence, key Australian judge says
Dealmakers approaching Australia’s specialized competition tribunal must remember that, unlike the country’s adversarial federal court, the tribunal is by nature ad... (more story)
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Delaware judge won’t block Metsera from terminating Pfizer deal, accepting Novo offer
Metsera will be allowed to terminate its deal with Pfizer and accept a rival bid from Novo Nordisk, a judge with the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled. Pfizer had so... (more story)
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GTCR and Surmodics can merge while they await a US Federal Trade Commission administrative trial seeking to block their combination, a federal judge ruled Monday. The key issue in the preliminary injunction he... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority is reviewing the proposed acquisition of Grupo Meddi by Alliança Saúde, with a particular focus on diagnostic imaging services across the state of Bahia. The deal will be subject... (more story)
A new crisis protocol for online services and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in electoral processes is being prepared as part of a broader EU effort to counter information manipulation, accordi... (more story)
Cardiac device inventors Edwards Lifesciences and JenaValve Technology told a US district court that the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to Edwards’ planned acquisition of JenaValve is based on “three the... (more story)
MasterBrand and American Woodmark received a request for additional information from the US Federal Trade Commission following a pull-and-refile of their premerger notification. A second request extends the wa... (more story)
Baker Hughes has asked Turkey's competition authority to approve its $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries, the regulator said.
Spanish bank BBVA is considering the "advisability" of continuing an appeal against a government decision constraining its intended buyout of rival Sabadell, given that the takeover failed to go through. The S... (more story)
The US tech giant has requested approval from the Turkish competition authority to acquire cybersecurity company Wiz, according to an update on the regulator's website on Friday. The $32 billion transaction w... (more story)
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The US antitrust review of television broadcasters Nexstar and Tegna could rest on whether the government concludes that advertisements on digital services are reasonable substitutes for broadcast TV’s 30-seco... (more story)
The record-breaking US government shutdown has entered its sixth week, creating uncertainty over how the Federal Trade Commission will handle stalled cases once furloughed staff return and whether the prolonge... (more story)
A sanction against Doctolib is the French competition watchdog's first time penalizing an acquisition as a dominance abuse, since the EU Court of Justice confirmed the possibility in its Towercast ruling. Fren... (more story)
Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)
Google has received antitrust clearance for its proposed $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz, according to a notice in the US Federal Trade Commission’s early termination page — a positive develo... (more story)
Chinese-owned mining company MMG's reliability lies at the center of a new EU in-depth merger inquiry announced on Tuesday. If allowed to acquire Anglo American's nickel business in Brazil, MMG may have "an in... (more story)
The in-depth UK merger review of Getty Images’ bid for Shutterstock could run well into next year, with signs that the companies are willing to fight the regulator’s concerns. To avoid a phase II probe, Getty ... (more story)
Euronext has launched an all-share offer on the Greek stock exchange, hoping to add to its EU-wide portfolio of exchanges. The move doesn't need competition approval, has been welcomed by the Greek finance min... (more story)