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Coles' parallel judicial review questioned by Australian judge July 21, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

An Australian judge ordered Coles Supermarkets to explain what relief it could still obtain through a separate judicial review of a regulatory decision blocking its proposed Kalgoorlie supermarket acquisition ... (more story)

Grab vows worker rights as Taiwan unions back conditional Foodpanda approval July 21, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Grab Holdings said Tuesday it is committed to upholding delivery workers' rights and establishing regular dialogue with unions in Taiwan, responding to a coalition of 18 labor organizations that back condition... (more story)

Loctite-Liquid Nails deal won’t gravely harm US competition, economist testifies July 21, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

An economist for the defense in the antitrust trial over the Loctite-Liquid Nails merger contested the FTC’s pessimistic forecast about the deal’s likely impact on pricing, innovation and variety competition d... (more story)

Brazil's CADE reviewing Graber's buyout of private security firm Grupo SEI July 20, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Graber Segurança's plan to acquire a 55 percent stake in Grupo SEI, which owns four companies that are all part of the proposed deal, is under review by Brazil's competition authority. The parties maintain tha... (more story)

Brazil cinema associations meet all CADE councilors in bid to stop Paramount deal July 20, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Brazilian cinema exhibitor associations met with all the councilors of the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal as they seek Tribunal action to pause clearance of the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal by the a... (more story)

Santher makes new filing in bid to join Brazilian Kimberly-Clark/Kenvue deal review July 20, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Santher has filed additional information with Brazil's antitrust authority in support of its request to participate as an interested third party in the review of Kimberly-Clark's proposed acquisition of contro... (more story)

Zoetis says Neogen deal won't lessen competition after ACCC Phase 2 decision July 20, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Zoetis’ proposed acquisition of Neogen’s Genomics Business would not raise competition concerns in Australia, the company said after the country’s antitrust regulator announced the deal would require an in-dep... (more story)

Liquid Nails can’t raise prices without angering clients, executives tell US court July 18, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Executives at Liquid Nails’ parent Pittsburgh Paints testified Friday that home improvement retailers catering to budget-minded shoppers have fiercely resisted even modest wholesale price bumps in cases where ... (more story)

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US states win temporary Paramount-Warner block, but face tight timetable July 20, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

A federal judge handed state attorneys general another early procedural win in merger litigation by temporarily blocking Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But the court's decision to fast-trac... (more story)

US states' Paramount-Warner suit tests narrow antitrust markets July 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

For years, defining narrow relevant markets around a subset of premium products has been a controversial legal strategy in merger enforcement. States challenging the proposed Paramount-Warner combination are n... (more story)

Trump role in railroad merger magnified by high court but remains unclear July 14, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter strengthened the president’s authority over formerly independent agencies such as the US Surface Transportation Board, but it remains to be seen whether th... (more story)

Bonta casts California as backstop to Trump's antitrust retreat July 13, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said a lawsuit against the proposed merger by Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is about much more than one Hollywood transaction. Bonta’s message is that California is... (more story)

US FTC's Loctite-Liquid Nails case focuses on hardware store sales July 10, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

If corporate consolidation binds Loctite to Liquid Nails, the two glue heavyweights will have the potential to dominate the construction adhesive retail market, the US Federal Trade Commission is set to argue ... (more story)

Foxconn-Mitsubishi review exposed legal-certainty problem inside Brazil CADE July 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

A ruling by the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal on the Foxconn-Mitsubishi Fuso joint venture proposal did more than settle a jurisdictional dispute over how turnover thresholds should be applied to ... (more story)

NextEra, Dominion Energy likely to get US antitrust scrutiny in wholesale markets July 06, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

NextEra's proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy will likely receive antitrust scrutiny in the wholesale power markets administered by independent power grid operators PJM Interconnection and ISO New England.

Saipem-Subsea7 Brazil clearance set to be challenged over analysis inconsistencies July 06, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Critics of the approval of Saipem's proposed acquisition of Subsea7 in Brazil argue the Administrative Council for Economic Defense's investigatory unit relied on internally inconsistent reasoning to justify t... (more story)