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Saudi PIF's Electronic Arts takeover secures EU foreign-subsidy clearance July 30, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has avoided an in-depth inquiry from EU foreign subsidy regulators for its $55 billion takeover of video game maker Electronic Arts. The European Commission has opted not ... (more story)

Saipem, Subsea7 receive extension in EU merger review (update*) July 30, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Saipem and its energy services rival Subsea7 have gained 14 extra working days to address EU competition concerns over their merger. The European Commission now has until Dec. 16 to decide on the deal.

Paramount open to offering written commitment to produce 30 films annually July 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison said he's open to providing a written assurance that Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will produce 30 films a year between them if their merger is consummat... (more story)

Grupo Equatorial asks Brazil CADE to reconsider Sidágua appeal in Copasa deal July 29, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Grupo Equatorial has asked the Brazilian competition authority Tribunal to reconsider a decision admitting Sindágua/MG as an interested third party and accepting its appeal of the agency's clearance of Equator... (more story)

American Water-Essential deal has regulatory hearings in Pa., NJ in August July 29, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

American Water has received regulatory approval in Virginia, Ohio and Kentucy, reached a settlement in principle with Texas, and is still under review in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and Illinois, ... (more story)

Nexstar tells US court having personnel on Tegna's board not a violation July 29, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Nexstar told the US District Court for the Eastern District of California that having personnel on Tegna's board of directors isn't a violation of the court's preliminary injunction, and state attorneys genera... (more story)

IonQ, SkyWater to close deal July 31 following early US FTC termination July 29, 2026 | Wesley Brown

IonQ and Skywater Technology plan to close their $1.8 billion deal Friday following an early termination from the US Federal Trade Commission, which granted the expiration of their waiting period. The companie... (more story)

Boston Scientific continues to expect Penumbra closing by year-end July 29, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

Boston Scientific said it continues to expect its acquisition of Penumbra to close in the second half of 2026, subject to receipt of the remaining regulatory clearances. Boston Scientific executives reaffirmed... (more story)

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Impact guides Italy’s vision for modern antitrust, commissioner Iossa says July 30, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Impact guides antitrust enforcement at Italy's competition authority, board member Elisabetta Iossa told MLex. The approach shapes the agency’s enforcement across digital markets, energy and key industrial sec... (more story)

Uber’s breakup of Delivery Hero likely to test limits of EU merger jurisdiction July 29, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Delivery Hero will sell most of its EU businesses to a New York investor, SSW Partners, before selling itself to Uber. The carve-out is designed to pre-empt concerns and delays from EU competition regulators. ... (more story)

Airbus-Air France JV is poster child for early EU talks on merger benefits July 27, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Deal-makers should come forward early and tout the benefits of a transaction, not when it is too late. That has been the entreaty of EU merger enforcers for over a year, but now it has a poster-child for the p... (more story)

Judge in Loctite-Liquid Nails case must weigh US retail shelf power July 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

In the trial over Loctite and Liquid Nails' proposed merger, US District Judge Katherine Failla must answer a difficult question: whether a product manufacturer's market share and overall market power can be b... (more story)

Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division July 22, 2026 | Chris May and Alex Wilts

Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)

US Paramount-Warner case revives battle over Big Tech, market definition July 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Flavia Fortes

For more than a decade, merging parties have pointed to the expansion of Big Tech into adjacent industries as evidence that traditional market boundaries no longer reflect competitive reality. That issue is no... (more story)

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)