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Trump enforcers distance themselves from Biden-era antitrust enforcement
Gail Slater and the rest of the Trump administration are charting a path in antitrust enforcement that is becoming increasingly clear. "We can call it MAGA Antitrus... (more story)
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Broad risk of M&A call-in remains under EU’s draft subsidy guidance
Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the Eur... (more story)
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Kongsberg's notification inaugurates Australia's new mandatory merger regime
Norwegian aerospace giant Kongsberg Gruppen is behind the first deal to have been notified under Australia’s mandatory and suspensory regime, with the technology gr... (more story)
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China's State Administration for Market Regulation has flagged 15 merger cases with competition concerns over the past three years, underscoring its commitment to reinforce antitrust enforcement and uphold fai... (more story)
New Zealand competition laws are set to be overhauled with the government announcing the introduction of a new framework that will simplify and accelerate competitive collaborations including joint research an... (more story)
In an emotional speech, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser blasted the regulatory climate of Washington DC as undermining the rule of law in the US. A Democrat who has made a point of fostering bipartisan, ... (more story)
China’s antitrust review of Keysight Technologies’ planned acquisition of Spirent Communications has been paused for several weeks as the 180-day review deadline approaches, MLex has learned. The State Adminis... (more story)
Charter Communications and Cox Communications pulled their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification paperwork and will refile with the US antitrust enforcers today, Charter told MLex.
The review of a land deal designed to kick-start Kongsberg’s development of an Australian missile facility is expected to be followed by a fresh land-lease probe, suggesting the new mandatory-notification regi... (more story)
Democratic US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren are pressing American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings to disclose their use of lobbyists and political consultants following the D... (more story)
Olivier Guersent, then director general of the European Commission's competition department, unsuccessfully lobbied in February to increase by 2 million euros the institution's annual budget for competition po... (more story)
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Gail Slater and the rest of the Trump administration are charting a path in antitrust enforcement that is becoming increasingly clear. "We can call it MAGA Antitrust. We could call it America First antitrust,"... (more story)
The compromise permitting UnitedHealth Group to acquire rival home healthcare and hospice service provider Amedisys shows both US federal and state enforcers are willing to give flexibility to dealmakers looki... (more story)
As the EU revamps its foreign investment screening rules, a clash is brewing over who gets to assess security risks and which sectors should be covered. Lawmakers want to give the European Commission more powe... (more story)
Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)
Primary Health Properties has been served with a freeze order as the UK antitrust regulator reviews its planned 1.79 billion-pound acquisition of rival British medical infrastructure provider Assura. But there... (more story)
Lobbying the White House or pitching the US Attorney General promise to become standard practice for companies seeking merger approval as the administration of US President Donald Trump reshapes merger law enforcement.
The chief of the Polish antitrust authority believes the resilience of European companies and markets ought to be the prime concern for European policymakers, taking priority even over the bloc’s environmental... (more story)
Mario Draghi prescribed a radical solution for Europe’s ailing telecom industry: market consolidation to cure chronic profitability and investment problems. But the economics that underpin the figures in his 2... (more story)