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Constellation case shows US focus on antitrust in consumer necessities
Action by US government authorities against the merger of the Constellation Energy and Calpine power companies demonstrate a focus on the monopolization of nondiscr... (more story)
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US Supreme Court considers FTC’s executive power, ‘for cause’ removal protections
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any rea... (more story)
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PIF-Electronic Arts deal receives antitrust clearance in Brazil
The Brazilian competition authority has approved the $55 billion acquisition of interactive entertainment firm Electronic Arts by a private equity consortium compos... (more story)
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A new class action filed in a California federal court seeks to block Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, alleging the deal would substantially lessen competition in the US subscriptio... (more story)
The retreat of globalization and the presence of obstacles to global trade may throw up challenges for merging parties arguing for a global view of competition, top EU merger official Guillaume Loriot told a c... (more story)
The UK Competition and Markets Authority is to review its approach to merger efficiencies, or the benefits that may result from a deal under investigation, in early 2026. The CMA will start by seeking views fr... (more story)
Using competition policy to achieve European trade goals could backfire at home, but it could play a role in boosting resilience to shocks and reducing strategic weaknesses, the president of the French competi... (more story)
The EU won’t repurpose its trade instruments or the Foreign Subsidies Regulation but will apply them through an economic-security lens, senior officials have said. Denis Redonnet said on Tuesday that tools bui... (more story)
Google is facing its fifth EU antitrust probe after officials started an investigation into AI services such as “AI Overviews,” which deliver summary responses to online search queries. The European Commission... (more story)
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any reason, a departure from the FTC Act’s removal protection.
Netflix, through its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, aims at “dominating” the film and TV sector, according to Paramount executives who explained the details of their own hostile bid. Paramount said its offer ... (more story)
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Action by US government authorities against the merger of the Constellation Energy and Calpine power companies demonstrate a focus on the monopolization of nondiscretionary budget staples such as electricity.
UPM-Kymmene and Sappi’s €1.42 billion plan to combine their graphic-paper businesses in a joint venture is the latest in a string of deals that will test how EU competition regulators view high market shares i... (more story)
The merger agreement between Netflix and Warner Bros. for their proposed $82.7 billion deal has key provisions that point to the intense antitrust risk the companies expect to face, embedding unusually expansi... (more story)
Scaling up EU market infrastructures and the asset-management sector is seen by the bloc's executive arm as essential for achieving more competitive capital markets. To support this vision, the European Commis... (more story)
Japan is recalibrating its industrial policy to safeguard critical technologies and secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, amid escalating geopolitical tensions and widening export controls by major ... (more story)
Consumers who want to unwind the Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger have returned to court with an amended lawsuit, telling the judge who rejected their prior effort to block the merger that they have ample proof... (more story)
The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)
The French competition watchdog's decision to fine Doctolib, the leading online medical appointment booking platform, over its acquisition of a rival seven years ago is raising questions about where the line i... (more story)