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Merck, Cidara Therapeutics see US FTC grant early termination for $9.2bn deal December 19, 2025 | Wesley Brown

Merck and Cidara Therapeutics were granted early termination of the applicable Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period by the US Federal Trade Commission on Friday, according to a securities filing. The $9.2 bill... (more story)

Saipem, Subsea7 amend merger paperwork in Brazil, restarting deadline December 19, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Oilfield service companies Saipem and Subsea7 have amended the paperwork for their deal with the Brazilian competition authority following a request from the regulator, which cited incomplete information in th... (more story)

SM Energy-Civitas deal gets early clearance in US December 19, 2025 | Wesley Brown

SM Energy Co. and Civitas Resources have received antitrust clearance for their $12.8 billion deal, according to the US Federal Trade Commission.

Global Payments gets Turkish clearance for Worldpay acquisition December 19, 2025 | Jean Comte

Global Payments acquisition of US rival Worldpay has been cleared by the Turkish antitrust regulator. The payment services company is aiming to complete the deal in the first quarter of 2026.

HPE-Juniper, Omnicom-IPG deal reviews still pending in Canada December 18, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The reviews of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks and Omnicom’s merger with Interpublic are still ongoing at Canada’s Competition Bureau. Although both transactions have closed, the C... (more story)

Vandemoortele wins EU approval for Délifrance takeover December 18, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Jean Comte

Belgian food maker Vandemoortele has won EU approval for its takeover of Délifrance, after agreeing to divest two Délifrance production sites for frozen laminated dough. The remedy ensure that the merger will ... (more story)

Anglo American-Teck deal faces Feb. 3 EU foreign subsidy deadline December 18, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Anglo American today sought EU foreign subsidy clearance for its Teck Resources merger, according to an update by the European Commission. The regulator has set a Feb. 3 deadline to decide on the deal.

Novartis-Avidity Biosciences deal gets early clearance in US December 18, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Novartis and Avidity Biosciences have received antitrust clearance for their $12 billion deal from the US competition authorities. On Dec. 17, the agencies granted early termination of the waiting period under... (more story)

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Netflix's swoop for Warner Bros. will test EU stance on TV-viewing market December 17, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Netflix will hope European competition enforcers see the market for TV content as a broad and diverse package bringing together various free and subscription content, if it is to win the race for Warner Bros. ... (more story)

US FTC's Henkel-A-Paint challenge relies on structural presumption, hot docs December 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit to block Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, the manufacturer of Loctite, from acquiring competitor Liquid Nails from private equity firm American Industrial Partners and A-Paint, r... (more story)

Combined Access Advance, Via LA codec pools could fend off AV1 threat December 15, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

The video compression patent licensing market will be transformed by Access Advance’s planned acquisition of the Via LA HEVC/VVC program. Time will tell if the consolidation of core technologies by Google, App... (more story)

Tug-of-war over Warner Bros spurs US media antitrust debate, frenzy of lobbying December 15, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

In a conventional US antitrust review, neither Paramount’s nor Netflix’s proposed buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery would escape government scrutiny because both deals create at least one significant horizontal... (more story)

Is IndiGo solely to blame for India's aviation meltdown, or are regulators at fault too? December 15, 2025 | Freny Patel

India’s early-December aviation collapse has sparked calls to probe IndiGo for abuse of dominance. Yet the deeper issue is how merger control allowed such extreme market concentration — and why the Competition... (more story)

Third-party testimony could turn tide in US FTC’s challenge of Edwards-JenaValve December 11, 2025 | Wesley Brown

Third-party testimony piecing together the market for transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices in the United States, much of which was sealed during trial, could be key in the US Federal Trade Commission... (more story)

HPE, US DOJ, states clash over scope of Tunney Act review December 10, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

A joint case management statement filed by the US Department of Justice, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a coalition of 12 states and the District of Columbia reveals a sharp divide between how they think a federa... (more story)

Squid Game of Thrones, other Netflix-Warner Bros. merged IP scenarios December 10, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

News that Netflix won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has drawn the ire of Hollywood elite, piqued the interest of US President Donald Trump and prompted a sizable counteroffer from Paramount Skydan... (more story)