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South Korea clears Lotte Chemical-HD Hyundai petrochemical deal with 5-year remedies August 20, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Lotte Chemical and HD Hyundai have secured conditional approval from South Korea’s antitrust regulator for a major petrochemical restructuring deal in Daesan, with the watchdog imposing a five-year package of ... (more story)

US judge on Paramount-Warner deal challenge draws hard line on 12-day trial August 19, 2026 | Alex Wilts

A California federal judge on Wednesday said she was imposing a hard 12-day trial limit for two lawsuits seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and expressed frustration wi... (more story)

Abra files appeal against Brazil's clearance of American Airlines' investment in Azul August 19, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Abra Group, owner of Gol Linhas Aéreas and Avianca, has challenged the unconditional approval by Brazil's competition authority of American Airlines' $100 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, ... (more story)

Novamed's Medley acquisition review in Brazil gets new round of queries August 19, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority has opened a new round of market testing in its review of Novamed’s proposed acquisition of Medley Farmacêutica from Sanofi, asking competitors about six pharmaceutical cate... (more story)

Inside Mundt's mission to keep Germany on top of competition challenges August 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Online pricing, private-equity roll-ups and the booming AI industry: All sectors that veteran German enforcer Andreas Mundt has his eye on. In a wide-ranging interview with MLex, the president of Germany’s com... (more story)

BNP Paribas Cardif gets CCI approval for India comeback August 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

BNP Paribas Cardif has secured Indian antitrust approval to acquire about 26 percent of IndiaFirst Life, marking its return as a strategic investor in the country's insurance market, four years after exiting S... (more story)

Prudential wins India approval for Bharti Life control, paving way for ICICI stake cut August 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Prudential Corporation has won Indian antitrust approval to acquire 75 percent of Bharti Life, giving the UK insurer control while requiring it to reduce its stake in ICICI Prudential Life to below 10 percent ... (more story)

OceanPact, CBO ask Brazil's CADE to dismiss Petrobras merger appeal August 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

OceanPact and CBO have urged the Brazilian competition authority to dismiss Petrobras' appeal against the approval of their proposed merger. According to the merging parties, Petrobras has not identified any e... (more story)

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US rail board must decide if Union Pacific merger rationale is plausible August 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Union Pacific Railroad and its acquisition target Norfolk Southern Railway contend that their once-amended and twice-supplemented merger application presents overwhelming evidence that their deal is both proco... (more story)

Brand loyalty, switching concerns emerge in Brazil's Kimberly-Clark, Kenvue review August 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Consumer trust and brand loyalty emerged as recurring themes across responses submitted to Brazil's antitrust authority during its review of Kimberly-Clark's proposed acquisition of Kenvue assets. Though not d... (more story)

HPE settlement judge cites limited power to shape US DOJ antitrust settlements August 18, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski, Curtis Eichelberger and Chris May

The federal judge who approved Hewlett Packard Enterprise's merger antitrust settlement with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division emphasized in his opinion that while courts have the right to vet ... (more story)

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger costs put focus on growth assumptions August 17, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their proposed $85 billion combination will create $2.75 billion in annual synergies by shifting traffic from trucks to rail, and eliminating interline handoffs — more th... (more story)

EU tightens foreign investment net, but capitals keep final say August 07, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Foreign investment in critical EU sectors will face broader and more consistent scrutiny from 2028, when all member states must operate screening systems and vet a common core of deals. The new vetting framewo... (more story)

As suspicious M&A share trading rises, UK watchdog stresses need to be proactive August 06, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

The UK financial watchdog's latest metrics for market cleanliness — broadly designed to uncover insider dealing around takeovers — show a rise in suspicious activity that suggests a problem needing to be tackl... (more story)

Economic security, supply chain resilience gain prominence in Japan's merger guidelines August 06, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan's revised merger guidelines mark the clearest acknowledgment yet that economic security and supply-chain resilience may justify corporate consolidation. While competition experts expect the revisions to ... (more story)

Kimberly-Clark, Kenvue deal questions in Brazil focus on portfolio power beyond overlaps August 04, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

The Brazilian competition authority's extensive questionnaires to competitors and customers in the Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue deal review reveal that the agency's inquiry extends well beyond defining product ma... (more story)