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Mergers and Acquisitions
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American Water, Essential Utilities biggest merger risk likely comes from PUCs
American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the stat... (more story)
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Japan's plan to tighten FDI screening revives security–investment trade-off
Japan is considering expanding foreign investment screening to cover indirect acquisitions of Japanese companies, aligning its rules more closely with other industr... (more story)
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China mandates price caps on American Axle's Dowlais deal despite EV shift
China's antitrust regulator has imposed stringent price curbs on American Axle & Manufacturing's takeover of Dowlais Group in conditionally approving the $1.44 bill... (more story)
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A California judge reviewing the settlement in which the US Department of Justice cleared the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise–Juniper Networks merger has allowed intervenor US states to depose and seek ... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority is expected to rule on United Airlines’ proposal to acquire a stake in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras. The watchdog has approved the participation of a third party in the case review.
Netflix has asked a US federal court in California to dismiss a private antitrust lawsuit seeking to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming businesses, arguing that the... (more story)
The investigative arm of Brazil’s competition authority has suggested that its judicial arm fine Bimbo and Wickbold over their stalled Nutrella divestment, concluding that the company failed to comply with key... (more story)
Disney said traditional distinctions between linear television, streaming and theatrical distribution no longer exist, arguing that the long-running debate over the relative performance of those segments fails... (more story)
The Dutch competition authority would gain the power to “call in” small but problematic mergers and the ability to impose remedies on malfunctioning markets, under plans set out by the country’s proposed new c... (more story)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Amicus Therapeutics have filed paperwork under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act with the US antitrust authorities on Jan. 21, according to an Amicus US Securities and Exchange Commission f... (more story)
EU foreign subsidy regulators have waved through Tata Motors's acquisition of Iveco, without conditions.
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American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the state public utility regulators that will carry t... (more story)
Private-equity-backed healthcare firm Sevita and its publicly traded acquisition target, BrightSpring Health Services, ratified a merger antitrust consent decree Friday with the US Federal Trade Commission to ... (more story)
Netflix is hoping to persuade EU regulators that its Warner Bros Discovery bid raises no competition concerns due to rivalry from free-to-air broadcasters and the exploding popularity of YouTube. But by the ti... (more story)
A decision by a Washington, DC, federal judge that effectively killed Edwards Lifesciences’ proposed acquisition of JenaValve Technology sets an important precedent that harm can be found in markets before pro... (more story)
A €1.42 billion ($1.67 billion) plan by Finland’s UPM and South African rival Sappi to merge their graphic paper businesses looks set to be a key test of whether EU merger officials can consider the impact of ... (more story)
Japan is considering expanding foreign investment screening to cover indirect acquisitions of Japanese companies, aligning its rules more closely with other industrialized economies amid rising economic securi... (more story)
The new TikTok USDS joint venture is emphasizing security as it announces its new ownership structure after a years-long attempt to force the company to divest from Chinese ownership, which ultimately succeede... (more story)
While US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency is “looking at” its authority to change the national television ownership cap of 39 percent, textualism could play a key role. T... (more story)