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Lionsgate Studios appoints former US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to board of directors January 26, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Lionsgate Studios Corp. has appointed former Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin to its board of directors, the company said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Mnuchin formerly produced severa... (more story)

Taiwan raises merger-notification thresholds as economy expands January 26, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has raised merger-notification thresholds for the first time in more than a decade, easing regulatory requirements for dealmakers as the island's economy continues to grow. The r... (more story)

Affinity takeover of Lotte Rental blocked as South Korea flags loss of top-two rivalry January 26, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Affinity Equity Partners’ bid to acquire a 63.5 percent stake in Lotte Rental has been blocked by South Korea’s antitrust watchdog, which warned the tie-up would likely push up rent-a-car prices by eliminating... (more story)

Edwards-JenaValve injunction would serve public interest most, US judge says January 23, 2026 | Wesley Brown

Despite arguments from Edwards Lifesciences and JenaValve that their merger is in the interest of American patients, US judge Rudolph Contreras sided with the US Federal Trade Commission that the companies com... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE rejects Petlove appeal, ends Petz-Cobasi merger review January 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian competition authority has rejected third party Petlove's appeal of a decision approving the merger between Petz and Cobasi, the two largest pet care companies in Brazil. The rival company is the ... (more story)

Alaska Air urges US court to freeze discovery pending merger challenge ruling January 23, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Alaska Air Group has asked a federal court in Hawaii to stay discovery in a private antitrust lawsuit filed by travelers who are seeking to unwind Alaska’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, arguing that plaint... (more story)

France's Coeuré calls for clarity on innovation, resilience in EU merger rules January 23, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst

Companies are “throwing words such as innovation, investment, resilience, at enforcers” to “see what happens,” French competition authority chair Benoît Coeuré said Thursday, calling it “very important” for th... (more story)

Italy’s Finance Ministry, Retelit again withdraw EU filing on Sparkle deal January 23, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and telecom company Retelit have again pulled their EU filing on plans to buy Telecom Italia’s undersea cable unit, Sparkle. They withdrew the filing at the European Com... (more story)

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Japan's plan to tighten FDI screening revives security–investment trade-off January 26, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

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)

TikTok USDS emphasizes security after Congress forced Chinese divestiture January 23, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

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)

US FCC could make textualist argument to claim authority over national TV ownership cap January 21, 2026 | Wesley Brown

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)

Nexstar, Tegna argument for expanding relevant US market gets assist from Oscars January 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The Oscars, the awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences passes out each year to honor Hollywood’s best performances, finds itself at the center of a federal antitrust debate that could be critic... (more story)

Netflix bid for Warner raises monopolization issue January 20, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

Netflix has the board of Warner Brothers Discovery's support for its $82.7 billion acquisition offer and it is confident that antitrust enforcers won't apply a traditional market definition that leads to high ... (more story)

UK merger panel changes may give green light to lobbying January 20, 2026 | Jon Menon

The scrapping of the panel system in the UK that oversees in-depth merger reviews and market probes will put more power in the hands of senior executives at the antitrust watchdog, raising the risk of increase... (more story)

China, US dominate deals with security conditions as UK eyes nuanced trade path January 19, 2026 | Jon Menon

Companies with links to China and US made up more than half of deals that were freighted with conditions to protect UK national security last year, as the UK navigates the need to seek economic trade gains but... (more story)

Antitrust enforcer says user privacy on radar for US state enforcement January 16, 2026 | Clayton Vickers, Chris May, Alex Wilts and Ilana Kowarski

US state antitrust enforcers are in the early stages of examining the privacy implications of mergers and market competition.