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India shifts from freeze to filter on China-linked foreign direct investment
India has eased foreign direct investment rules for China-linked investments, introducing a 10 percent threshold and fast-track approvals in select sectors under Pr... (more story)
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Nexstar-Tegna suit by US states suggests loss of faith in federal merger control
The decision by eight state attorney generals to sue to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger — bypassing the federal government — marks a pivotal moment in the deteriorati... (more story)
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Paramount's Makan Delrahim backs proposed WBD deal as 'procompetitive'
Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramount, said Thursday that his company has presented all the necessary evidence to prove the benefits of its proposed acq... (more story)
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Associated British Foods is seeking to sell its bakery business in Northern Ireland to ease competition concerns over its acquisition of Hovis Group, the UK antitrust regulator said. The merger between the Kin... (more story)
Malaysia plans to centralize competition powers under the Malaysia Competition Commission as part of long-awaited amendments expected to be tabled in June, according to MyCC CEO Iskandar Ismail. The reforms wo... (more story)
Paramount’s chief legal officer said the company used lobbyists to assist the company during its merger negotiation with Warner Bros Discovery — and there is nothing wrong with that. Makan Delrahim, a former a... (more story)
Companies dealing with the uncertainty of antitrust enforcement over environmental, social and governance, or ESG, goals in the US need to conduct a risk assessment of approaches in Democratic and Republican s... (more story)
Monopolization lawsuits against Big Tech companies have to be timed “just right” and can’t be brought too early or too late if US government enforcers are seeking a favorable liability decision and potentially... (more story)
Jennifer Thomson, a senior deputy attorney general with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, said Wednesday that the state has “certainly noticed” that mergers typically lead to “a reduction in employme... (more story)
Paula Blizzard, senior assistant attorney general at the California Department of Justice, said California is open to both behavioral and structural remedies and a decision will depend on a review of the merit... (more story)
Though politics seems to play a larger-than-life role in the operation of US government agencies in recent years, one state enforcer speaking at a conference in Washington, DC, said Wednesday that state antitr... (more story)
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US state attorneys general are rapidly expanding their role as de facto national enforcers, stepping into cases and policy fights that federal agencies are no longer pursuing. With federal enforcement capacity... (more story)
AkzoNobel's merger with Axalta Coating Systems would bring together companies which largely focus on different markets but compete in two key areas: powder coatings and car refinishes. In their bid for EU appr... (more story)
European consumers don't typically plan on buying Pringles, and may do so only when spying them on display in a supermarket. That observation undermined concerns that it was a "must-have" brand for retailers a... (more story)
India has eased foreign direct investment rules for China-linked investments, introducing a 10 percent threshold and fast-track approvals in select sectors under Press Note 3. While the move aims to revive cap... (more story)
The decision by eight state attorney generals to sue to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger — bypassing the federal government — marks a pivotal moment in the deterioration of the relationship between federal and st... (more story)
It’s showtime for the EU’s new policy on M&A deals. On Wednesday, EU commissioner Teresa Ribera set out her plans to colleagues and faced requests to go even further in helping European companies stand up to g... (more story)
Japan’s conditional clearance of the planned merger between Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Toyota’s Hino Motors marks one of the most complex remedy packages in recent merger control, relying pred... (more story)
EU heads of state and government will this week make a push to incentivize the scale-up of European companies, with one eye on strategic areas such as finance. But the same leaders who are ready to endorse thi... (more story)