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Willow gains conditional UK security clearance to buy Future Technology July 02, 2026 | Jon Menon

Willow Vision has gained conditional clearance to buy British semiconductor developer Future Technology Devices International after a UK government review of the deal to protect national security relating to t... (more story)

Telecom companies see positive signal in EU merger guidelines, but want more July 02, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Telecom companies say the EU has made a “meaningful step forward” towards enabling consolidation and the “scale” needed to invest, but they highlighted a litany of shortcomings in the European Commission’s new... (more story)

Japan updates merger guidelines to reflect domestic concerns, global trends July 02, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan's competition watchdog is preparing to update its merger review guidelines to address domestic concerns over market concentration while bringing its analytical framework closer to developments in the EU ... (more story)

Australia refers Trescal-TR Calibration deal to Phase 2 review July 02, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Trescal Holding's proposed acquisition of TR’s calibration and equipment-sales business, trading as TechRentals Calibration & Sales, has been referred to an in-depth Phase 2 review under Australia's new merger... (more story)

Grab's Foodpanda deal moves to public review as Taiwan starts clock July 02, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Taiwan's competition regulator has opened a week-long public consultation on Grab Holdings' proposed acquisition of Foodpanda's local operations. The deal has drawn fierce resistance from labor unions and lawm... (more story)

Charter, Cox await Calif. decision on deal as requested deadline nears July 01, 2026 | Wesley Brown

The California Public Utilities Commission has until January to make a decision on Charter Communications’ proposed acquisition of Cox Communications, but the companies say a decision after July 14 could force... (more story)

Brazil CADE tribunal reaffirms merger thresholds, clears Foxconn–Mitsubishi Fuso deal July 01, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil’s competition authority Tribunal approved, without restrictions, Foxconn’s acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a Mitsubishi Fuso unit, while making clear that the merger notification criteria interpret... (more story)

Fired Democratic US STB member continues fight against board, Fuchs, Trump July 01, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Robert Primus, a Democratic former member of the US Surface Transportation Board who was fired by President Donald Trump without cause last August, said the Supreme Court's decision earlier this week giving pr... (more story)

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Getty-Shutterstock deal axing sharpens political focus on UK merger enforcement July 01, 2026 | Jon Menon

The UK antitrust regulator could come under the political spotlight after Getty Images said it intended to abandon its acquisition of US rival Shutterstock. Getty cited a Competition and Markets Authority requ... (more story)

Slaughter ruling, Ferguson move narrow US FTC, DOJ merger differences June 30, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter is likely to be remembered for transforming the Federal Trade Commission's independence. But it also underscores a quieter shift in US merger enforcement: ... (more story)

US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers June 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)

CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit June 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US government's national security review of foreign investments in the US used to be one of the country's primary means of ensuring adversaries didn't steal American military secrets or gain access to pers... (more story)

Barreto urges review of Brazil merger rules as he exits CADE June 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority must be transparent about which deals require notification, exiting Superintendent Alexandre Barreto de Souza said in an exclusive interview, as he called for a review of re... (more story)

California AG's Paramount, Nexstar warnings suggest tough litigation stance June 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

California Attorney General Rob Bonta signaled that his concerns about the Paramount-Warner and Nexstar-Tegna transactions have not yet been resolved and that the problems will be difficult to rectify. Bonta c... (more story)

CADE's Barreto exiting after 8 years, touts stronger authority, faster deal reviews June 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

Alexandre Barreto de Souza concludes an eight-year tenure at Brazil’s antitrust authority, having held its two top positions as president and superintendent. In an interview with MLex, he highlighted his effor... (more story)

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern aim to allay US rail board's merger skepticism June 23, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are campaigning hard to resolve the US Surface Transportation Board's doubts that their merger's promised benefits will materialize.