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Competition tribunal can demand additional economic evidence, key Australian judge says
Dealmakers approaching Australia’s specialized competition tribunal must remember that, unlike the country’s adversarial federal court, the tribunal is by nature ad... (more story)
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Delaware judge won’t block Metsera from terminating Pfizer deal, accepting Novo offer
Metsera will be allowed to terminate its deal with Pfizer and accept a rival bid from Novo Nordisk, a judge with the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled. Pfizer had so... (more story)
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Interrupting Metsera bidding process would be wrong, Delaware judge says
A ruling on a pending motion from Pfizer to block a bid by Novo Nordisk to buy Metsera during the ongoing bidding process would be wrong, according to a Delaware Co... (more story)
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Dealmakers approaching Australia’s specialized competition tribunal must remember that, unlike the country’s adversarial federal court, the tribunal is by nature administrative and inquisitorial, and doesn’t b... (more story)
The Federal Trade Commission has warned Novo Nordisk and Metsera that Novo’s restructured plan to buy Metsera, including a considerable upfront payment, may violate US premerger notification laws. FTC Bureau o... (more story)
Metsera will be allowed to terminate its deal with Pfizer and accept a rival bid from Novo Nordisk, a judge with the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled. Pfizer had sought a temporary restraining order against Me... (more story)
Attorneys general from 12 states and the District of Columbia told a California federal judge that the court’s review of a settlement between the US Department of Justice and Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper... (more story)
Energy and industrial products suppliers DNOW and MRC Global have received all antitrust clearances for their $1.5 billion deal. The companies disclosed that the regulatory approvals were received by Nov. 3.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has seen EU regulators resume their foreign subsidy probe into its takeover of Covestro. The European Commission now has until March 2 to decide on the €14.7 billion deal.
US giant Amazon told the European Commission in July that it intended to acquire French startup Viziotix, according to an update on the regulator's website on Monday. The disclosure was made under a provision ... (more story)
A ruling on a pending motion from Pfizer to block a bid by Novo Nordisk to buy Metsera during the ongoing bidding process would be wrong, according to a Delaware Court of Chancery Judge. Vice Chancellor Morgan... (more story)
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Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)
Google has received antitrust clearance for its proposed $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz, according to a notice in the US Federal Trade Commission’s early termination page — a positive develo... (more story)
Chinese-owned mining company MMG's reliability lies at the center of a new EU in-depth merger inquiry announced on Tuesday. If allowed to acquire Anglo American's nickel business in Brazil, MMG may have "an in... (more story)
The in-depth UK merger review of Getty Images’ bid for Shutterstock could run well into next year, with signs that the companies are willing to fight the regulator’s concerns. To avoid a phase II probe, Getty ... (more story)
Euronext has launched an all-share offer on the Greek stock exchange, hoping to add to its EU-wide portfolio of exchanges. The move doesn't need competition approval, has been welcomed by the Greek finance min... (more story)
Novo Nordisk is seeking to outbid Pfizer to acquire obesity drug maker Metsera in a deal structured with an early payment for 50 percent of Metsera’s non-voting shares that may trigger gun-jumping concerns wit... (more story)
NewPrinces’ takeover of Carrefour’s Italian business poses some novel questions for EU competition enforcers, as the biggest example yet of a food supplier buying a major supermarket chain. At a time when food... (more story)
National security reviews of foreign investments in the US have been tolled since the government shut down Oct. 1. Attorneys involved in the process say deals are piling up, and while the nation is still being... (more story)