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Netflix–Warner Bros. class action alleges harm from 'audacious' tie-up
A new class action filed in a California federal court seeks to block Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery, alleging the deal would substanti... (more story)
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Constellation case shows US focus on antitrust in consumer necessities
Action by US government authorities against the merger of the Constellation Energy and Calpine power companies demonstrate a focus on the monopolization of nondiscr... (more story)
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US Supreme Court considers FTC’s executive power, ‘for cause’ removal protections
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any rea... (more story)
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A Maryland federal judge has entered final judgment on the US Justice Department's merger settlement with UnitedHealth and Amedisys. The companies agreed to divest at least 164 home health and hospice faciliti... (more story)
A majority of the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal voted to grant the formation of a new unit between Petz and Cobasi in the pet care sector. The parties proposed a Concentration Control Agreement (A... (more story)
Mediterranean Shipping Company and BlackRock’s Terminal Investment Limited has drawn an in-depth EU probe into its plan to take a 50 percent stake in Hutchison Ports’ Barcelona terminal. "The European Commissi... (more story)
Additional guidance from the European Commission’s merger-guideline review must remain grounded in evidence and economic theory, Italy's antitrust commissioner has said. Elisabetta Iossa noted that Italy’s 202... (more story)
Rayonier has pulled and refiled paperwork with the US antitrust authorities for its proposed $8.2 billion acquisition of PotlatchDeltic. The new deadline under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act is set to expire on Jan... (more story)
The European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections at Chinese platform Temu, looking into suspicions of a breach under EU rules that combat the distortive effect of subsidies from foreign governme... (more story)
Compass's takeover of Vermaat has been cleared unconditionally by the European Commission, according to an update on the EU regulator's register of deals. The food services deal should be able to close by the ... (more story)
Spreadex is seeking another appeal against the UK antitrust regulator’s decision to make it divest the consumer-facing business of Sporting Index. The online sports spread betting company filed a new applicati... (more story)
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Shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery have until just before Christmas to decide whether Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid for the company is too risky and if they should accept Paramount’s offer of $108 billion. W... (more story)
Action by US government authorities against the merger of the Constellation Energy and Calpine power companies demonstrate a focus on the monopolization of nondiscretionary budget staples such as electricity.
UPM-Kymmene and Sappi’s €1.42 billion plan to combine their graphic-paper businesses in a joint venture is the latest in a string of deals that will test how EU competition regulators view high market shares i... (more story)
The merger agreement between Netflix and Warner Bros. for their proposed $82.7 billion deal has key provisions that point to the intense antitrust risk the companies expect to face, embedding unusually expansi... (more story)
Scaling up EU market infrastructures and the asset-management sector is seen by the bloc's executive arm as essential for achieving more competitive capital markets. To support this vision, the European Commis... (more story)
Japan is recalibrating its industrial policy to safeguard critical technologies and secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, amid escalating geopolitical tensions and widening export controls by major ... (more story)
Consumers who want to unwind the Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger have returned to court with an amended lawsuit, telling the judge who rejected their prior effort to block the merger that they have ample proof... (more story)
The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)