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US states' Paramount-WBD merger challenge reassigned after related-case order July 16, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Alex Wilts

A bid by a dozen states to block the tie-up between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery will now be overseen by US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín after she granted motions Wednesday to relate... (more story)

Saipem, Subsea7 urge Brazil's CADE to dismiss appeals against deal clearance July 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Saipem and Subsea7 have asked Brazil's antitrust watchdog to reject appeals filed by Petrobras and industry association ABEP against the unconditional clearance of their planned merger, arguing the challengers... (more story)

US FCC to vote on repealing national broadcast ownership cap July 15, 2026 | Wesley Brown

The US Federal Communications Commission will vote during its Aug. 6 open meeting on an order that would repeal the national television multiple ownership rule, according to a release from the agency. Chairman... (more story)

Novamed-Medley effects on Brazil government drug contracts probed by CADE July 15, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Brazil's antitrust authority is investigating whether Novamed's proposed acquisition of Medley Farmacêutica could affect competition in the public procurement of medicine.  The agency is seeking the Health Min... (more story)

Bouygues, Iliad, Orange’s SFR carveup to be reviewed in France after EU referral July 15, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Bouygues Telecom, Iliad and Orange’s €20.35 billion carveup of their rival SFR is set to be reviewed by France’s competition authority, after the European Commission agreed to transfer its scrutiny of Iliad’s ... (more story)

Henkel, FTC spar over power of retailers in US trial over Liquid Nails deal July 15, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Loctite owner Henkel repeatedly highlighted the leverage that major home improvement retailers exert in negotiations with construction adhesive vendors, during the company's US merger trial Tuesday in a case b... (more story)

Brazil soccer bloc Libra faces full-form review by CADE July 14, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Brazil’s competition watchdog has started reviewing the formation of Liga do Futebol Brasileiro, a commercial bloc that brings together five of the country’s largest clubs — Grêmio, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Santos... (more story)

CADE chief counsel notes accomplishments as term ends and he seeks another July 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

André Luís Macagnan Freire left his post as chief counsel at the Office of the Attorney General attached to Brazil's antitrust authority on Tuesday, concluding a two-year mandate during which the agency reduce... (more story)

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US states' Paramount-Warner suit tests narrow antitrust markets July 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

For years, defining narrow relevant markets around a subset of premium products has been a controversial legal strategy in merger enforcement. States challenging the proposed Paramount-Warner combination are n... (more story)

Trump role in railroad merger magnified by high court but remains unclear July 14, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter strengthened the president’s authority over formerly independent agencies such as the US Surface Transportation Board, but it remains to be seen whether th... (more story)

Bonta casts California as backstop to Trump's antitrust retreat July 13, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said a lawsuit against the proposed merger by Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is about much more than one Hollywood transaction. Bonta’s message is that California is... (more story)

US FTC's Loctite-Liquid Nails case focuses on hardware store sales July 10, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

If corporate consolidation binds Loctite to Liquid Nails, the two glue heavyweights will have the potential to dominate the construction adhesive retail market, the US Federal Trade Commission is set to argue ... (more story)

Foxconn-Mitsubishi review exposed legal-certainty problem inside Brazil CADE July 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

A ruling by the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal on the Foxconn-Mitsubishi Fuso joint venture proposal did more than settle a jurisdictional dispute over how turnover thresholds should be applied to ... (more story)

NextEra, Dominion Energy likely to get US antitrust scrutiny in wholesale markets July 06, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

NextEra's proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy will likely receive antitrust scrutiny in the wholesale power markets administered by independent power grid operators PJM Interconnection and ISO New England.

Saipem-Subsea7 Brazil clearance set to be challenged over analysis inconsistencies July 06, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Critics of the approval of Saipem's proposed acquisition of Subsea7 in Brazil argue the Administrative Council for Economic Defense's investigatory unit relied on internally inconsistent reasoning to justify t... (more story)

New EU merger guidelines' promised dynamism put to test by UPM-Sappi JV July 06, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

UPM and Sappi’s €1.4 billion paper manufacturing joint venture is testing the EU merger regulator’s thinking on "pivotality," fixed costs and out-of-market benefits — all concepts that are part of the regulato... (more story)