China's top merger-control regulator is reviewing the operation of its simplified merger review procedure, drawing on feedback from businesses, lawyers and academics as it evaluates the effectiveness of the sy... (more story)

Brazil’s competition watchdog is scrutinizing American Airlines’ proposed acquisition of an 8 percent stake in Azul Linhas Aéreas. The regulator has denied three third-party requests to participate in the review.

Omeed Assefi, the acting assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, bid farewell to colleagues Friday and thanked them for "helping move the weighty rock of justice forward e... (more story)

The US judicial system would do well by establishing rules that move along antitrust lawsuits more quickly instead of letting them drag on for years, Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson told MLex.

Expensive lawsuits and the need to hire antitrust economists, lawyers and paralegals justifies the US Federal Trade Commission's request for a nearly $45 million increase in the latest budget proposal, Chairma... (more story)

Companies that receive a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission and choose not to respond to it may still be inviting an antitrust or consumer protection lawsuit if the agency has enough evidence to procee... (more story)

President Donald Trump is set to nominate Adam Candeub, general counsel of the US Federal Communications Commission, to take over as assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division... (more story)

Top US Federal Trade Commission officials as well as current and former antitrust enforcers from the EU and the UK are set to speak behind closed doors at conference organized by the economic consultancy NERA ... (more story)