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ABF to sell unit in Northern Ireland to ease concerns over Hovis, UK's CMA says March 26, 2026 | Jon Menon

Associated British Foods is seeking to sell its bakery business in Northern Ireland to ease competition concerns over its acquisition of Hovis Group, the UK antitrust regulator said. The merger between the Kin... (more story)

Malaysia plans to centralize competition powers under MyCC in upcoming law overhaul March 26, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Malaysia plans to centralize competition powers under the Malaysia Competition Commission as part of long-awaited amendments expected to be tabled in June, according to MyCC CEO Iskandar Ismail. The reforms wo... (more story)

Paramount lawyer Delrahim defends use of lobbyists to ease merger transactions March 26, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Paramount’s chief legal officer said the company used lobbyists to assist the company during its merger negotiation with Warner Bros Discovery — and there is nothing wrong with that. Makan Delrahim, a former a... (more story)

'No magic formula' for uncertainty in ESG antitrust enforcement, NY official says March 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

Companies dealing with the uncertainty of antitrust enforcement over environmental, social and governance, or ESG, goals in the US need to conduct a risk assessment of approaches in Democratic and Republican s... (more story)

Colorado enforcer says timing on tech antitrust cases ‘has to be just right’ March 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

Monopolization lawsuits against Big Tech companies have to be timed “just right” and can’t be brought too early or too late if US government enforcers are seeking a favorable liability decision and potentially... (more story)

Deals causing job losses, factory closures raise antitrust concerns, Pa. official says March 25, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Jennifer Thomson, a senior deputy attorney general with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, said Wednesday that the state has “certainly noticed” that mergers typically lead to “a reduction in employme... (more story)

California open to behavioral remedies in antitrust cases, senior official says March 25, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Paula Blizzard, senior assistant attorney general at the California Department of Justice, said California is open to both behavioral and structural remedies and a decision will depend on a review of the merit... (more story)

Connecticut AAG says states' antitrust actions largely unaffected by politics March 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Though politics seems to play a larger-than-life role in the operation of US government agencies in recent years, one state enforcer speaking at a conference in Washington, DC, said Wednesday that state antitr... (more story)

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US state AGs take on national cases with growing legal firepower March 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

US state attorneys general are rapidly expanding their role as de facto national enforcers, stepping into cases and policy fights that federal agencies are no longer pursuing. With federal enforcement capacity... (more story)

AkzoNobel, Axalta to highlight competition, sustainability for EU merger approval March 24, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

AkzoNobel's merger with Axalta Coating Systems would bring together companies which largely focus on different markets but compete in two key areas: powder coatings and car refinishes. In their bid for EU appr... (more story)

How Pringles helped satisfy EU watchdog's Mars-Kellanova buyer-power concerns March 24, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

European consumers don't typically plan on buying Pringles, and may do so only when spying them on display in a supermarket. That observation undermined concerns that it was a "must-have" brand for retailers a... (more story)

India shifts from freeze to filter on China-linked foreign direct investment March 20, 2026 | Freny Patel

India has eased foreign direct investment rules for China-linked investments, introducing a 10 percent threshold and fast-track approvals in select sectors under Press Note 3. While the move aims to revive cap... (more story)

Nexstar-Tegna suit by US states suggests loss of faith in federal merger control March 19, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

The decision by eight state attorney generals to sue to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger — bypassing the federal government — marks a pivotal moment in the deterioration of the relationship between federal and st... (more story)

Political test looms as demands increase on EU’s new M&A guidelines March 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

It’s showtime for the EU’s new policy on M&A deals. On Wednesday, EU commissioner Teresa Ribera set out her plans to colleagues and faced requests to go even further in helping European companies stand up to g... (more story)

Hino-Mitsubishi Fuso clearance will test Japan's post-merger monitoring framework March 19, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan’s conditional clearance of the planned merger between Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Toyota’s Hino Motors marks one of the most complex remedy packages in recent merger control, relying pred... (more story)

UniCredit-Commerzbank saga sets up clash as EU leaders call for scale-up March 18, 2026 | Jean Comte

EU heads of state and government will this week make a push to incentivize the scale-up of European companies, with one eye on strategic areas such as finance. But the same leaders who are ready to endorse thi... (more story)