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IonQ, SkyWater to close deal July 31 following early US FTC termination July 29, 2026 | Wesley Brown

IonQ and Skywater Technology plan to close their $1.8 billion deal Friday following an early termination from the US Federal Trade Commission, which granted the expiration of their waiting period. The companie... (more story)

Boston Scientific continues to expect Penumbra closing by year-end July 29, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

Boston Scientific said it continues to expect its acquisition of Penumbra to close in the second half of 2026, subject to receipt of the remaining regulatory clearances. Boston Scientific executives reaffirmed... (more story)

Coles says ACCC expert reports reshaped merger assessment, court documents show July 29, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Coles Supermarkets Australia has alleged that the antitrust regulator’s assessment of its proposed Kalgoorlie site acquisition evolved during the merger review, with expert reports commissioned by the watchdog... (more story)

Covetrus-MWI Animal Health deal draws US FTC information requests to third parties July 28, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Khushita Vasant

The US Federal Trade Commission has begun seeking information from customers and other market participants through civil investigative demands as part of its review of Covetrus's proposed acquisition of MWI An... (more story)

Saipem says antitrust probes for Subsea7 deal are understandable July 28, 2026 | Jean Comte

In-depth probes of the intended tie-up between energy-services companies Saipem and Subsea7 are understandable considering the size of the merger and the business, the CEO of Saipem told analysts during an ear... (more story)

Orange CEO says 18-month SFR deal review is in line with closing target July 28, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Orange's chief executive has said she wasn't surprised at the French competition authority saying it could take 18 months to review the carveup of domestic telecom company SFR by Orange, Bouygues Telecom and I... (more story)

PET manufacturers Caiba and Nosoplas file merger for EU approval July 28, 2026 | Jean Comte

Spanish PET plastic manufacturers Caiba and Nosoplas has requested EU approval for their intended merger. The European Commission has set a provisional deadline of Aug. 31 to decide on the deal.

Zoetis-Neogen merger may lessen competition, New Zealand regulator says (update*) July 28, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Global animal-health company Zoetis' proposed acquisition of Neogen Corporation would likely substantially lessen competition in the supply of genomic testing for beef cattle in New Zealand, the country's comp... (more story)

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Uber’s breakup of Delivery Hero likely to test limits of EU merger jurisdiction July 29, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Delivery Hero will sell most of its EU businesses to a New York investor, SSW Partners, before selling itself to Uber. The carve-out is designed to pre-empt concerns and delays from EU competition regulators. ... (more story)

Airbus-Air France JV is poster child for early EU talks on merger benefits July 27, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Deal-makers should come forward early and tout the benefits of a transaction, not when it is too late. That has been the entreaty of EU merger enforcers for over a year, but now it has a poster-child for the p... (more story)

Judge in Loctite-Liquid Nails case must weigh US retail shelf power July 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

In the trial over Loctite and Liquid Nails' proposed merger, US District Judge Katherine Failla must answer a difficult question: whether a product manufacturer's market share and overall market power can be b... (more story)

Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division July 22, 2026 | Chris May and Alex Wilts

Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)

US Paramount-Warner case revives battle over Big Tech, market definition July 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Flavia Fortes

For more than a decade, merging parties have pointed to the expansion of Big Tech into adjacent industries as evidence that traditional market boundaries no longer reflect competitive reality. That issue is no... (more story)

US states win temporary Paramount-Warner block, but face tight timetable July 20, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

A federal judge handed state attorneys general another early procedural win in merger litigation by temporarily blocking Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But the court's decision to fast-trac... (more story)

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)