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Philippines looks to streamline merger reviews amid expected rise in M&A
The Philippine Competition Commission is overhauling how it handles merger filings to improve turnaround times, particularly for deals that pose minimal competition... (more story)
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American Water, Essential Utilities biggest merger risk likely comes from PUCs
American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the stat... (more story)
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Japan's plan to tighten FDI screening revives security–investment trade-off
Japan is considering expanding foreign investment screening to cover indirect acquisitions of Japanese companies, aligning its rules more closely with other industr... (more story)
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Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, president of Brazil’s competition watchdog, told MLex the use of preventive measures — an agency tool designed to prevent harm to competition — is necessary when dealing with t... (more story)
California’s state premerger notification bill passed the Senate Monday and was presented to Governor Gavin Newsom on Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Senate Bill 25 derives from the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Antitrust... (more story)
The US Treasury Department is seeking public input on how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States can streamline its foreign investment review process related to case reviews, non-notified tra... (more story)
German consumer brand Henkel AG & Co. KGaA will be required to notify Australia’s competition regulator under the new mandatory, suspensory regime to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Switzerland-based ... (more story)
The Philippine Competition Commission is overhauling how it handles merger filings to improve turnaround times, particularly for deals that pose minimal competition concerns, while keeping closer watch on cons... (more story)
Skyworks and Qorvo have received a second request from the US Federal Trade Commission for additional information regarding their proposed deal, but Skyworks said just days ago that it remains on track to clos... (more story)
More than 50 US House Republicans asked the Surface Transportation Board to demand compelling proof from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to support the companies’ claims that their proposed $85 billion merg... (more story)
EU merger regulators are weighing how they could consider arguments that a merger would bring benefits such as increased investment earlier in the process, according to the bloc’s chief competition economist. ... (more story)
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State lawmakers are entering 2026 with renewed momentum on antitrust policy, advancing a wave of proposals aimed at tightening competition rules and expanding enforcement authority. This week, a California pre... (more story)
Telecom operators and other companies looking to assuage competition concerns from mergers with promises to invest may take heart from a decision by Spain’s competition watchdog. It has allowed two of the coun... (more story)
Warner Bros. Discovery’s buyout presents more abstract, thorny competition questions than a commodity merger would. To be sure, the WBD sale raises standard-fare antitrust concerns about product output, price ... (more story)
Respondents to the latest market test sent by the Brazilian competition authority reiterated strong fears of price increases should Subsea7 and Saipem merge, while underscoring that Brazil’s deepwater conditio... (more story)
American Water Works’ acquisition of Essential Utilities will probably draw scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers over monopsony concerns, though it is the state public utility regulators that will carry t... (more story)
Private-equity-backed healthcare firm Sevita and its publicly traded acquisition target, BrightSpring Health Services, ratified a merger antitrust consent decree Friday with the US Federal Trade Commission to ... (more story)
Netflix is hoping to persuade EU regulators that its Warner Bros Discovery bid raises no competition concerns due to rivalry from free-to-air broadcasters and the exploding popularity of YouTube. But by the ti... (more story)
A decision by a Washington, DC, federal judge that effectively killed Edwards Lifesciences’ proposed acquisition of JenaValve Technology sets an important precedent that harm can be found in markets before pro... (more story)