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Paramount's Makan Delrahim backs proposed WBD deal as 'procompetitive'
Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramount, said Thursday that his company has presented all the necessary evidence to prove the benefits of its proposed acq... (more story)
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Nexstar should divest stations to fit national cap, petitioners tell US FCC
A coalition of state broadband and cable associations sent an ex-parte letter to the US Federal Communications Commission, proposing conditions that would mitigate ... (more story)
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Netflix pulls out of running for Warners after Paramount offers $31 a share
Netflix won't increase its offer for the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service and studios, bowing out to Paramount in one of the most-watched corporate battles in years.
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Chinese chemical company LB Group's plan to buy a titanium dioxide manufacturing plant from Venator is being probed by the UK’s competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority has set a May 15 dead... (more story)
Allegiant Travel Group and Sun Country Airlines received early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period related to their proposed merger and now expect to close in the second or third quarter of... (more story)
A California federal judge has declined for now to hold an evidentiary hearing on the US Department of Justice’s motion for entry of final judgment in the review of Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Juniper Networks ... (more story)
Australia’s second-largest grocery retailer Coles Group has notified the Australian competition regulator of its plans to lease a new supermarket site in the island state of Tasmania, even as it faces regulato... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority hasn't allowed industrial policy considerations to alter the application of antitrust law for at least 10 to 15 years, the head of the agency said, drawing a clear line between c... (more story)
A Hawaii federal court has paused discovery in the private challenge to Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, ruling that the burden of producing more than 1.5 million documents outweighs plaintif... (more story)
Antitrust enforcers need their independence protected from political pressure to ensure they can work to strengthen economies, according to Stephan Harbarth, the president of Germany's constitutional court. He... (more story)
Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramount, said Thursday that his company has presented all the necessary evidence to prove the benefits of its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and that t... (more story)
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The UK government’s proposed changes to the competition regime would place too much power in the hands of the Competition and Markets Authority’s board and increase the risk or perception of political interfer... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority last month unconditionally cleared United Airlines’ $100 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas, but based its approval on governance provisions set out in the deal’s term shee... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission is signaling a significant shift in merger enforcement by moving away from its longstanding dual-track litigation model and proceeding exclusively in federal court. The change d... (more story)
Getty Images may be tempted to take a dual-track approach with the UK merger watchdog by offering remedies while at the same time contesting that any such measures are necessary to ease the regulator’s concern... (more story)
A push by Telefónica, Orange and Vodafone for EU regulators to allow more consolidation in national markets is failing to resonate with Matthias Ecke, a key European Parliament lawmaker who is part of legislat... (more story)
Dairy cooperatives Arla and DMK must convince the European Commission that their intended merger won't cut the options available to farmers to sell their milk. The EU regulator's recent look at FrieslandCampin... (more story)
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) started an investigation into Pennsylvania Water’s proposed rate increases in December, and a negative review could impact the commission’s parallel investigati... (more story)
Aramark, a US food-services company, has a high hurdle to clear to persuade judges to extend a missed deadline to appeal the UK antitrust watchdog’s veto of its merger with rival Entier. The Competition Appeal... (more story)