Mergers and Acquisitions

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson’s warning that he may reject a divestiture to a Chinese Communist Party-controlled buyer puts a new practical constraint on merger remedies: a buyer that appea... (more story)

As Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway seek approval for their proposed $85 billion merger, the companies are tasked with demonstrating to the US Surface Transportation Board that their deal is... (more story)

UPM and Sappi's attempt to combine assets in the declining paper manufacturing sector will force the EU's merger regulator to clarify its stance on "zombie" companies and shrinking industries. In the past, it ... (more story)

Nvidia has yet to say whether its $12.9 billion bid for open-source AI platform Hugging Face needs merger-control review in Europe. But given that governments across the EU have handed new powers to regulators... (more story)

The settlement signed by 12 US states allowing Paramount's merger with Warner Brothers Discovery to move forward, and touted by California Attorney General Rob Bonta as sufficient to address antitrust concerns... (more story)

Brazil’s antitrust tribunal is due to examine on Wednesday whether Amazon’s multibillion-dollar investment and commercial collaboration with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic should have been notifie... (more story)

Antitrust law is under pressure in the new world order and four former EU commissioners came to its defense on Tuesday, bewailing the breakdown of relations with the US and stressing the need for a strong hand... (more story)

Paramount Skydance’s agreement to settle the 12-state challenge to its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would remove the last material obstacle to closing the $110 billion transaction. But the de... (more story)