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DOJ’s Hamer leaving Antitrust Division less than a year into job
Mark Hamer, a top enforcer in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, is departing the agency less than a year after he was appointed deputy assistant at... (more story)
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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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Consumers seeking to unwind the $1.9 billion Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger filed an opposition in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii to Alaska Air’s motion to stay discovery, arguing that the r... (more story)
A US federal judge has largely allowed states challenging Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks to probe the Justice Department’s settlement talks, while limiting efforts to obtain evide... (more story)
Raising or eliminating the national television ownership cap would decrease competition and harm local communities, witnesses said during a hearing Tuesday before the US Senate Commerce Committee.
Google’s $32 billion takeover of cloud cybersecurity software maker Wiz has been cleared in the EU after the European Commission said the deal raised no competition concerns due to the presence of “several cre... (more story)
Italian defense company Leonardo requested the EU Commission's approval to acquire the defense unit of European truckmaker Iveco, according to an update on the regulator's website. Iveco Defence is spun off fr... (more story)
US-based keg-services company MicroStar Logistics has refiled its proposed acquisition of the Australian assets of Konvoy Holdings, reviving a transaction the Australian competition watchdog previously opposed... (more story)
Mark Hamer, a top enforcer in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, is departing the agency less than a year after he was appointed deputy assistant attorney general in charge of civil litigation ... (more story)
US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks received a green light from the Turkish competition authority for its intended acquisition of CyberArk Software, according to an update on the regulator's website. The ... (more story)
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Paramount Skydance Corp. announced Tuesday it has substantially complied with the US Department of Justice’s second request for information regarding the company’s hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery... (more story)
Google’s swift EU clearance for its $32 billion Wiz takeover is a clear reminder that Big Tech dealmaking is not doomed to fail in Brussels — despite the grumblings of companies across the Atlantic. The Europe... (more story)
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)