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US DOJ-Live Nation settlement inadequate, states argue in Tunney Act comment September 05, 2026 | Alex Wilts

Live Nation Entertainment's settlement with the US Department of Justice "is vague, ambiguous, and not reasonably calculated to meaningfully restore competition and serve the public interest," 18 attorneys gen... (more story)

Canada's Competition Bureau weighs in on interprovincial trade of red meat September 04, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Canada's Competition Bureau weighed in on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's proposal to amend regulations for red meat Friday, endorsing a proposed exemption to cut red tape hampering interprovincial trade.

US DOJ queries grocery store chains as beef price-fixing probe widens September 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

The US Department of Justice sent letters to eight grocery store chains as it widens an investigation into potential anticompetitive activity over beef prices, a top agency official said.

Meta lawyer raises concerns about use of injunctions by competition authorities September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

A senior in-house Meta Platforms lawyer has voiced concern about the use of antitrust injunctions by competition authorities in disputes between companies. Meta has faced a series of interim measures in recent... (more story)

Apple gets new Dec. 9-10 hearing in EU court appeal against antitrust fine September 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Apple’s appearance at the EU’s lower-tier court to challenge a €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine for squeezing consumers of music-streaming services has been re-scheduled for Dec. 9-10, MLex has learned. The date... (more story)

Cartel enforcement is back, says Germany’s Mundt September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

A spate of recent cartel sanctions from the Bundeskartellamt show that "cartel enforcement is back," according to its president Andreas Mundt. He pointed to sanctions in July targeting suppliers of testing and... (more story)

Brazil CADE plans overhaul of merger rules, seeks to cut filings by up to half September 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense plans to reduce the number of mergers subject to review in Brazil by up to half in the short term.  Leaders at the competition authority intend to raise merger-n... (more story)

EU competition chief promises 'sharp' antitrust enforcement with new guidelines September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

EU antitrust enforcement will be “relevant and sharp” and allow companies to flourish, the bloc's competition chief said the day after new guidelines for assessing abuse of market dominance came into force. Fo... (more story)

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Trump DOJ sets unmatched pace for statements of interest in IP cases September 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has waded into private intellectual property litigation at nearly three times the rate of his first administration and more frequently than any recent predecessor. B... (more story)

Google adtech monopoly decision prioritizes speed to bolster competition September 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Google escaped a corporate split of its online advertising business this week but couldn't avert court-imposed behavioral remedies that will likely inject competition into the adtech markets faster than any at... (more story)

Burnham sticks with Starmer-era approach to UK competition policy September 03, 2026 | Jon Menon

Just over six weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership, the signs point to continuity rather than radical change in UK competition policy. Jonathan Reynolds’ return as business minister and his decision to retain... (more story)

Calif. monopoly bill heads to Newsom with narrower reach, fractured support September 02, 2026 | Alex Wilts

California lawmakers have approved a significant expansion to the state's primary antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, sending legislation that would prohibit single-firm anticompetitive conduct to the governor'... (more story)

US FTC's oil-deal probes under Biden buoy consumers’ private price-fixing claims September 02, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Biden-era US Federal Trade Commission investigations of the Exxon-Pioneer and Chevron-Hess merger deals have backed up private price-fixing claims brought by consumers against shale oil producers and two previ... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)

UK reform roadmap for collective actions coming to a head August 28, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

A roadmap of reform for UK collective actions is unfolding with consultation milestones soon to be reached for separate policy-led reviews into the functioning of the regime. Claimants, defendants, lawyers and... (more story)

Amgen appeal tests antitrust reach over pending patent rights August 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Review by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of Amgen’s Enbrel patent strategy could clarify that acquisitions of rights to pending patent applications receive no categorical exemption from antitru... (more story)