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Synopsys-Ansys merger faces final KFTC deliberations in March
The fate of the Synopsys-Ansys merger in South Korea will be decided next month as the standing committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission is set to deliberate on... (more story)
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Tapestry-Capri merger decision endorses flexible US market definitions
Handbag-makers Tapestry and Capri Holdings repeatedly told a US judge examining their planned merger that the US Federal Trade Commission’s “accessible luxury” hand... (more story)
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US FTC’s bipartisan revision of premerger form aims to reduce legal vulnerability
All five US Federal Trade Commissioners voted last week for a slimmer, less demanding premerger form for dealmakers than the June 2023 draft — united across party l... (more story)
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Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard’s proposed $1.57 billion acquisition of 270 retail fuel outlets from grocer Giant Eagle, which is spinning off its GetGo Café & Market division, was conditionally approv... (more story)
The US Federal Communications Commission's review of the Paramount-Skydance transaction is continuing as normal despite being well beyond the 180-day shot clock, according to Chairman Brendan Carr. Speaking af... (more story)
Federal district court Judge Jed S. Rakoff had sharp words for both the US government's and Amex-GBT's legal teams, criticizing the parties' court filings during a pretrial conference today for the US Departme... (more story)
Delin Ventures’ acquisition of UK tech company Agile Analog has been cleared by the government after a national security review, with conditions to protect the company’s role as a supplier in the microelectron... (more story)
Boeing’s planned buyout of US airplane parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems is to be probed by the UK antitrust regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority, which is seeking views on the deal from interested... (more story)
SK and its chairman Chey Tae-won, who oversees all operating companies within the SK brand, have secured a legal victory in their long-running dispute with South Korea’s antitrust regulator, after the Supreme ... (more story)
More than a year after it was first announced and following two delays, global oilfield-services provider Schlumberger has secured approval from Australia’s competition watchdog to acquire 100 percent of Champ... (more story)
A federal judge overseeing Assa Abloy’s merger consent decree with the US Department of Justice said a hearing on Fortune Brands’ motion seeking judicial clarification on the terms of the final judgment is sch... (more story)
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There is an obvious way for Mars to solve EU competition concerns over its acquisition of Kellanova: Sell off various brands to reduce its bargaining power in negotiations with European retailers. The question... (more story)
A settlement by global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group with the US Federal Trade Commission for their $13.5 billion deal includes restrictions on the companies’ ability to coordinate w... (more story)
The United States has reaffirmed its stance on rigorously evaluating efficiency claims in merger control, emphasizing that such claims rarely justify otherwise anticompetitive mergers. In a detailed note submi... (more story)
Details of Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel, and the associated agreement with the US government, left some wondering what the government really gained, and led others to assess what they can offer the W... (more story)
The US Department of Justice settlement with Safran and RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies) for the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business underscores the agency’s careful at... (more story)
Greencore is likely to stress the negotiating heft of Britain’s supermarkets and the relatively strong level of competition in sectors such as ready-made meals, as it strives to gain UK antitrust clearance for... (more story)
From next month, dealmakers planning to do business in Australia under the new mandatory-notification regime will need to raid their piggy banks and be prepared to cough up real money. It’s all part of a commi... (more story)
Meta’s plan to invest about $14.8 billion in data-labeling startup Scale AI has put AI partnerships back in the spotlight, as the transaction is certain to attract the attention of antitrust regulators. The in... (more story)