Nexstar/Tegna: With Massive DMA Overlap, Buyer Plans to Argue Changed Market Dynamics. Is it Enough to Convince Slater to Abandon Decades of DOJ Practice?

Financials Friday: Trump Debanking Crusade Could Buttress a Consumer Protection Law; Cboe Joins Rush to Offer Popular Crypto Bets; U.S. Banks Look to Shed Low-Yielding Loans and Investments; Banks Fair Lending Gets an Inadvertent Boost in Debanking Crusade

The Trump administration’s vow to end “debanking” could end up fortifying a federal law that requires banks to help vulnerable communities, said a leading consumer advocate. Banks may not...

Merger Monthly: The Antitrust Division is Open for Dealmaking, With Partial UnitedHealth/Amedisys Fix the Latest Example; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Mars/Kellanova, Omnicom/Interpublic and Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern

DOJ’s August 7 consent decree settling its long-running litigation challenge to UnitedHealth’s $3.3 billion purchase of home health rival Amedisys “secure the largest divestiture of outpatient...

Stanley Woodward Included in Second Batch of Trump Nominees Thune Will Bring to Confirmation Vote

Senator John Thune (R-SD) will include Stanley Woodward, the president’s choice to become DOJ’s No. 3 official, in a second batch of nominees that Republicans plan to bring to the Senate floor...