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• Sep 09, 2024

  Illumina/Grail: Court Ruling Marks a Setback, Not a Death Knell, for EU Merger Referrals, Experts Say

  Illumina’s (ILMN) resounding court victory last week over a European Commission decision to block its $8 billion takeover of Grail (GRAL) marks a serious blow to the regulator’s attempt to scrutinize sensitive deals that fly under its merger-revenue thresholds. But the EU enforcer has an expanding range of opportunities to keep reviewing such deals without […]

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• Aug 29, 2024

  Hims & Hers Health: Former Pharmacists Raise Concerns Regarding Patient Safety and Compounding Practices

  Former employees who worked in the pharmacies of telemedicine company Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) told The Capitol Forum that the volume of daily prescriptions the company expected them to fill meant that they could not appropriately perform routine safety checks on those prescriptions. In particular, the two pharmacists and one pharmacy technician who spoke […]

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• Aug 28, 2024

  Harris’s Record, Statements Draw Praise, Concern From Those Seeking Continued Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement

  Kamala Harris, newly elected as California attorney general, grinned and murmured “cha-ching” as she discussed with her staff a price-fixing case that would bring in more than $1 billion in penalties…

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• Aug 28, 2024

  Kroger/Albertsons: FTC Uses Supermarket Agreements to Try to Show Stores’ Competition for Unionized Workers

  For a transcript of the most recent available proceeding please click here, and our library of additional transcripts and exhibits can be found under the “Source Documents” heading here. The FTC today in the trial on the agency and states’ suit to block Kroger’s (KR) $24.6 billion Albertsons (ACI) bid attempted to show how agreements that […]

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• Aug 28, 2024

  Alaska/Hawaiian: DOT, States Seek Remedies as Department Considers Merger Application

  The Department of Transportation and some states are seeking remedies from Alaska Airlines (ALK) in its bid for Hawaiian Airlines (HA) as the carriers submit to DOT’s review of their $1.9 billion deal, sources familiar with the matter said.

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• Aug 27, 2024

  Harrow: Former Employees Raise Concerns About Sampling, Rebating Practices for IHEEZO Eye Medication

  Last quarter, emerging branded pharmaceutical company Harrow (HROW) disclosed that unit demand volumes for its ocular anesthetic IHEEZO nearly doubled from the previous quarter up to 30,016 from 15,176 units.

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• Aug 23, 2024

  The Bancorp Inc: Company Downgraded $87 Million in Real Estate Bridge Loans Last Quarter; After 2019 and 2022 Enforcement Actions, Recent Bancorp Transactions Could Raise Red Flags at SEC

  The Bancorp, Inc. (TBBK) quietly downgraded $87 million in real estate bridge loans (REBL) last quarter and may be extending concessions to more of these loans than disclosed, according to a Capitol Forum review of Bancorp’s filings and earnings call transcripts.

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• Aug 22, 2024

  DOJ Poised to Sue Thoma Bravo’s RealPage Over Price-Collusion Allegations as Early as Tomorrow

  DOJ is poised to sue private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s RealPage as early as tomorrow over allegations that the company’s software has allowed landlords to collude in raising people’s rents, sources familiar with the matter said…

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• Aug 20, 2024

  JIC/Shinko: SAMR Review Could Delay Tender Offer for Computer Chip Components and Packaging Maker

  A review by China’s antitrust regulator could delay the government-backed Japan Investment Corporation’s (JIC) anticipated $4.7 billion tender offer for computer chip packaging and components maker Shinko Electric Industries (TSE: 6967), sources familiar with the matter said.

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• Aug 16, 2024

  T-Mobile/Metronet: German-Owned Company’s Pattern of Telecom Acquisitions Will Likely Concern CFIUS, Experts Say

  Telecommunications giant T-Mobile US’s (TMUS) ambitious 50/50 joint venture with private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) to acquire U.S. fiber Internet provider Metronet raises concerns that could lead to an extended U.S. national security review, experts said.

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