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George “Chip” Nierlich, the acting director of litigation for DOJ’s antitrust division, is set to leave the department this week, according to sources familiar with the matter
Two life insurers owned by Brighthouse Financial (BHF) report that they’ve shifted a combined $3.44 billion of annuity policyholder promises to a third Brighthouse insurer. Yet, the receiving insurer only reports taking on $679 million of those...
Welcome to the Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re reporting on this week include: • The DOJ’s Antitrust Division intervened in JBS’s settlement of a wage-fixing lawsuit, calling for structural relief currently absent...
Antimonopoly advocates are taking Representative Jamie Raskin at his word when he says he plans to conduct aggressive investigations into the Trump administration’s handling of antitrust...
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The European Commission is expected to unconditionally clear Deutsche Boerse’s (DBKG) acquisition of Allfunds (ALLFUN) in phase 1, a deal that could provide an early test of the commission’s evolving approach to merger control, sources with knowledge of the probe told The Capitol...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Media Outlook: FCC Chair Brendan...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • JD.com/Ceconomy set for clearance, avoiding escalation with China • Video game companies probed ahead of legislative...
Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Heightened antitrust action from Congressional Democrats. • Elections experts express high confidence in Democrats...
U.S. asset management firm Apollo (NYSE: APO)’s £5.7 billion ($7.5 billion) acquisition of major UK airline easyJet (LSE: EZY) is expected to prompt questions about the level of foreign ownership and control of the company during foreign investment reviews, sources told The Capitol...
Skeptics of states’ attempts to flex their antitrust muscle might think that the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery settlement was to be expected from under-funded and under- staffed enforcers subject to political...
Representatives of at least eight state attorneys general asked a critic of Cintas’ (CTAS) proposed acquisition of rival uniform rental company UniFirst (UNF) during a virtual meeting this week about the $5.5 billion deal’s impact on competition, sources familiar with the matter...
Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • New York City last-mile delivery legislation would require direct delivery driver employment, prohibit Amazon DSP system and open door to...
Mergers that may have once been seen as too difficult to get past the EU antitrust authority are increasingly leaving the boardroom, including UPM’s joint venture with Sappi and Kone’s acquisition of TK Elevator. Some corporations are betting that the European Commission’s increased...
Equitable Holdings (EQH) and Corebridge Financial (CRBG) seek to become one company with a combined 12 insurers and reinsurers, over 12 million customers and $1.5 trillion assets under management by the end of the...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Congress Outlook: Representative...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • UK wants Google to offer search alternatives, potentially including AI chatbots • Senior EU official urges more national...
Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Tomorrow: The Capitol Forum event on state and congressional antitrust enforcement. • The secondary election outcomes...
The Asia Antitrust Agenda is a biweekly column showcasing key regulatory developments in the region. Stories we’re following for this edition include: • SAMR expands online booking probe. • KFTC begins Uber/Delivery Hero review. • Korean Air/Asiana Airlines mileage integration...
A federal judge today questioned a California official about whether the proposed settlement to resolve the states’ suit against Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) planned $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) would address the antitrust harms the plaintiffs...
DOJ leaders are generally supportive of the proposed Fox/Roku merger but find the $22 billion deal is more complicated than it appears, a source familiar with the matter...
The European Commission this week sent requests for information to third parties relating to AkzoNobel’s (AKZA) proposed merger with coatings company Axalta (AXTA), according to two sources familiar with the...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Congress Outlook: House Democrats...
This is The Capitol Forum’s Big Tech tracker, where we follow investigations and other proceedings targeting technology giants like Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META) and more across the EU. Here, we monitor and bring you up to date on cases launched under the bloc’s Digital...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Remedies no longer an option in MMG/Anglo American nickel deal • Our conference on the EU’s digital markets rules sets...
Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Minnesota Attorney General probing fertilizer industry. • DOJ Antitrust Division nominee Adam Candeub’s responses...
Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and the California attorney general’s discussions to settle a suit to block the studio’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition have reached an advanced stage as negotiators work within the parameters of the parties’ contrasting economic goals,...
Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Enova shelves attempt to gain federal banking charter. • Warren says a...
Wildcat Infrastructure’s American ownership could provide its sudden bid for Austal USA a major regulatory advantage over rival suitor Hanwha Defense USA, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group (KRX:...
DOJ staff investigating elevator maker Kone’s proposed acquisition of rival TK Elevator are asking industry participants about whether the €29.4 billion ($34 billion) deal would limit customer options in both new construction and some services in local U.S. markets, sources familiar...
The Co-operative Group is preparing to offer store divestments to secure UK antitrust approval for its acquisition of Southern Co-op following an initial review, after abandoning potential plans to argue the target was a failing firm, according to sources close to the...
Iowa will seek to intervene in the litigation against the Paramount Skydance (PSKY)/Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) merger if the Supreme Court declines in the coming weeks to let it pursue a complaint against Democratic state attorneys general trying to block the deal, a source close to the...
Skyworks Solutions’ (SWKS) proposed $22 billion acquisition of rival electronic components maker Qorvo (QRVO) is facing an important inflection point since the Chinese antitrust regulator’s phase 3 review of the transaction is about to expire in coming weeks, sources familiar with the...
AkzoNobel (AKZA) is prepared to sell part of its business in a bid to clinch phase 1 clearance as it prepares to formally notify the European Commission of its $25 billion merger with Axalta (AXTA) within days, according to people familiar with the...
Senator Cory Booker, D-NJ, is raising concerns about Adam Candeub, the nominee to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division, working on antitrust matters at the agency before his Senate confirmation, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Capitol...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: • Congressional Outlook: Former top...
The European Commission is expected to approve Kimberly-Clark’s (KMB) $48.7 billion proposed acquisition of Kenvue, with remedies, having so far found that the overlap between the companies’ portfolios does not raise significant competition concerns, according to sources familiar with...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Commission ignores Chinese blocking orders • Officials are bringing browsers together to tackle a longtime digital rule...
Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Trade war with Canada front-and-center for voters in key Senate swing states. • States call for full discovery and...
The Asia Antitrust Agenda is a biweekly column showcasing key regulatory developments in the region. Key stories we’re following for this edition include: • High-profile deals face added uncertainties amid SAMR leadership changes. • China issues guidance on antitrust compliance with...
The European Commission is leaning toward blocking MMG’s $500 million acquisition of Anglo American (AAL)’s Brazilian ferronickel assets, as officials believe they have enough evidence that the Chinese-controlled buyer could redirect supply away from Europe, according to sources...
Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • The crypto industry and banking groups are launching a national advertising...
The European Commission plans to detail its concerns about Kimberly-Clark’s (KMB) proposed $48.7 billion acquisition of Kenvue (KVUE) at a state-of-play meeting next week with representatives of the merging parties, sources familiar with the matter...
Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • The National Labor Relations Board argued in favor of protecting employee unions post-acquisition after a trial court loss. • Employers’...
Texas Instruments’ (TXN) proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of chip designer Silicon Labs (SLAB) is slated for a phase 2 review by China’s antitrust authority as early as this month, sources familiar with the matter...
Market participants have rejected remedies proposed by JD.com, some companies consulted by the European Commission told The Capitol Forum, saying that the plan would not undo the distortions created in the EU’s single market by the subsidies the Chinese firm is alleged to have...
Aquarian Holdings, which is attempting to acquire life insurer Brighthouse Financial (BHF), has a subsidiary employing a controversial accounting method that relieves its balance sheet of more than half a billion dollars in liabilities, raising questions about its...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...
The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Independent pharmacies are concerned about FTC’s CVS Caremark settlement....
The EU’s second-highest court today agreed with the European Commission’s decision to prohibit online travel agency Booking’s (BKNG) €1.63 billion ($1.9 billion) bid for Etraveli, strengthening the regulator’s hand to block deals on the ecosystem legal argument weeks before it...
In a rare move, officials in the European Commission’s trade department are pushing for the EU to block MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American (AAL)’s nickel operations in Brazil, according to sources familiar with the...
