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Orange/Iliad/Bouygues: French Telecom Merger to Lead to Higher Prices, Consumer Group Warns

The proposed €20.35 billion split of French telecommunications operator SFR among the country’s three other major national peers will lead to higher prices and more consumer complaints, a leading French consumer organisation...

May 27, 2026 Read Now >

NextEra/Dominion: Watchdogs and State Senator Call for Virginia Regulator’s Recusal From Review of Largest-Ever U.S. Utility Merger

The chair of the Virginia utility regulator that would review NextEra Energy’s (NEE) $66.8 billion acquisition of Dominion Energy (D) should recuse herself because of previous employment at the acquirer, utility and consumer watchdogs...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Sexual Assaults and Runaways Persist at South Carolina Facility Despite Federal Sanction

This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Last year, government inspectors placed multiple immediate jeopardies (IJs) on Three Rivers Behavioral Health, a psychiatric facility operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) in West Columbia, South Carolina, after finding the...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: FTC, DOJ Officials Discuss Ways to Discourage Late Remedy Proposals; State AGs Formally Ask for Live Nation to Divest Ticketmaster Over Monopoly Concerns; Small Business Administration May Add Antitrust Focus; Harvard Law Professor Asks Congress to Regulate Supreme Court, Consider Adding Justices

FTC workshop discusses how to incentivize merger settlement negotiations. At the FTC’s “Eleventh-Hour Antitrust Remedy Proposals and Litigating the Fix” workshop last week, FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division officials, a U.S. district court judge and several former agency officials...

May 26, 2026 Read Now >

Senators Close to Releasing Bill That Would Allow NCAA Schools to Pool Media Rights

Senators Maria Cantwell, D-WA, and Ted Cruz, R-TX, are closing in on introducing a bill that will provide colleges and universities with an antitrust exemption so they can pool media rights to obtain greater broadcasting revenues, two sources told The Capitol...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Ocean Carriers Breaking Federal Law to Raise Profits Amid Iran War, Industry Groups Claim

Major ocean carriers are using Iran-war-related disruptions as cover to charge fees that exceed their increased costs in defiance of U.S. shipping laws. The practice mirrors the carriers’ behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Red Sea crisis, when carriers exploited disruptions...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: Cintas Hires Trump-Linked Miller Strategies for Merger Lobbying

Cintas (CTAS) has hired Trump-connected lobbying firm Miller Strategies to navigate antitrust scrutiny of its proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of uniform rental rival UniFirst (UNF), according to newly filed federal...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

Corteva: Justice Department Filing Highlights Unique Seed Industry Consolidation Vulnerabilities

A Department of Justice filing in a legal battle that could determine whether competitors can break into the concentrated seeds industry underlined the patent system’s role in entrenching dominant players at the top of the...

May 19, 2026 Read Now >

EU Rules Aimed to Help Users Fight Platform Censorship—But Activists, Businesses Say It’s Getting Worse

Republicans in Washington often call the EU’s digital platform rules online censorship. For those working in adult industries, sex education and women’s health, the rules should be a tool to combat suppression of lawful speech online – but many say restrictions on their posts and...

May 19, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Launches Criminal Antitrust Probe into Claritev

DOJ’s antitrust division has launched a criminal price-fixing investigation into Claritev (CTEV), previously known as MultiPlan, a pricing intermediary that major health insurers use to set reimbursement rates for out-of-network medical claims, sources familiar with the matter...

May 14, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Democrats Plan Hearing on Controversial DOJ Settlement, Which Could Preview Oversight They’ll Conduct If Mid-Terms Return Them to Power

Democratic congressional leaders are planning a Monday hearing in Washington, D.C., to examine the alleged political maneuvering that led to DOJ’s settlement with Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), sources familiar with the matter said. The hearing could provide a glimpse of the future...

May 13, 2026 Read Now >

FCC General Counsel Candeub Emerges as Leading Contender for Top DOJ Antitrust Post

Adam Candeub, the Federal Communications Commission’s general counsel, has emerged as a leading candidate to be nominated to lead DOJ’s antitrust division, sources familiar with the matter said. Candeub as well as Adam Cella, a senior House GOP counsel, and Michael Murray, a...

May 08, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: Additional Child Exploitation Lawsuits Consolidated in State and Federal Court as Attorneys Say Thousands of Similar Cases Being Investigated

Thousands of potential cases of child sexual exploitation allegedly facilitated by gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) are still under investigation, according to plaintiffs’ attorneys, as federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the company continues to...

May 08, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: State AGs Ask Movie Theater Owners About Sitting for Depositions, Testifying in Court

A group of Democratic state attorneys general have taken another step toward challenging Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition by asking movie theater owners if they’d be willing to sit for depositions and testify in court about what the...

May 06, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: Merger Guidelines Offer Clarity to Startup Buyers and Consider Workers’ Rights

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at the leaked draft of the EU’s forthcoming merger guidelines. A boon...

Apr 28, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: In Rare Move, FDA Revokes Regulatory Approval for Several Medical Devices Sold by Company

The FDA has revoked the regulatory approvals for several medical devices sold by Medline (MDLN), according to recent updates on the agency’s recall database. 22 Medline devices and kits are being recalled under a recall posted last week, with the reason for the recalls listed as “the...

Apr 24, 2026 Read Now >

Publishers Urge EU to Take ‘Immediate’ Measures to Tackle Meta Scam Ads Under Digital Rules

European publishers are urging EU officials to act quickly to force Meta (META) to stop the proliferation of fraudulent advertisements impersonating reporters and media outlets across its platforms in a memorandum to the European Commission seen by The Capitol...

Apr 22, 2026 Read Now >

House Judiciary Panel Counsel Cella, Paul Hastings Partner Murray Emerge as Early Contenders to Become DOJ Antitrust Head

Adam Cella, a senior House GOP counsel, and Michael Murray, who served at DOJ during President Donald Trump’s first term, have emerged as early contenders to take over the department’s antitrust division, sources familiar with the matter said. Cella is chief counsel for the House...

Apr 20, 2026 Read Now >

JD.com/Ceconomy: JD.com Set to File EU Foreign Subsidies Notification Shortly for Ceconomy Takeover, Sources Say

China’s e-commerce group JD.com (9618: HK) plans to file a notification shortly under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) of its takeover bid for Germany’s electronics retailer Ceconomy (CEC: GY), according to two people familiar with the matter. The move forms part of the...

Apr 20, 2026 Read Now >

Private Equity Investment in Clinical Trial Sites Raises Potential Antitrust, CPOM Concerns

Private equity’s growing interest in clinical trial sites and services raises questions about how increased consolidation will impact the cost and sustainability of pharmaceutical research and development (R&D), and this trend could implicate both antitrust law and state Corporate...

Apr 17, 2026 Read Now >

Ribera: New Merger Guidelines Aren’t ‘Blank Check’ for Deals – ‘On the Contrary’

The EU’s upcoming merger guidelines will not be a blank check for dealmakers, and the European Commission won’t approve deals based on companies’ “wishful thinking,” the top EU official in charge of merger control told The Capitol Forum.   Earlier discussions of a...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

European Proposals for Social Media Bans Create Pressure on VPNs

Plans to restrict children’s access to social media have been sprouting around Europe in the last few months, raising questions about whether kids could easily get around such bans. The attention is making virtual private network (VPN) providers...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

IonQ/SkyWater: Quantum Computing Tie-up Draws Industry Questions Over Foundry Access, Information Firewalls, But DOD Support Could Ease Antitrust Path

Quantum computing chipmaker IonQ’s (IONQ) pending $1.8 billion acquisition of specialty foundry SkyWater Technology (SKYT) raises red flags about post-merger access to SkyWater’s R&D-friendly manufacturing platform, industry sources...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

LeadsOnline: Former Employee Voices Monopoly Concerns, Citing Anticompetitive Mergers, Price Increases

LeadsOnline, a private equity–backed provider of crime data and forensic tools, has acquired such firm control of the markets in which it operates that a former account executive says the company may need to be broken...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Medline: Company Apparently Did Not Disclose Systemic Problems Identified in Multiple FDA Inspections in Year Prior to IPO

Last December, Medline (MDLN), one of the largest suppliers of medical and surgical products in the country, went public in the biggest IPO of the year, raising over $6 billion. In the 12 months prior to the IPO, Medline received four Form 483 inspection...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Dismissal of News Publisher Suit Against Google’s AI Summaries Is Setback, Not Death Knell, For Parallel Penske Case; European Regulators Eye Opt-outs

Google’s (GOOG) victory over a lawsuit from two local news publishers accusing the company of leveraging its search monopoly to misappropriate online news content is a clear setback for Penske Media Corporation’s parallel lawsuit before the same judge: U.S. District Judge Amit...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Google: EFF Asks California, New York to Investigate Google’s Failure to Notify User of ICE Subpoena Despite Company’s Promises

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the California and New York attorneys general to investigate Google (GOOG) for deceptive trade practices after alleging that the company broke its promise to give users advanced notice before providing their information to law...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Top European Cinema Trade Group to Push for In-Depth EC Probe, Sources Say

Europe’s cinema industry is set to escalate its opposition to Paramount’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), with one of the sector’s largest trade associationspreparing a formal submission urging EU regulators to open an in-depth investigation into the...

Apr 15, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Antitrust Chief Assefi and Dhillon, Department’s Civil Rights Head, Consider Leaving for Private Practice; Dhillon’s Departure Hinges on Whether She Gets No. 3 Post

More personnel changes may be in store at DOJ following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing. Omeed Assefi, the department’s acting antitrust head, is considering leaving for private practice, sources familiar with the matter said. And Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for...

Apr 14, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Booker Schedules Wednesday Hearing on Deal Featuring Labor, Media Witnesses

This article has been updated to include Paramount Skydance’s response to Booker’s invitation for CEO David Ellison to testify. Senator Cory Booker, a critic of Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), has scheduled a hearing today on the $81...

Apr 13, 2026 Read Now >

Volvo Car, Polestar—European Automakers with Chinese Ties—Face Ban from U.S. Market Over Wireless Connection Rule

Volvo Car (VOLCAR-B) and Polestar (PSNY)—two automakers with ties to Chinese ownership—face potential exclusion from the U.S. market under a national security rule covering virtually every modern vehicle that targets not just where cars are built or who writes their software, but who...

Apr 09, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: Divisions Eclipse EU-U.S. Digital Rule ‘Dialogue’; CMA Microsoft Probe Tests Soft Approach on Big Tech

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda (…) Ronan Scanlan, partner at Steptoe, told The Capitol Forum that the CMA appears to be taking a pragmatic approach, accepting voluntary commitments instead of imposing remedies or opening a lengthy SMS investigation into the cloud sector....

Apr 07, 2026 Read Now >

Next Head of EU Competition Watchdog Faces Souring U.S. Relations, Telecoms’ Consolidation Push

The frontrunner to head the European Commission’s competition watchdog, a nearly three-decade veteran of the EU executive, will have to perform some tricky balancing acts if he ultimately takes the helm – from conflicting views of how the bloc should achieve “competitiveness” to...

Apr 03, 2026 Read Now >

Privacy Policy: California Data Broker Registry Reveals Dozens of Brokers Selling Consumers’ Data to Foreign Actors, Law Enforcement, Federal Government

Last week the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) published its 2026 Data Broker Registry, revealing that dozens of brokers have sold or shared consumers’ personal data to the federal government, law enforcement, and even foreign adversary countries over the past...

Apr 01, 2026 Read Now >

Merger Monthly: With FCC, DOJ Aid, Nexstar’s Rush-Close Strategy Worked—Until it Didn’t; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Boston Scientific /Penumbra, Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery, and Providence Equity Partners/Cantaloupe

Nexstar’s (NXST) March 19 decision to close its $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna over pending lawsuits from eight state attorneys general and DirecTV was one of the most aggressive maneuvers by an acquiring party in recent memory. But the more consequential story may be what deal...

Apr 01, 2026 Read Now >

Booking CEO Warns Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT Could Squeeze Out Small Hotels

Booking (BKNG) CEO Glenn Fogel raised fresh concerns about the influence of artificial intelligence tools like Google’s (GOOG) Gemini on how people find hotels online and said he’s happy regulators are scrutinizing the search giant’s AI-generated answers to search queries under...

Mar 25, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: HPE/Juniper Tunney Act Hearing Set for 1pm ET Today; State Attorneys General Group Signals Need for Companies to Cooperate on Merger Investigations; Analysis of Past Comments from Fertilizer Executives Amid Price Spikes; Acting DOJ Antitrust Division AAG Omeed Assefi Talks Press Criticism

Preview of HPE/Juniper hearing. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts of the Northern District of California will hear arguments today on whether to approve under the Tunney Act DOJ’s motion to finalize its settlement in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise/Juniper Networks case. At 1:00 p.m....

Mar 24, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: EC Asks Questions Related to Foreign Subsidies Probe, Sources Say

The European Commission has sent fresh requests for information (RFIs) to Paramount Skydance (PSKY) as part of its foreign subsidies investigation into the company’s proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), according to two sources familiar with the probe. The...

Mar 24, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery: Democratic AGs Seek Outside Counsel for Anticipated Suit Against Merger

A group of Democratic state attorneys general preparing an antitrust suit to block Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is searching for outside counsel to litigate the case, sources familiar with the matter said. The search is ongoing,...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

Skyworks/Qorvo: SAMR Expresses Bundling Concerns; Overlaps in Key Components Could Also Drive Review

China’s antitrust authority has expressed some initial concerns that Skyworks Solutions’ (SWKS) proposed acquisition of rival electronic components maker Qorvo (QRVO) could lead to illegal bundling practices and unfair disadvantages for home-grown competitors, sources familiar with...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: State AGs Present Settlement Counterproposal, Await Company’s Response

The coalition of 33 states continuing the monopolization lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) delivered today a counterproposal for a settlement to the company earlier this week, their counsel told the judge overseeing the trial. Live Nation confirmed it’s reviewing the offer...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery: Democratic AGs Seek Outside Counsel for Anticipated Suit Against Merger

A group of Democratic state attorneys general preparing an antitrust suit to block Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is searching for outside counsel to litigate the case, sources familiar with the matter said. The search is ongoing,...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

Federal Reserve Policy: Warsh’s Pursuit of Quantitative Tightening Faces Myriad Political and Market Constraints

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, has said that he wants to reduce the Fed’s “bloated” portfolio of assets and has asserted that quantitative easing (the Fed policy of buying assets like Treasuries and mortgage securities) has led to...

Mar 19, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: California Closely Scrutinizing Deal After Failure of Trump Administration Enforcement, State AG Bonta Says

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today said that his office is conducting a vigorous review of Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to ensure a vital state industry remains competitive because the Trump administration has...

Mar 13, 2026 Read Now >

Thrad: Company Claims to Serve Ads to Millions of Chatbot Users as Hims & Hers Denies Partnership, Experts Raise Privacy Concerns

Adtech startup Thrad.ai claims to serve millions of ads daily for Fortune 500 brands across a global network of AI publishers, as chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT begin to experiment with in-chat advertising to users. But targeting users with ads based on their conversations with chatbots...

Mar 12, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: A Closer Look at Potential State AG Theories of Harm, Litigation Risk

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) in the days since inking its $81 billion agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has projected “absolute” confidence in the deal’s closing prospects. But that confidence is in some tension not only with the politics surrounding the transaction,...

Mar 09, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Bipartisan Group of State AGs Vows to Fight on Despite DOJ’s Proposed Settlement with Entertainment Giant

Democratic and Republican state attorneys general said the proposed settlement between DOJ and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) to resolve the company’s alleged antitrust violations is insufficient and they’ll continue the monopoly...

Mar 09, 2026 Read Now >

EU Preparing First Google Fines Under Digital Rules as Soon as This Month, Sources Say

The European Commission is preparing two fines against Google (GOOG) for alleged breaches of the EU’s digital competition rules as soon as this month, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The long-awaited final decisions mark the first penalties for the technology giant...

Mar 09, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: Judge Denies Roblox’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in 10-Year-Old’s Alleged Kidnapping Case, Citing EFAA

This article has been updated to include comments from Senator Dick Durbin. A California Superior Court judge ruled Roblox (RBLX) and Discord’s arbitration agreements to be unenforceable under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) in a...

Mar 03, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Trial Spotlights Scope of Entertainment Giant’s Influence and Alleged Abuses to Keep Grip on Industry

DOJ’s closely watched antitrust case against Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster, went to trial today in a lawsuit that could reshape competition in the U.S. live entertainment industry for years to...

Mar 02, 2026 Read Now >

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