CMA Process for Selecting Deals to Review is Restrained, Methodical, Senior Agency Official Says

Tapestry/Capri: Labor Concern Part of Suit FTC Considering Against Handbag Deal

In leaning toward suing to block Tapestry’s (TPR) proposed buyout of Capri (CPRI), the agency sees the $8.5 deal as unacceptably shrinking the number of companies that employ workers for the...

Tapestry/Capri: FTC Leaning Toward Suit, Focusing on Handbag Makers’ Close Competition

The FTC is leaning toward a lawsuit to block Tapestry’s (TPR) proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of handbag manufacturing rival Capri (CPRI), sources familiar with the matter...

Energy Antitrust Weekly: Chesapeake/Southwestern Deal Gets Second Request; FTC Releases Statement Approving Global Partners, Gulf Oil Acquisition and Protecting Maine Home Heating Oil and Diesel Buyers; HSR Period Expirations for Chord/Enerplus and Sunoco/NuStar

Second request pushes Chesapeake/Southwestern deal back. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) and Southwestern Energy Company’s (SWN) planned merger received a second request from the FTC on April...