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Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand—For Now; Tech Firms Push for USMCA Renewal; Senate Commerce to Markup Kids’ Online Safety Bill; Receiver Looks to Sell Jupiter Systems Before Company Runs Out of Cash; New Jersey Goes After Data Brokers

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...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >
DOD Takes Harder Line in CFIUS Reviews of Foreign Defense Acquisitions, Even for Buyers From U.S. Allies; Gilat, Beretta Deals Among Those That Could Be Affected

The Pentagon has grown markedly more negative about foreign acquisitions in the U.S. defense sector—including by buyers from allied nations—and is increasingly the member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that dealmakers fear most, according to seven...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >
The European Antitrust Agenda: EU Steel Curbs Complicate MMG Review; EC Seeks to Calm Merger Guideline Fears

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • EU steel quota implications for MMG’s Anglo bid • EC calms worries for minority shareholdings under new merger...

Jul 07, 2026 Read Now >
Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: States AGs Discuss Signing Onto Suit; But GOP Officials Unlikely to Join Challenge, Source Says

State attorneys general investigating Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of rival studio Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are discussing which will sign onto a suit to block the $81 billion transaction, sources familiar with the matter...

Jul 06, 2026 Read Now >
Antitrust Agenda: DOJ’s Egg Price-Fixing Settlement Shifts Enforcement Burden to Private Plaintiffs; Kroger/Giant Eagle Combination Would Create Regional Market Powerhouse; Colorado AG Weiser’s Primary Win May Provide Boost to State’s Algorithmic, Surveillance Pricing Laws

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: DOJ, State AG settlement in egg price-fixing case helps private plaintiffs. Kroger seeks to acquire Giant Eagle grocery...

Jul 06, 2026 Read Now >
The Asia Antitrust Agenda: Region Bracing for ‘Summer of Actions’ as U.S., China Vie for Upper Hand on Trade; Apple Alleges Complaint Copying in India App Probe; Korea Investigates Alleged Abuse in K-pop Market; UK Blocks Shenzhen HYT from Buying TTG Global Solutions on National Security Grounds

The Asia Antitrust Agenda is a biweekly column showcasing key regulatory developments in the region. Key stories we’re following for this edition include: Businesses to swelter in heat from summer geopolitical tensions. China issues rules governing industrial and supply chain security...

Jul 06, 2026 Read Now >
Blackstone/TXNM: New Mexico Utility Regulator Finds Blackstone Purchase of TXNM Stock Illegal as Focus Turns Again to Merger Review

The New Mexico utility regulator’s order today that Blackstone (BX) unwind a $400 million purchase of TXNM Energy’s (TXNM) stock complicated the private equity firm’s financing of its proposed acquisition of the utility but also returned the commission’s focus to its review of the...

Jul 02, 2026 Read Now >
Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: KIDS Act Passes House But Faces Tougher Reception in Senate; Smaller Satellite Services Vie for Market Share; New Rules on De Minimus Strengthen Enforcement; Class Action Against DRAM Makers Could Indicate Next Wave of Memory Litigation

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...

Jun 30, 2026 Read Now >
Somnigroup/Leggett & Platt: FTC Cleared Deal Without Contacting Major Industry Participants

The FTC cleared Somnigroup’s (SGI) $2.5 billion acquisition of Leggett & Platt (LEG) after just 30 days without contacting several major industry participants, including some that have concerns about the deal and had previously engaged with the agency about Somnigroup’s litigated...

Jun 29, 2026 Read Now >

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RECENT Mergers and Acquisitions COVERAGE

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand—For Now; Tech Firms Push for USMCA Renewal; Senate Commerce to Markup Kids’ Online Safety Bill; Receiver Looks to Sell Jupiter Systems Before Company Runs Out of Cash; New Jersey Goes After Data Brokers

DOD Takes Harder Line in CFIUS Reviews of Foreign Defense Acquisitions, Even for Buyers From U.S. Allies; Gilat, Beretta Deals Among Those That Could Be Affected

The European Antitrust Agenda: EU Steel Curbs Complicate MMG Review; EC Seeks to Calm Merger Guideline Fears

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: States AGs Discuss Signing Onto Suit; But GOP Officials Unlikely to Join Challenge, Source Says

Antitrust Agenda: DOJ’s Egg Price-Fixing Settlement Shifts Enforcement Burden to Private Plaintiffs; Kroger/Giant Eagle Combination Would Create Regional Market Powerhouse; Colorado AG Weiser’s Primary Win May Provide Boost to State’s Algorithmic, Surveillance Pricing Laws

The Asia Antitrust Agenda: Region Bracing for ‘Summer of Actions’ as U.S., China Vie for Upper Hand on Trade; Apple Alleges Complaint Copying in India App Probe; Korea Investigates Alleged Abuse in K-pop Market; UK Blocks Shenzhen HYT from Buying TTG Global Solutions on National Security Grounds

Blackstone/TXNM: New Mexico Utility Regulator Finds Blackstone Purchase of TXNM Stock Illegal as Focus Turns Again to Merger Review

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: KIDS Act Passes House But Faces Tougher Reception in Senate; Smaller Satellite Services Vie for Market Share; New Rules on De Minimus Strengthen Enforcement; Class Action Against DRAM Makers Could Indicate Next Wave of Memory Litigation

Somnigroup/Leggett & Platt: FTC Cleared Deal Without Contacting Major Industry Participants

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