GTCR/Surmodics: Private Equity Firm’s Economist Disputes FTC’s Contention That Merged Company Would Dominate Hydrophilic Coatings Market

Nexstar/Tegna: With Massive DMA Overlap, Buyer Plans to Argue Changed Market Dynamics. Is it Enough to Convince Slater to Abandon Decades of DOJ Practice?

Nexstar’s (NXST) proposed $6.2 billion acquisition of rival broadcast television group Tegna (TGNA) is at first glance an audacious bet—the deal not only violates multiple FCC rules, but is also...

Financials Friday: Trump Debanking Crusade Could Buttress a Consumer Protection Law; Cboe Joins Rush to Offer Popular Crypto Bets; U.S. Banks Look to Shed Low-Yielding Loans and Investments; Banks Fair Lending Gets an Inadvertent Boost in Debanking Crusade

The Trump administration’s vow to end “debanking” could end up fortifying a federal law that requires banks to help vulnerable communities, said a leading consumer advocate. Banks may not...

Merger Monthly: The Antitrust Division is Open for Dealmaking, With Partial UnitedHealth/Amedisys Fix the Latest Example; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Mars/Kellanova, Omnicom/Interpublic and Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern

DOJ’s August 7 consent decree settling its long-running litigation challenge to UnitedHealth’s $3.3 billion purchase of home health rival Amedisys “secure the largest divestiture of outpatient...