Harman/ZF: SAMR Likely to Launch Phase 3 Probe, Extending Its Examination of Auto-related Deal

European Antitrust Agenda: Ministers Wade Further into UK Merger Control; France, Germany Push to Cut Innovation Bill

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 government intervention signals...

Astrum Space/Black Spade: Billion-Dollar Satellite Deal Doesn’t Mention Critical Shareholder’s Chinese Communist Party Past; CFIUS Questions Loom

Astrum Space is asking U.S. investors to back a $1 billion deal in which it would merge with special acquisition company Black Spade Acquisition III, but it hasn’t acknowledged that its controlling...

Antitrust Agenda: Representative-Elect Rebecca Cooke on Her Antitrust Priorities; How the Lame-Duck Period Will Affect Next Congress; The New Economic Populists in Washington; AG Races That Mattered for Antitrust Policy; Proposals That Limited Political Spending and Data Centers Won

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: Investigations of corporate...