Live Nation: New DOJ Antitrust Head Assefi Tells Company Representatives Case Is Strong, He Favors Trial, Even as Settlement Talks Continue

Meta Faces Scam-Ad Complaint Under EU Digital Rules

Swedish media companies are accusing Meta (META) of violating the EU’s digital content-moderation and advertising-transparency rules by allegedly allowing rampant scam advertisements on Facebook,...

Antitrust Agenda: Warner Reopens Merger Talks with Paramount; Cattle Ranchers Decry Trump EO Raising Argentina’s Beef Imports; Ohio AG Alleges Cannabis Cartel in Antitrust Suit; Maryland Moves Toward Algorithmic Pricing Ban

Warner Brothers re-opens merger negotiations with Paramount; experts and enforcers weigh in. Warner Brothers-Discovery (WBD) reentered deal talks with Paramount-Skydance (PSKY) this morning, asking...

EU Advances Visa, Mastercard Probes with New Questions, File Requests, Sources Say

The European Commission has in recent weeks asked parties involved in its investigations of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) to prepare non-confidential versions of documents detailing complaints about...