SAMR Designing Merger Guidelines With Geopolitics, Export Controls In Mind, Agency Official Says

Antitrust Agenda: DOJ Indicts Oak View Group CEO for Arena Bid Rigging; Low Efficacy of Post-Merger Divestitures Indicates Need for Stronger Enforcement, New Paper Concludes; Manufacturers Neglect of Repair Manuals and Materials Could Run Afoul of Right-to-Repair Laws

Live entertainment executive indicted on criminal bid-rigging charges. The Justice Department last Wednesday indicted Timothy Leiweke, the CEO of the live entertainment company Oak View Group (OVG),...

The Trade Desk: Adtech Company Reports Low Opt-Out Numbers Despite Developing Unique Identifier Tied to 245 Million Individuals

Last year only nine Californians asked The Trade Desk (TTD) to delete personal data processed by the company, despite the adtech giant developing and utilizing a persistent identifier created from...

Merger Monthly: After Novel Omnicom/Interpublic, HPE/Juniper Remedies, is Everything Settleable?; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Getty/Shutterstock, Mars/Kellanova, and UnitedHealth/Amedisys

In the months after Inauguration Day, the Trump administration’s merger policy appeared to be slowly but surely rounding into form: To wit, meaningful continuity from the Biden administration...