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

Financials Antitrust Weekly: Huntington Bank Investigated on Possible Redlining; Congress Focuses on Mandatory Arbitration and Service Member Rights, Consumer Legislation Advances; OCC Discloses Enforcement Actions

Huntington Bank subject of OCC redlining probe. Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) is under investigation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for possible fair housing “redlining”...

WillScot/McGrath: Buyer Has Pursued Aggressive Roll-Up Strategy, Eliminating Competition and Raising Prices

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings (WSC) has pursued an aggressive seven-year roll-up strategy in the office trailer and portable storage business, largely avoiding antitrust scrutiny while completing an...

Tapestry/Capri: Labor Concern Part of Suit FTC Considering Against Handbag Deal

In leaning toward suing to block Tapestry’s (TPR) proposed buyout of Capri (CPRI), the agency sees the $8.5 deal as unacceptably shrinking the number of companies that employ workers for the...