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UK Antitrust Agency Vet Rejoins As Merger Chief

Law 360 M&A

s Competition and Markets Authority announced Tuesday that a former senior mergers official will be rejoining the agency to lead that division after nearly two years with strategic regulatory advisory firm Fingleton.

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UK Antitrust Scrutiny of Roll-up Acquisitions

John Jenkins

As we’ve acknowledged here, the FTC isn’t the only agency with an ambitious antitrust agenda – the UK and the EU seem to be on the same page. This blog post from Cleary’s Antitrust Watch highlights that the UK Competition and Markets Authority has identified roll-up acquisitions by PE funds as an enforcement priority.

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UK Watchdog Says Merger Review Action Not Overreach

Law 360 M&A

The chief executive officer of Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said Monday that a recent uptick in merger review activity by the agency is a result of Brexit and changing approaches to digital markets, not enforcers overstepping their authority.

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Broadcom Acquisition of VMware Increasingly Unlikely to Close

Mogin Rubin M&A

Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash Following its Phase 1 investigation, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) determined Broadcom Inc.’s could substantially lessen competition in several server hardware markets and, therefore, warranted an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. s acquisition of VMware, Inc.,

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Microsoft/Activision Deal Questioned By UK's CMA Over Potential Price Increase For Xbox Game Pass

Benzinga

Competition and Market Authority (CMA). A 400-page final report from the regulatory agency stated its main concern is that an increased library of video game content could lead to Microsoft making things more expensive for consumers.

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Davis Polk Discusses Robust Antitrust Agenda of DOJ and FTC

Reynolds Holding

and international antitrust enforcement agencies set forth their enforcement priorities. antitrust agencies emphasized that the agencies are primed to litigate more cases, challenge more mergers, and use all enforcement tools at their disposal. At a recent Enforcers Summit, leaders of various U.S. The new heads of the U.S.

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Morrison & Foerster Discusses Antitrust Actions for Third Quarter 2023

Reynolds Holding

In late September 2023, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Jonathan Kanter, reaffirmed the Division’s commitment to bringing criminal cases focused on labor markets. government’s broad commitment to policing labor market violations. government’s broad commitment to policing labor market violations.