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Merger Control
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Truth on the Market
False Positives, Real Casualties: The High Price of Populist Antitrust
Spirit Airlines was supposed to be the “maverick” antitrust saved from JetBlue. Instead, the deal died, Spirit followed it into bankruptcy, and the maverick exited the market altogether. That is…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
EC Announces Wide-Ranging Reform of Merger Guidelines
By Romi Lepetska, Nicholas Levy, Isabel Rooms, Kristi Georgieva, Maud Lesaffre, Iseult O'Callaghan
Principal Changes and Implications The European Commission today published a draft of its long-awaited revision of the Merger Guidelines, combining the 2004 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2008 Non-Horizontal Merger…
ComplexDiscovery
HSR Filings Hit 203 in March 2026 as Court Overturns Expanded Form and GDP Slips to 0.5%
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: HSR filings reached 203 in March 2026 — the highest monthly total since December 2025 and a sharp departure from the 89-filing low recorded in March 2025, when…
Blog | White & Brief
DVT Compliance Checklist for Cross-Border Acquisitions
By Tejashree
The introduction of the Deal Value Threshold (DVT) under the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023 has fundamentally redrawn the jurisdictional map for merger control in India. By inserting Section 5(d) into…
Blog of Reason
FTC Reverts to Long-Standing HSR Reporting Requirements
By Benjamin H. Diessel, Gabriella E. Bensur, Jessica Puterman, Adam Silverman
UPDATE: On the heels of the Fifth Circuit’s order declining a stay, the FTC, along with the Department of Justice (DOJ), has launched a public inquiry regarding the effectiveness of…
Barnard Blog
Mergers Under the Microscope: Where Public Interest Meets Market Power
South Africa’s merger control regime occupies a unique position in comparative competition law by requiring that public interest considerations be assessed alongside traditional competition analysis as part of the statutory…
Beyond the First 100 Days
FTC Reverts to “Old” HSR Form After Fifth Circuit Denial of FTC Stay Motion
The ruling impacts those with HSR filings expected to be submitted on or after March 19, 2026. By Kyra K. Bromley, Patrick C. English, and Peter M. Todaro The Fifth…
GT Amsterdam Law Blog
The Netherlands Strengthens Foreign Investment Screening and Merger Control Framework
By Robert Hardy, Chazz Sutherland
Since the entry into force of the Dutch Competition Act in 1998, the Netherlands has maintained a national merger control regime that applies to concentrations meeting certain turnover thresholds.
Dispute Resolution Blog
Two States: Stamp Duty On Merger Orders Passed By Two Different Tribunals
By Shikha Tandon, Zaid Drabu, Abhinav Gupta
The Companies Act, 2013 (“CA 2013”), and the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016 (“2016 Rules”), allow companies to jointly or separately file an application for merger or amalgamation…
State AG Blog
State-Level Merger Control Grows: California Joins “Mini-HSR” Trend with Senate Bill 25
By Charlene Sun, Megan L. Wolf, Daniel Leff, Angel Prado
On February 10, 2026, California enacted Senate Bill 25 (“SB 25”), known as the California Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. The new law takes effect on January 1, 2027, making…