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Skydance CEO meets with US FCC chairman on Paramount transaction July 18, 2025 | Wesley Brown

Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison and other company representatives met with US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr and his staff this week to discuss Skydance's transaction with Param... (more story)

Hong Kong government to step in if ride-hailing prices go 'extreme' July 18, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Hong Kong authorities will intervene to regulate ride-hailing prices if fares move to extremes, the transport chief said today, signaling a more hands-on approach to industry competition as the city prepares t... (more story)

Slaughter's reinstatement to US FTC is 'intrusion' on president's authority, court told July 18, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

President Donald Trump and co-defendants at the Federal Trade Commission asked a US court to stay an order which found that the firing of Democratic commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful," arguing... (more story)

Saint Gobain Australian antitrust lawsuit likely to be heard in September 2026 July 18, 2025 | James Panichi

French construction multinational Saint Gobain appears set to defend the actions of its newly acquired building-products manufacturer CSR in September 2026, after telling an Australian court today that it had ... (more story)

Exxon-Pioneer, Chevron-Hess settlements fully vacated by US FTC July 18, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Biden-era settlements with ExxonMobil and Chevron Corp. were rendered null and void by the Federal Trade Commission’s three Republicans today via orders that castigated those merger antitrust consent decrees a... (more story)

Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter ‘unlawful,’ US court says July 18, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

President Donald Trump's firing of US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was "unlawful and without legal effect," a US federal judge said today while noting that the law on removal of FTC commi... (more story)

Google’s Texas adtech trial delayed until Virginia judge rules on DOJ remedies July 17, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Google won't face off next month against a coalition of Texas-led states accusing it of monopolizing digital adtech markets as a US federal judge today postponed a month-long trial until a judge in Virginia ru... (more story)

Kelkoo, Foundem disclosure demands are unrealistic, Google tells UK judge July 17, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Price-comparison websites Kelkoo and Foundem have unrealistic demands for disclosure of documents ahead of a trial of their UK antitrust lawsuits over search shopping practices, Google told a UK judge today. K... (more story)

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EU tire cartel probe moves forward, but US follow-on suit stalls July 18, 2025 | Chris May

Goodyear’s agreement to cooperate with an EU tire cartel probe will likely be welcome news for antitrust lawyers in the US who are attempting to revive class action litigation aimed at the same alleged price-f... (more story)

Shipping giant MSC hoping concessions can end Italian ferry antitrust probe quickly July 18, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company and ferry operator Moby made concessions this week in a bid to settle an Italian antitrust probe. While the hefty commitments they offered suggest a poss... (more story)

China's new AUCL overhaul redefines data, algorithm boundaries for AI firms July 16, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, introduced at a time when artificial intelligence is becoming central to technological progress and market competition, reconfigures the competitive order in ... (more story)

Housebuilders may have dodged a bullet with UK probe deal July 15, 2025 | Jon Menon

UK housebuilders will be relieved that the national probe into suspected anticompetitive conduct is likely to be resolved without the Competition and Markets Authority reaching a decision on whether they broke... (more story)

India's Digital Competition Bill get regulator's push but meets resistance July 15, 2025 | Freny Patel

India's top competition official has voiced strong support for the proposed Digital Competition Bill, advocating for proactive "self-reporting obligations" to enhance market health, despite the existing regula... (more story)

US DOJ antitrust whistleblower program could disrupt cartels, but questions loom July 14, 2025 | Khushita Vasant, Alex Wilts, Chris May and Clayton Vickers

The US Department of Justice’s new whistleblower rewards program opens up a new avenue for the agency's Antitrust Division to learn of potential cartels and supplement the agency's leniency program, but questi... (more story)

Cordeiro exits Brazil competition agency with legacy of controversy, acclaim July 11, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)

Michelin’s dawn raid fight reveals broad EU trawl of earnings calls July 11, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Companies should be on high alert over earnings calls and public announcements, after details emerged of the massive scale of data gathering undertaken by EU enforcers on the hunt for signs of collusion. A cou... (more story)