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State AGs May Still Challenge Paramount-Warner Deal After DOJ Clearance
State attorneys general may still challenge Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery even after the U.S. Justice Department cleared the deal. The DOJ’s Antitrust Division closed its investigation on June 12, finding that the transaction is not likely to harm competition or consumers in streaming video, linear television, or theatrical film development, production, and distribution...
Litigation
Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Approval to $38 Billion Visa and Mastercard...
Visa and Mastercard received preliminary approval from a federal judge for a revised $38 billion antitrust settlement with merchants over excessive credit card processing fees. The deal covers more than 12 million merchants and nears the resolution of litigation that began in 2005 over alleged interchange fee price-fixing. According to Quartz, District Judge Brian M. Cogan advanced the agreement after a different judge rejected a previous $30 billion proposal in June 2024 for failing to lower fees sufficiently...
Policy
Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes Rescinding Key Regulation NMS Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments that would rescind two Regulation NMS rules governing U.S. equity markets. The proposal would eliminate Rule 611, which contains the trade-through prohibition for national market system stocks, and Rule 610(e), which restricts locking and crossing quotations...
Features
Corteva Agrees to $85 Million Settlement in Farmer Pesticide Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Corteva has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a major antitrust class action lawsuit brought by more than 100,000 U.S. farmers. According to Reuters, the deal requires judicial approval and covers farmers who purchased Corteva crop protection products containing specific active ingredients since October 2018. The litigation, originally filed in 2022 in a North Carolina federal court, followed separate regulatory claims brought by the Federal Trade Commission and several state attorneys general...




























