Ilana Kowarski

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By Ilana Kowarski ( June 17, 2025, 17:13 GMT | Insight) -- Aviation company Safran has reached a divestiture settlement with the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division regarding its planned $1.8 billion acquisition of the Collins Aerospace division of its rival RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon.Aviation company Safran has reached a divestiture settlement with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division regarding its planned $1.8 billion acquisition of the Collins...

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Ilana Kowarski

By Ilana Kowarski ( June 11, 2025, 20:51 GMT | Insight) -- If power generator Constellation Energy is allowed to buy rival Calpine Corporation, electricity rates are likely to surge, Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General asserted in a memo to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.If power generator Constellation Energy is allowed to buy rival Calpine Corporation, electricity rates are likely to surge, Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General asserted in a memo to the US Federal...

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Ilana Kowarski

By Ilana Kowarski ( June 5, 2025, 21:43 GMT | Insight) -- Merging parties that come to the US Federal Trade Commission with “robust divestiture proposals” will be met halfway by officials who “look forward to engaging and identifying solutions when possible,” FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said today.Merging parties that come to the US Federal Trade Commission with “robust divestiture proposals” will be met halfway by officials who “look forward to engaging and identifying solutions when...

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By Flavia Fortes, Curtis Eichelberger and Ilana Kowarski ( June 4, 2025, 21:58 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice is promising to dismantle most Biden-era merger policies, signaling a strategic recalibration in its approach to merger review. The DOJ's Antitrust Division will move away from practices such as warning letters, policy “leveraging,” overly broad second requests and “shadow decrees” — tools critics argued created uncertainty and chilled legitimate transactions.

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Ilana Kowarski

By Ilana Kowarski ( June 3, 2025, 00:55 GMT | Comment) -- Keysight Technologies, a network testing hardware and software provider, and acquisition target Spirent Communications reached a divestiture settlement with the US Department of Justice regarding their $1.5 billion horizontal deal – an agreement the government announced today.Keysight Technologies, a network testing hardware and software provider, and acquisition target Spirent Communications reached a divestiture settlement with the...