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In 2010, Congress capped fees for debit card networks so merchants don't get gouged by Visa and Mastercard. But the Fed stuck in a loophole for Discover. And that is leading Capital One to buy it.

The Situation: On January 29, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") requested comment on a proposed rule updating its bank merger rules and incorporating a policy statement...

On January 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a joint statement reinforcing document preservation...

In fiscal year 2022, merger transactions and second requests decreased from the prior year.

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When private suits alleging collusion hit, I search the complaint for “confidential witness.” It used to be that private suits followed criminal resolutions. Today, however, the...

On Jan. 25, 2024, the FTC sued to block Novant Health, Inc.'s $320 million acquisition of two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems, Inc. The FTC argued that this acquisition could lead

If approved, Capital One's acquisition of Discover would be the fifth-largest deal ever between U.S. banks in mergers and acquisitions history.

The European Commission's ("Commission") substantially revised Market Definition Notice ("Revised Notice") will make it significantly easier for it to allege that mergers...

After an extension signed into law in mid-January 2024, the U.S. government’s funding bills are now set to expire on March 1 or March 8, 2024. It is therefore possible once again that...