Sanofi scraps Maze deal after FTC throws up antitrust obstacles

 

Fierce Biotech, here. 

The GAFAM Empire: AN EXPLORATION OF ACQUISITIONS

 The Glassroom, here. 

Mergers Involving Nascent Competition

 D. Melamed, here.

The unintended consequences of Vestager’s tougher take on ‘killer acquisitions’

 Politico, here. 

Big tech companies snap up smaller rivals at record pace

FT, here.  

Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010–2019: An FTC Study

 FTC, here. 

Open FTC: Findings from the Commission’s inquiry into large technology platforms’ unreported acquisitions

 Live, soon, here. 

PLATFORM MERGERS AND ANTITRUST

 G. Parker et al., here. 

Not a Monopoly

Canadian smart glasses going 'offline' weeks after company bought by Google

CTV News, here. 

A Financial Capitalism Perspective on Startup Acquisitions: Introducing the Economic Goodwill Threshold Test

A. McLean, here. 

THE JURY IS OUT: AN ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED REFORMS TO AUSTRALIA’S MERGER CONTROL REGIME FOR ADDRESSING COMPETITIVE HARM IN THE (DIGITAL) ECONOMY

CliffordChance, here. 

Valuation of start ups and nascent companies

W. Holterman, Emergency Remote Presentation here

Start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control

DoJ+FTC, here. 

Killer acquisitions

C. Cunningham, Video here. 

Amelia Fletcher on challenges raised by nascent and killer acquisitions

Video here. 

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here. 

Google Engineers Flirted With a Zoom Acquisition—Before a Push to Beat It

The Information, here. 

WHERE DO VERTICALLY INTEGRATED DIGITAL PLATFORMS END?

ABA Antitrust Virtual Meeting, Video here.

(Covid-19, data protection and competition at 45:15 - you're welcome).

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here.