Tag: Germany
German Equity Firm Deal Hits US Antitrust Snag
Large corporations that want to keep acquiring specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals in the United States appear to be running out of headroom.
Concern that...
Germany To Strengthen Antitrust Laws After Gas Price Profits Soar
The German government is planning to expand the powers of its antitrust authorities. The move comes after recent measures to compensate for rising gasoline...
German Economy Minister Looks To Strengthen Antitrust Laws
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck plans to present concrete proposals to tighten the nation’s antitrust laws and give the Federal Cartel Office more powers,...
Facebook v. Bundeskartellamt – May European Competition Agencies Apply the GDPR?
The relationship between privacy and competition law is complex and contentious. May or should competition agencies consider business conduct’s negative impact on privacy when...
US & German Authorities Shut Down Hydra Market
US and German officials have seized what they described as the world’s largest and most prominent darknet market, which traffics in illicit goods and...
Germany To Take Over Gazprom’s Business In Wake Of Ukraine Invasion
The German government has announced it will temporarily take control of a key unit belonging to Russian state-owned natural gas giant Gazprom PJSC in...
Germany’s Bundeskartellamt Clears Qualcomm’s Takeover Of Swedish Veoneer
Germany's competition regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, has cleared plans by the US chip manufacturer Qualcomm Inc. to take over the software division of Swedish automotive...
German Cartel Office Clears Facebook-Kustomer Deal
Meta Platforms has won approval from the German competition authority to buy customer relationship management software supplier Kustomer, reported Bloomberg.
The Bundeskartellamt's announcement today averts a...
EU OKs $1.9B Berlin Airport Bailout
Germany secured European Commission approval to provide Berlin Brandenburg airport with a €1.7 billion (US$1.9 billion) bailout as it struggles to survive after opening...
Germany Fails To Approve $5B Chip Deal With Taiwan
A proposed takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic by Taiwan's GlobalWafers has fallen through after the German government failed to give its approval by...
