A recent empirical analysis of hospitals’ physician practice acquisitions and employment is the latest to suggest provider consolidation has brought an increase in prices. The working paper analysis, ...

Hospital mergers don’t improve quality and often raise prices, according to a University of Pennsylvania study analyzing three decades of data.

Many physician practices may involve firms that compete closely enough to raise antitrust concerns, according to a 2025 analysis of claims data covering more than 60 million insured members a year.

A new report from a technology watchdog group is urging federal regulators to block a potential merger between Netflix and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I do mergers & acquisitions in retail/consumer and write about trends. Tariffs, inflation and consumer confidence make the deal ...

Learn how the Celler-Kefauver Act enhances U.S. antitrust laws by curbing mergers that may create monopolies or reduce competition, complementing the Clayton Act.

Union Pacific's proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would connect more than 50,000 miles of rail across 43 states, creating the nation’s first intercontinental railroad. Explore the entire ...

The Situation: For the past few years, bank regulators and the Department of Justice (the "DOJ") adopted a deeply skeptical approach to consideration of bank mergers and acquisitions ("M&A"), freezing ...

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) said Wednesday it approved the merger between non-life insurers FPG Insurance Co. Inc. and The Mercantile ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) issued 91 determinations in 2025, up 34% since 2023. The CCPC's Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Report 2025, provides details of the mergers ...