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Comment: 7-Eleven paints picture of dysfunction in US FTC's evaluation of Speedway deal

By Jenna Ebersole and Khushita Vasant
  • 17 May 2021 17:55
  • 17 May 2021 17:55
7-Eleven depicted a breakdown of ordinary process at the US Federal Trade Commission in the lead-up to closing its acquisition of Speedway from Marathon Petroleum, and the outcome raises questions about how FTC leaders and companies will resolve future deals.
It also shows that timing agreements between FTC staff and

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Khushita Vasant

Chief Antitrust Correspondent, US


Khushita covers US antitrust enforcement and litigation for MLex. A former Brussels hand, she wrote about about antitrust & mergers for the Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), she has covered the EU's actions against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to name a few. Khushita specialises in tech and patent policy coverage which featured in the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. Previously as a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, she wrote about monetary policy and the bond and currency markets. Khushita studied journalism at Mumbai University, and received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a masters from universities in Germany and Austria.

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