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Illumina’s challenge to Grail merger veto won’t be fast-tracked, EU court decides

Illumina’s legal challenge against the European Commission’s 2022 prohibition of its Grail acquisition won’t face an accelerated review in the courts, MLex has learned.
Judges at the EU’s lower-tier General Court have rejected a request for “expedited” treatment that was made by the commission, defending the merger veto, rather than

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Natalie McNelis

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Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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