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Killer acquisitions, ‘potential competition’ cases in US states’ sights, Wisconsin official says

By Michael Acton
  • 31 Mar 2023 19:00
  • 31 Mar 2023 19:51
US state enforcers are concerned about killer acquisitions, including in the pharmaceutical industry, Gwendolyn Cooley, Wisconsin’s assistant attorney general for antitrust and chair of the states’ antitrust task force, said.
Following the Federal Trade Commission’s unsuccessful bid to block Meta Platforms’ acquisition of VR app developer Within, Cooley also said

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Michael Acton

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Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

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