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A Rogers store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. A Canadian competition lawyer said the government is likely to allow Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close soon, without new conditions. — A Rogers store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. A Canadian competition lawyer said the government is likely to allow Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close soon, without new conditions.
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By Sandra Mergulhao

December 30, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTC

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A Canadian competition lawyer said the government is likely to allow Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. to close soon, without new conditions, after a court rejected an antitrust suit against the deal.

“I expect the approval to come very quickly. And no, I don’t expect any further conditions,” Michael Osborne, chair of the Canadian competition practice at law firm Cozen O’Connor, said on BNN Bloomberg Television.