While they have long taken a back seat to federal merger reviews, US states are becoming increasingly involved in merger reviews, including potentially requiring premerger notifications on a broad scale. On July 24, 2024, the...more
8/9/2024
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed, for comment, significant changes to the information and documents to be submitted with premerger filings—even in transactions that do not raise significant antitrust issues....more
APRIL – JUNE 2021: HIGHLIGHTS -
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- The premerger notification landscape continues to shift as filings reach another record high, and the US Congress contemplates increases to filing fees and New York...more
8/6/2021
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UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced higher reporting thresholds for pre-merger notifications filed on or after February 24, 2014....more