On January 24, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing thresholds. The new thresholds were published in the Federal Register on January 24 and will take effect 30...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in the span of about 48 hours in the first days of March, wrapped up two challenges to hospital deals – one dropped, the other settled (pending...more
Faced with a December 8, 2020, Memorandum and Order by Eastern District Judge Pappert (link) denying the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) request to enjoin the proposed Jefferson-Einstein merger, and the resulting right of...more
As it does annually around this time, on January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the annual adjustments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR”). ...more
As it does at around this time annually, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act, as required by the 2000 Amendment of Section 7A of the...more
On January 19, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission, as it is legally required to do, announced the new monetary thresholds for triggering a potential Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) filing and the amounts which will trigger a...more