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Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced for 2024

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $119.5 million. On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional...more

The DOJ and FTC Draft Merger Guidelines: Key Takeaways

The draft guidelines for applying US antitrust laws to merger investigations depart from prior guidance and seek to roll back decades of legal precedent on merger enforcement. Competitive effects analyses are out;...more

FTC and DOJ Propose More Demanding and Lengthy HSR Filing Process

The agencies’ proposed rulemaking would add significant complexity, substance, and time to US antitrust premerger notifications. On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in collaboration with the US Department...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced for 2023

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $111.4 million. On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional thresholds...more

US Legislation Implements New Filing Fees, Adds Foreign Subsidy Disclosure Requirements to HSR Rules

Congress passes the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, changing Hart-ScottRodino Act filing fees and adding disclosure requirements for certain foreign subsidies. On December 23, 2022, as part of a broader...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced for 2022

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $101 million. On January 21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional thresholds...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced for 2021

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, lowering the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to US$92 million. On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $94 million. On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional thresholds...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to US$90 million. On February 15, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional thresholds for...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, inter alia, to raise the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $84.4 million. On January 26, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, inter alia, to raise the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $80.8 million. On January 19, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced new jurisdictional...more

DOJ Suit Against ValueAct Shines Spotlight on HSR Requirements for Shareholder Activists

Suit signals potential consequences for activist investors who rely on the HSR “solely for purposes of investment” exemption. On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued certain ValueAct Capital entities...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, including raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $78.2 million. On January 21, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission announced new jurisdictional...more

FTC Limits Investment Rental Property Exemption

FTC’s reversal will result in more Hart-Scott-Rodino filings for companies in the pipeline, cell tower and billboard industries. The Federal Trade Commission’s Premerger Notification Office (PNO) has significantly...more

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced

FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, inter alia, to raise the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $76.3 million. On January 15, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced new jurisdictional...more

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