News & Analysis as of

Mergers Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Premerger Notifications

HaystackID

August 2024 HSR Transaction Update

HaystackID on

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape remains a key area of focus for business and legal professionals, reflecting the broader economic climate and regulatory trends. For eDiscovery specialists, understanding the ebb...more

HaystackID

July 2024 HSR Transaction Update

HaystackID on

The landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continues to evolve, influenced by economic shifts and regulatory frameworks. For eDiscovery professionals, staying abreast of these changes is essential for providing timely...more

Akerman LLP

What You Should Know: Q&A Covering the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act Of 1976, 15 U.S.C. § 18a

Akerman LLP on

What is the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act? The HSR Act revamped the Federal government’s review of mergers and acquisitions to require premerger notification of transactions of a certain size and character and implemented a...more

HaystackID

May 2024 HSR Transaction Update

HaystackID on

The landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continues to evolve, influenced by economic shifts and regulatory frameworks. For eDiscovery professionals, staying abreast of these changes is essential for providing timely...more

Epiq

Final HSR Filing Requirements Are Coming Soon: The Significant Data Implications

Epiq on

The wait for the final version of the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Filing Requirements is drawing to an end. At the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington last week, Andrew Forman, a deputy assistant attorney general...more

Hogan Lovells

New FTC plan for a possible government shutdown would shut down reportable mergers and acquisitions

Hogan Lovells on

In late January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an updated operating plan in the event Congress does not pass a funding bill and the government shuts down. In a dramatic departure from prior practice, the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

HSR and Potential Government Shutdown

After an extension signed into law in mid-January 2024, the U.S. government’s funding bills are now set to expire on March 1 or March 8, 2024. It is therefore possible once again that there will soon be a government shutdown,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC Calls on Congress to “Modernize” HSR Act and Extend Waiting Periods

Epstein Becker & Green on

Parties to transactions that are reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements (HSR) Act must observe a mandatory pre-close waiting period—30 days for most transactions—after reporting the transaction to the...more

HaystackID

The Pulse of M&A Activity: January 2024 HSR Transactions and Economic Analysis

HaystackID on

Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

Jenner & Block

U.S. Antitrust Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to the HSR Premerger Notification Program

Jenner & Block on

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in collaboration with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a proposal to overhaul the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification program. If adopted, the...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FTC Announces Annual Increases to HSR Thresholds, HSR Filing Fees, Interlocking Directorates Safe Harbor, and Maximum Civil...

Foley Hoag LLP on

The 2024 adjusted HSR threshold is $119.5 million and goes into effect on March 6, 2024. All transactions valued below that amount will be exempt from the HSR filing requirement. The 2024 adjusted Size of Party thresholds...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FTC Announces 2024 HSR Filing Thresholds and Fee Schedule

Seward & Kissel LLP on

On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it will (i) increase the dollar-based thresholds used to determine whether parties are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a...more

Bracewell LLP

FTC Announces 2024 Increase in HSR Notification Thresholds and Filing Fees

Bracewell LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced the annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) thresholds and HSR filing fees, which will become effective on March 6, 2024. The revised...more

McCarter & English, LLP

US Merger Filing Thresholds and Filing Fees 2024 Updates

Annually, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting acquisitions of voting securities, assets, or noncorporate interests (each a Transaction) under...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Axinn Antitrust Insight: FTC Announces Revised HSR Thresholds for 2024

Each January, the Federal Trade Commission announces the new thresholds for premerger notifications under the HSR Act, which are updated each year based on changes in the gross national product. This year's updated thresholds...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New HSR Act Size-of-Transaction Increasing to $119.5 Million; Filing Fee Increases Going Into Effect Soon

On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). The FTC revises the HSR Act thresholds...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Updates 2024 Thresholds for HSR and Interlocking Directorates

The Federal Trade Commission announced that as of February 23, 2024, the reporting thresholds determining whether companies must notify federal antitrust authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC announces revised HSR notification thresholds and HSR filing fees for 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday, January 22, 2024 that the jurisdictional thresholds for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) will increase in 2024, including an...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2024 Annual Updates to the United States Pre-Merger Notification (HSR Act) and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the...more

A&O Shearman

FTC announces increase in HSR filing thresholds and increase to HSR premerger filing fees

A&O Shearman on

The FTC revises the jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds annually based on the change in gross national product. The FTC also revises filing fees annually based on changes to the consumer price index under Division GG of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reporting Thresholds and Filing Fees; Other HSR Developments

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

In January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made three important announcements for M&A practitioners....more

McGuireWoods LLP

FTC Announces 2024 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Filing Thresholds

McGuireWoods LLP on

On Jan. 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new premerger filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) and new filing fee thresholds under the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022. The...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees Increased for 2024

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing unless...more

Hogan Lovells

New HSR and interlocking directorate thresholds announced for 2024

Hogan Lovells on

On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Announces 2024 HSR Thresholds

Jenner & Block on

The annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reporting thresholds have arrived. The new thresholds for notification will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is...more

277 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 12

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide