Podcast: Antitrust Updates – Changes Affecting Merger Review and Enforcement in 2024 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care
Africa is undergoing significant changes in antitrust regimes throughout the continent. The regulatory landscape is shifting rapidly with countries either significantly amending their competition laws or proposing new laws...more
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
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a public inquiry seeking information concerning serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies....more
From increasing regulatory scrutiny to the best way to handle modern attachments, experts share their insights, best practices, and projections to help organizations and law firms prepare for upcoming Second Requests....more
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
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced revised statutory thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “Hart-Scott-Rodino Act” or “HSR”). These thresholds, which...more
In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed rule that would dramatically change, and increase the burden of, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (the “HSR Act”) pre-merger antitrust filings. Many observers expect...more
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
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
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
On February 5, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds in the Federal Register. The HSR Act governs certain deals that must be reported to the FTC...more
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
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR”) requires that transactions over a certain value be reported at least 30 days prior to closing to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ,”...more
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
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now announced the adjusted Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) thresholds, filing fees and thresholds, and civil monetary penalties for the new year. The HSR Act requires parties to certain mergers,...more
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
In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in conjunction with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the premerger notification form and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) recently issued the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (the Report). Covering the...more
The public comment period for the 2023 draft updates to the Merger Guidelines (“Draft Guidelines”) issued by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice has closed, and it is possible to review the 1,600...more
Merger control in the United States is on the cusp of significant change as the Federal Trade Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, prepares to finalize a proposed rule—first announced in June—that will...more
In my earlier post in the Antitrust Advocate Blog, I noted recent setbacks that the Federal Trade Commission has experienced with respect to its regulatory authority. I then asked whether the FTC would suffer another...more
Dechert’s antitrust group submitted comments today to U.S. antitrust agencies on their proposed top-to-bottom overhaul of premerger antitrust filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Federal Trade Commission...more
Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act) is a federal law that requires companies planning to merge or acquire certain assets or voting securities to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of...more
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), with the concurrence of the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”, and together with the “FTC”, the “Agencies”) proposed sweeping changes to the rules for...more