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
2/6/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart‐Scott‐Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more
1/25/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
Transactions involving private equity should expect to face antitrust concerns from the DOJ that go beyond the question of how many competitors will remain afterwards, even if the transactions do not trigger an HSR filing....more
A recent post on Foley Hoag’s State AG blog about New York’s proposed pre-merger notification legislation details the potential new notification requirement, but we wanted to dive a little deeper into the impact the proposed...more
3/1/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mergers ,
New York ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy
On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart‐Scott‐Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more
1/28/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) do not agree on much, but they agree on one thing. The government filing fees on mergers, which have not been updated since 2001, need to be updated and large transactions...more
On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart‐Scott‐Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more
Updated from the November 9, 2020 Alert -
UPDATE: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking (ANPRM) were published on December 1, 2020. Comments on the NPRM and the ANPRM must be...more
Starting this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host three public Question and Answer sessions as part of its ongoing HSR Rulemaking initiative. The Q&A sessions will address the sweeping changes to the...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice have changed two of their review processes. Earlier this week, the FTC and DOJ issued a joint...more
On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual increase of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more