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
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Antitrust Division ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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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
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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
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
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Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mergers ,
New York ,
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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
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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
On February 18, 2021, the Fourth Circuit upheld a District Court’s first-of-its-kind divestiture order against Jeld-Wen Inc., which was seeking to overturn the lower court’s 2018 order requiring Jeld-Wen to spin off a factory...more
On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division released a revised Merger Remedies Manual. This revised manual is the culmination of a review by the Antitrust Division of its entire approach to...more
9/24/2020
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Buyers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Merger Remedies ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
Private Equity ,
Vertical Mergers
On June 24, John Elias, a former Acting Chief of Staff to the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, testified in front of the U.S. House of Representative’s Judiciary Committee that last year...more