On March 7, 2025, the FTC filed a complaint in federal court seeking to block GTCR BC Holdings, LLC, a Chicago private equity firm, from acquiring Surmodics, Inc. The FTC alleges that Surmodics is the leading provider of a...more
3/13/2025
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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved changes to the premerger filings required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The new rules go into effect on February 10, 2025, after which any...more
1/23/2025
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On January 10, 2025, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved new premerger notification thresholds and revised filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). These new thresholds will apply to all...more
1/15/2025
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Threshold Requirements
On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a draft update of the Merger Guidelines and invited public comments. If adopted, the Proposed Guidelines would represent a substantial...more
On May 15, 2023, 22 state attorneys general sent a letter to several insurance companies warning that the companies’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies may violate the antitrust laws. Just six weeks earlier,...more