The previously announced Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional filing thresholds and fees will go into effect on March 6, 2024. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) previously announced increases to HSR Act...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (the Report)1 , which includes Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing (HSR filing) statistics for the most recent year...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 22, 2024 that it will increase the Hart-ScottRodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional filing thresholds and fees, which will go into effect 30 days after the pending...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023—dramatically expanding the number and type of transactions that the agencies will consider...more
California enacted AB 853, which requires merging parties in retail grocery and pharmacy-related transactions (presumably with a nexus to California) that meet certain thresholds to notify the California attorney general and...more
Several US regulatory agencies have proposed or enacted new rules in 2023 aimed at making the investment process more transparent. Many of those changes, including amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by the US...more
California, Illinois, and Minnesota are the latest states to enact laws requiring merging parties in healthcare-related transactions to notify state agencies and observe waiting periods (anywhere from less than 30 days to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed sweeping new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules along with a new proposed HSR form that would completely change the HSR process. The proposed form—which the FTC prepared in...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 23 that it will increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional filing thresholds, which, along with the new HSR Act filing fee thresholds contemplated by...more
In what appears to have been in part a trade for tabling new antitrust legislation, at least for now, the Biden administration dramatically increased funding for the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the...more
Federal antitrust enforcers at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continue to take an aggressive stance in healthcare. Two recent developments underscore the trend....more
The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 24 that it will increase the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. Any transaction closing on or after February 23, 2022 will be subject to the...more
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently voted to withdraw its approval of the Vertical Merger Guidelines (the 2020 VMGs), which, as we covered in the past, the FTC and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued over a year ago...more
The DOJ and FTC have suspended early termination (i.e., early clearance) for filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on February 1 that it will lower the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. Any transaction closing on or after March 4, 2021 will be subject...more
On December 8, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) to preliminarily...more
US antitrust laws already on the books facilitate rapid investment without government delay: important practical tools and rules for dealmakers and their counsel in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the...more
Transactions closing on February 27 or later will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. ...more
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Transactions closing in mid-March will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds....more
Transactions closing toward the end of February will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds as announced by the US Federal Trade Commission. ...more
Transactions closing toward the end of February will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds.
On January 19, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will raise the...more
The past year was a challenging one for investors purchasing voting securities in public corporations with respect to compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act....more
The DOJ will now treat wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements criminally.
On October 20, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance (the Guidance) signaling that they will bring...more
Transactions that close toward the end of February will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds.
On January 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will raise the...more
Rules from the Federal Trade Commission include new requirements for reporting pharmaceutical patent transfers.
On November 6, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released finalized amendments to the premerger...more