On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the“FTC”) announced revised thresholds for pre-merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The revised thresholds and...more
On April 8, 2022, the United States District Court, District of Delaware, granted defendant-insurers’ motion for a change of venue, transferring the directors and officers (D&O) insurance dispute originally filed in Delaware...more
In July 2021, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its annual report to Congress. The report covers transactions filed with CFIUS for the calendar year 2020 and describes the CFIUS process...more
Although the volume of merger objection litigation has gone down somewhat over the last few years, most large public-company M&A deals are challenged in court. These lawsuits usually include a number of claims against the...more
n late January 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an Interim Final Rule (Interim Rule) that would empower the Department to prohibit, mitigate and unwind certain categories of transactions with certain foreign...more
2/19/2021
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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations (the Regulations) expanding the scope of foreign investments subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
2/18/2020
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