A Look at How Future Disclosures Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Could Be Affected -
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Jan. 14, 2025, brought an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...more
With President Joe Biden's departure, aggressive antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hand over the reins to incoming Trump...more
1/13/2025
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Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deregulation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prevailed in the first round of its much-criticized challenge to Tapestry Inc.'s acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited. Tapestry owns the Coach brand, and Capri owns the Michael Kors and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously on Oct. 10, 2024, to substantially amend the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) premerger notification rules, HSR form and instructions, expanding the scope of information and...more
10/16/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Effective Date ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Required Documentation ,
Threshold Requirements
District Court Ruling Shows that the "Failing Firm" Defense Isn't a Total Failure -
In FTC v. Community Health Systems Inc. & Novant Health Inc., No. 5:24-cv-0028 (W.D.N.C.), Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the U.S. District...more
After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger...more
12/21/2023
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Anticompetitive Agreements ,
Antitrust Division ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Joint Statements ,
Joint Venture ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Ownership Interest ,
Partnerships ,
Risk Assessment ,
Vertical Mergers
In a growing trend, states are enacting laws modeled after the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, which requires parties to proposed transactions that satisfy certain reporting thresholds to first provide information to the...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 19, 2023, jointly announced the release of proposed Merger Guidelines that would expand significantly the number and types of transactions...more
7/25/2023
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Comment Period ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 7 ,
The Clayton Act
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on June 27, 2023, announced its intention to increase the cost and burden of its regulatory processes, which might prevent many even benign and procompetitive mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...more
During the course of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have demonstrated an invigorated and sustained policy interest in increasing competition across various...more
2/7/2023
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Mergers ,
Policy Statement ,
Trade Associations
The Biden Administration's aggressive antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity companies. They have signaled through enforcement activities, formal policy statements and informal interviews and speeches...more
1/19/2023
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Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestiture ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Public Policy ,
The Clayton Act ,
Veterinarians
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held the final installment of their "listening tour" on May 12, 2022, focused on the firsthand effects of mergers and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) held another installment of their "listening tour" on April 27, 2022,1 with a focus during this session on the media and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) continued their online listening tour on April 14, 2022, with a discussion regarding the effects of mergers and acquisitions on the healthcare industry...more
4/20/2022
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Mergers ,
Vertical Integration
Federal antitrust enforcement in the agricultural industry had been little more than a whisper for decades. The Obama Administration announced it was making agricultural antitrust enforcement a priority and then held...more