On January 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustment for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
3/15/2023
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Interlocking Directorate ,
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Premerger Notifications ,
Section 8 ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (H.R. 2617) into law, providing a federal statutory exemption from securities law broker registration for merger and acquisition (M&A)...more
The market for digital assets, such as cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), all of which are considered intangible personal property, continues to evolve and, as a result, digital assets are increasingly sold or...more
On December 1, 2021, we issued a client alert summarizing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a federal law passed to fight “shell company” money laundering, tax fraud, and other financial crimes. The CTA provides for rules...more
12/12/2022
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Tax Exempt Entities
On January 24, 2022 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustment for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as an amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, was passed by Congress this year as an effort to make it more difficult to commit “shell company” money laundering, tax...more
12/2/2021
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Beneficial Owner ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Failure to Report ,
FDIC ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) previously announced its annual adjustment for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR...more
The SEC has expanded the definition of accredited investor to modernize it and enable more investors to access private offerings. “Accredited investor” is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of...more
To date, all state divisions of securities regulators remain open for business. However, in most cases, in-person meetings are temporarily suspended...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its annual adjustment for notification thresholds for proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”).
HSR...more
The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has announced the annual adjustment for 2019 of notification thresholds for proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR...more
3/6/2019
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Antitrust Division ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Section 8 ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
Cryptocurrency is the newest investment vehicle used by companies to raise capital. At the federal level, the Securities and Exchange Commission has increased its scrutiny of cryptocurrencies over the past two years; but...more