The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 14, 2026 that it will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The increased thresholds will go into effect 30 days after...more
1/19/2026
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Jurisdictional Thresholds ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Threshold Requirements
The antitrust environment for private equity investors has entered a new phase marked by continued active enforcement, pragmatic settlements, and international expansion of merger-control regimes. For sponsors and portfolio...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed Senate Bill S.7882 into law, making New York the first state to prohibit the use of algorithmic pricing tools in residential rent setting. With the enactment of S.7882, New York...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed two new bills into law that formalize restrictions on medical and dental practice management platforms operated by private equity groups and hedge funds and increase the...more
10/28/2025
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Corporate Practice of Dentistry ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Dental Practice ,
Dentists ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hedge Funds ,
Merger Controls ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025 that it will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The increased thresholds will go into effect 30 days after...more
1/13/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Threshold Requirements
The 2024 US election cycle underscored the strong and varied views of the American electorate. However, there is at least one federal government agency where Republicans and Democrats have seen eye-to-eye more than many might...more
As we approach the end of 2024 and the 2024 US presidential and congressional elections, there are several key antitrust-related deadlines and potential changes to watch for at the US antitrust enforcement agencies and other...more
More than a year after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first proposed far-reaching changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) pre-merger notification rules, the FTC—via a unanimous and therefore bipartisan vote of its...more