In February, the Department of War (DoW) announced a significant procedural change affecting mergers and acquisitions in the defense sector. Under new guidance implementing Section 857 of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense...more
3/12/2026
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Corporate Financing ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Guidance ,
Notification Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Subcontractors
A growing wave of state-level merger notification requirements is reshaping the antitrust landscape for dealmakers. On February 10, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 25, the California Uniform Antitrust Premerger...more
2/24/2026
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Antitrust Provisions ,
California ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
New Legislation ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Threshold Requirements
On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)....more
1/16/2026
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
State attorneys general (AGs) have a legal right to challenge anticompetitive mergers, both under the federal Clayton Act and their own state antitrust laws. And in recent years, state AGs have played increasingly larger...more
Legislatures in several states have recently introduced bills that would require certain parties who submit Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filings to the federal government to provide that same information to the state. On...more
4/16/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Premerger Notifications ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Legislatures ,
Threshold Requirements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) thresholds will be increased. The FTC also announced that it has revised the thresholds that trigger...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 15, 2015, that the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) thresholds will be increased. The FTC also announced that it has revised the thresholds...more