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31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 17 - Podcasting for Compliance

Welcome to 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program. Over this 31-day series in January 2026, Tom Fox will post a key component of a best-practice compliance program each day. By the end of January, you will have enough...more

Mayer Brown

Finishing the Build: Private Damages Class Action to Extend Competition Enforcement in Housebuilding Sector

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The recent announcement of a proposed collective action for damages against housebuilders provides further evidence of a paradigm change in the competition law landscape in the United Kingdom ("UK"). This claim follows...more

Stinson LLP

FTC Publishes Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Thresholds for 2026

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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

A&O Shearman

A cautionary tale: UK CMA given green light to raid home of potentially dishonest director

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted a warrant to search the home of a managing director who denied using his personal phone for work purposes during a dawn raid at his company’s premises. ...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Federal Trade Commission Announces 2026 Hart-Scott-Rodino Threshold Increases

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The FTC just announced its annual changes to both certain thresholds which govern the need to make an HSR filing, the fees associated with required filings and the thresholds which dictate the legality of interlocking...more

Knobbe Martens

Airbus Americas Seeks U.S. Tariff Exemption on Aircraft Parts Amid Upcoming Trade Deal Review and Industry Growth

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In a recent letter to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as reported by Mexico Business News, Airbus Americas CEO Robin Hayes warned that U.S. tariffs on aircraft parts and components imported from Mexico and Canada...more

A&O Shearman

A more flexible approach? CMA issues revised merger remedies guidance

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At the end of what was a transformational year for UK merger control policy, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published revised guidance on its approach to merger remedies (Revised Guidance). The upshot: the CMA...more

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A cautionary tale UK CMA given green light to raid home of potentially dishonest director

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted a warrant to search the home of a managing director who denied using his personal phone for work purposes during a dawn raid at his company’s premises....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

When “Too Good To Be True” Really Is Too Good To Be True: FTC Settles With NextMed Regarding Deceptive Advertising Practices.

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has reached a settlement with NextMed (also known as Southern Health Solutions, Inc.), resolving allegations that the telehealth company misled consumers through deceptive advertising,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

President Trump Announces Section 232 Tariffs on Semiconductors and their Derivative Products

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On January 14, 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation entitled “Adjusting Imports of Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Their Derivative Products into the United States.” The proclamation imposes...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

From Chips to Minerals: New Section 232 Tariff Actions Target Semiconductors and Critical Minerals

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On January 14, President Trump issued two proclamations under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) addressing national security risks associated with imports of processed critical minerals and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. and Taiwan Announce Trade Agreement with new Tariff Rates

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On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the United States and Taiwan reached a trade agreement. As part of the deal, Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies will invest at least $250...more

Hogan Lovells

New HSR and interlocking directorate thresholds announced for 2026

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On January, 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more

A&O Shearman

Washington Court Dismisses Antitrust Claims Against Cloud Computing Company

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Prior to 2022, plaintiff was a provider of network optimization services. Leveraging its network of internet exchange points, plaintiff could allegedly offer customers, website operators, services to support high-volume...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ’s Year‑End Customs Fraud Enforcement Signals What’s Ahead in 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) closed out 2025 with a clear message to importers: the Trade Task Force is working hard and trade fraud enforcement will be accelerating into 2026. On one day, December 18, DOJ announced...more

DLA Piper

FTC announces 2026 HSR thresholds

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced its annual revision to the jurisdictional thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act)....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Announces Updated HSR Filing Thresholds for 2026

On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published new, higher notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The HSR Act requires the FTC to adjust...more

BakerHostetler

2026 HSR Filing Thresholds and Filing Fees Announced; 2026 Interlocking Directorate Thresholds Announced

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On Jan. 14, the FTC announced the 2026 filing thresholds under the HSR Act, as well as the 2026 filing fees. ...more

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FTC SPARTA Letters Kick Off a New Quarter of Enforcement - What Student-Athletes and Agents Need To Know

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For sports fans, January is usually a pretty fun month. To borrow from a great (non-sports-related) movie, it’s Everything Everywhere All at Once. You’ve got the NFL Playoffs, the College Football Playoff, and regular-season...more

Jones Day

Increases to U.S. Merger Notification Thresholds Announced (UPDATED)

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The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced on January 14, 2026, that the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act filing thresholds will once again increase. These thresholds determine which mergers and acquisitions must be reported...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2025 Energy & Chemicals Antitrust Report

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The President influences antitrust enforcement in a variety of ways, including by appointing the leaders of Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FTC Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds for 2026

On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised notification thresholds pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Announces 2026 HSR Thresholds

On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act jurisdictional thresholds for 2026. The FTC is required by law to revise the HSR Act monetary jurisdictional thresholds...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trump Signals Credit Card Interest Rate Cap and Backs Credit Card Competition Act of 2026

President Donald Trump has announced a proposed cap on credit card interest rates and voiced support for legislation addressing credit card transaction fees. The statements were made in two separate posts on a social media...more

BCLP

All A-Board? Not so Fast: Private Equity and Family Offices Should Take Note of New Thresholds for Clayton Act Prohibition on...

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced revised thresholds (“2026 Thresholds”) applicable to interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 19. The thresholds are adjusted annually...more

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