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Australian Government Proposes Monetary and Market Share Thresholds for Mandatory Merger Clearance Regime

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The Australian Government (the Government) opened consultation on Australia’s proposed merger notification thresholds. The Consultation Paper proposes a notification regime that consists of four different thresholds—two based...more

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Agencies Seek Information on Serial Acquisitions

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a public inquiry seeking information concerning serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies....more

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Finally, An Update on Outbound Investment

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Almost a year after President Biden signed an Executive Order to establish a U.S. outbound investment regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on U.S. outbound...more

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State Healthcare Transaction Notification Laws - Oregon

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Key Takeaways - ..Requires parties to seek approval from the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) for certain healthcare mergers, acquisitions, affiliations and other transactions involving “health care entities”. ..Under...more

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Faster, Stronger, and Simpler? Australia’s New Merger Control Regime

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On 10 April 2024, Australia’s Federal Government announced far-reaching reforms to its merger control regime, most notably the introduction of a new single, mandatory and suspensory, merger control system. The reform package...more

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Government Announces Australia to Have a Mandatory and Suspensory Merger Control Regime

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In a move that has long been advocated for by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government has announced sweeping reforms to Australia's competition law merger control regime....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Announces 2024 HSR Thresholds

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The annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reporting thresholds have arrived. The new thresholds for notification will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is...more

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC)

Collective Redundancies In Europe

One of the difficult realities of running a business is that companies occasionally find themselves needing to make reductions to their staff headcount, be it because of workplace shutdowns due to economic difficulties,...more

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EU FSR – the notification regime begins; what does it mean for infrastructure investors?

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The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU markets. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new suspensory notification...more

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EU FSR – the notification regime begins; what does it mean for private equity investors?

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The EU is concerned about subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU, that could distort competition in EU markets. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mandatory Notification Obligations Under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation Kick In: Are You Ready?

Starting today, October 12, 2023, the mandatory notification requirements under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) apply. M&A deals involving businesses that (i) have been granted certain levels of financial support...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) Has Now Taken Effect

The new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has now finally taken effect. Under the FSR the European Commission (EC) will have new powers to intervene against distortions to competition in the EU internal market caused by...more

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Somewhat More Clarity on the Reach of the New Foreign Subsidies Regulation

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European Commission Provides Guidance in Question and Answer - As of 12 October 2023, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) will require businesses intending to undertake substantial mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New York Proposes Regulatory Review and Approval of Material Health Care Entity Transactions

On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Executive Budget (the Executive Budget). One component of the Executive Budget’s Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII...more

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New Competition Regimes and Increased Antitrust Enforcement across the Middle East & North Africa

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The tidal wave of antitrust activity throughout the Middle East & North Africa is expected to continue rising in 2023, as several jurisdictions across the region have started to amend their competition laws, introduce new...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Änderung der Inhaberkontrollverordnung

Am 28. Dezember 2022 ist die geänderte „Verordnung über die Anzeigen nach § 2c des Kreditwesengesetzes und § 17 des Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes“, die sogenannte Inhaberkontrollverordnung (InhKontrollV), in Kraft getreten....more

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UK Government Publishes First Annual Report on New UK National Security & Investment Regime

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The UK’s version of the United States’ Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States went into effect January 2022. Our International Trade & Regulatory Group and London competition team summarise key facts,...more

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An Emerging State Trend: Increasing Oversight of Physician Group Practice Transactions

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On October 1, 2021, Nevada became the latest of a small but growing number of states extending regulatory oversight of healthcare transactions involving physician practices. Over the past decade, several states have passed or...more

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Bureau of Competition Rescinds Treatment of Debt as Consideration under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

Key Takeaways - Prior informal interpretations from the Premerger Notification Office have permitted companies to exclude debt paid off at closing from the calculation of the statutory size of transaction test, under...more

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UK National Security & Investment Act: compulsory filing regime to take effect from 4 January 2022

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The UK Government on 20 July 2021 published further details on the UK’s new investment screening regime, the National Security & Investment Act - confirming that mandatory filings and pre-completion approvals will be required...more

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Global Merger Control Update | Winter 2021

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This Jones Day Global Merger Control Update highlights significant changes in merger control regimes in 2020. In this Update, we review: (i) changes in Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Ecuador, France, Germany,...more

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Significant Changes to Australia's Foreign Investment Framework Commenced on 1 January 2021

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The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Protecting the Crown Jewels: U.K. Introduces Expansive National Security & Investment Bill

1. Summary The United Kingdom (U.K.) government published the National Security and Investment Bill (“NSI Bill” or “Bill”) on November 11, 2020, the aim of which is to strengthen the government’s powers to scrutinize and...more

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How to Navigate the EU Merger Notification Process in the Big Data Era

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The creation, storage and importance of data snowballs daily. And this data has a direct impact on the merger control process and the timely completion of large-scale M&A transactions. As more data is created, it has a...more

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Better File Than Sorry – Second Set Of German FDI Screening Rules Imposes Strict Penalties, And Still More To Come

The second of three packages of proposed 2020 amendments to the German rules on control over foreign direct investments (FDI), effective on July 17, 2020, brings a scheme of severe civil and criminal penalties and lays the...more

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