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Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Global Antitrust Shifts: How New U.S. and Australian Policies Will Impact Merger Review and Government Enforcement

We’re excited to be visiting Sydney next week to catch up with competition law colleagues on our way to the ABA 2025 Asia-Pacific Conference. This is a time of unprecedented activity and change in antitrust law and policy...more

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FTC’s 2025 Adjustments to HSR Filing Thresholds, Merger Filing Fees, and Interlocking Directorates

On January 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustments for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

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FTC Issues Final HSR Rules Transforming the Merger Review Process

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On 10 October 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final changes to the rules implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). In announcing the final rule, the FTC stated that it is “responding to changes in...more

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Final HSR Filing Requirements Are Coming Soon: The Significant Data Implications

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The wait for the final version of the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Filing Requirements is drawing to an end. At the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington last week, Andrew Forman, a deputy assistant attorney general...more

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FTC and DOJ Issue Final Merger Guidelines That Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger...more

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2023 Update on Antitrust Enforcement in Labor and Employment

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The year 2023 will be remembered as a milestone for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC, and, together with the DOJ, the “Agencies”) in their efforts to expand antitrust enforcement to labor...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Next Era of U.S. Merger Reviews: How the Process Is Likely to Change – and What You Can Do to Prepare

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently took two significant steps to overhaul merger reviews. Proposed changes to the Merger Guidelines that would push the envelope in certain...more

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Government Shutdown’s Impact on Antitrust Merger Review

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With one day for Congress to enact appropriations funding federal government operations, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “Agencies”) each issued a contingency plan (the “Plans”)...more

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Revised Merger Guidelines Would Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 19, 2023, jointly announced the release of proposed Merger Guidelines that would expand significantly the number and types of transactions...more

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Proposed Changes to HSR Notification Form Would Intensify Scrutiny on Private Equity Funds: Some Thoughts on What to Expect and...

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As described in our Client Alert of July 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed on June 27, 2023, a massive overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) pre-merger notification...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC and DOJ propose substantial changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Form for first time in its history

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ, and together with the FTC, the Agencies) announced proposed changes to the premerger notification filing...more

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FTC and DOJ Propose More Demanding and Lengthy HSR Filing Process

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The agencies’ proposed rulemaking would add significant complexity, substance, and time to US antitrust premerger notifications. On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in collaboration with the US Department...more

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FTC and DOJ Propose Overhaul of U.S. Merger Review Process

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Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a major overhaul of the U.S. merger control reporting process. Among other things, the FTC’s proposed changes would require...more

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U.S. antitrust agencies propose major changes to pre-merger review process

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On June 27, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, (together, the “Agencies”) announced proposed amendments to the premerger notification rules that...more

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New HSR Form Will Transform the US Merger Review Process

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed sweeping new Hart­-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules along with a new proposed HSR form that would completely change the HSR process. The proposed form—which the FTC prepared in...more

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Understanding HSR second requests

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The M&A market had a record-breaking year in 2021 with more than $5 trillion in global volume. High private equity activity, a soaring stock market, and low-interest rates contributed to an exceptionally busy landscape, which...more

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Biden Antitrust Enforcers Take Aim at Mergers and Acquisitions

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President Biden’s top antitrust cops, Jonathan Kanter at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Lina Khan at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are putting more arrows in their quiver to take aim at...more

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DOJ Signals a Major Shift to its Antitrust Merger Review and Remedies Practice

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently signaled a possible shift in its antitrust merger review and remedies practice, moving away from a willingness to allow transactions to proceed through a divesture process....more

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Biden Executive Order Calls for Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny

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On July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced a broad executive order (the “Order”) intended to boost what it characterizes as stagnant competition across the U.S. economy. The Order, among other things, encourages the...more

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The Effects of the 2020 Election on Antitrust Merger Clearance

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On October 20, 2020, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) hosted an inaugural conference on recent developments in antitrust clearance and merger enforcement proceedings. This article is the first of a three-part series...more

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Impact of COVID-19 on US and EU Merger Review and Enforcement

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Last week, in response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID19), the antitrust agencies in the United States and European Union issued policies that will affect, and may delay, merger filings and reviews. ...more

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