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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Filing Fees, and Other HSR Developments

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These announcements come alongside the impending overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing process scheduled to take effect on February 10, 2025—subject to potential delay based on President Trump’s January 20, 2025...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Announces Updated HSR Filing Thresholds for 2025

On January 10, 2025, 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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FTC Announces HSR Threshold and Filing Fee Increases for 2025 Transactions

As a result of the increase in the U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) for 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an increase in the jurisdictional filing thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

McCarter & English, LLP

2025 Updates to US Merger Filing Thresholds, Filing Fees, and Interlocking Directorate Exemptions

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025, increased reporting thresholds for transactions. Annually, the FTC reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Updates HSR Filing Fees and Revises Thresholds for 2025; Minimum Size for Reportable Transactions Increases to $126.4 Million

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) requires all parties to transactions that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms for mergers and other...more

Paul Hastings LLP

FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees for 2025

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As expected, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump from $119.5 million,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The FTC Adopts New Premerger Notification Rules Implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act

The wait is over! On October 10th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved the first significant revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification regime since its inception over 40...more

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FTC Unveils Sweeping Modifications to HSR Merger Notification Form

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The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule mandates the adoption of new, expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) forms and the creation of a public comment portal for pending transactions. The new HSR forms will become...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FTC Announces Annual Increases to HSR Thresholds, HSR Filing Fees, Interlocking Directorates Safe Harbor, and Maximum Civil...

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The 2024 adjusted HSR threshold is $119.5 million and goes into effect on March 6, 2024. All transactions valued below that amount will be exempt from the HSR filing requirement. The 2024 adjusted Size of Party thresholds...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

FTC Announces 2024 HSR Filing Thresholds and Fee Schedule

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it will (i) increase the dollar-based thresholds used to determine whether parties are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FTC Announces HSR Threshold and Filing Fee Increases for 2024 Transactions

The size-of-transaction threshold under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase to $119.5 million, and the largest filing fee will increase to $2.335 million. As a result of the increase in the U.S. Gross National Product...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Updates 2024 Thresholds for HSR and Interlocking Directorates

The Federal Trade Commission announced that as of February 23, 2024, the reporting thresholds determining whether companies must notify federal antitrust authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

M&A Antitrust Update: HSR Filing Thresholds Increase and U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Merger Guidelines

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an increase to the annual adjustment of the monetary thresholds that apply to mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures per the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Updates HSR Filing Fees and Revises Thresholds for 2024; Minimum Size for Reportable Transactions Increases to $119.5 Million

Key Points - The HSR Act requires parties that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms for mergers and other transactions with both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC announces revised HSR notification thresholds and HSR filing fees for 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday, January 22, 2024 that the jurisdictional thresholds for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) will increase in 2024, including an...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2024 Annual Updates to the United States Pre-Merger Notification (HSR Act) and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the...more

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FTC announces increase in HSR filing thresholds and increase to HSR premerger filing fees

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The FTC revises the jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds annually based on the change in gross national product. The FTC also revises filing fees annually based on changes to the consumer price index under Division GG of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reporting Thresholds and Filing Fees; Other HSR Developments

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In January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made three important announcements for M&A practitioners....more

McGuireWoods LLP

FTC Announces 2024 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Filing Thresholds

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On Jan. 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new premerger filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) and new filing fee thresholds under the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022. The...more

Dechert LLP

Minimum HSR Reporting Threshold Reaches All-Time High of US$119.5 Million

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Tracking the economy’s continued growth and the resulting increase in GNP, the HSR filing thresholds increased by about 7.3 percent. The new minimum size-of-transaction threshold increased from US$111.4 million to...more

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Overview of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) recently issued the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (the Report). Covering the...more

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Understanding the Market Pulse: November 2023 HSR Transactions and Their Economic Context

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Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act), a pivotal federal law, mandates companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) before finalizing mergers or acquisitions...more

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October 2023 HSR Analysis: Gauging the Current Climate of Mergers and Acquisitions

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Editor’s Note: The Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act) is a federal law that requires companies planning to merge or acquire certain assets or voting securities to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of...more

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FTC Set to Reshape HSR Premerger Notification Process

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Merger control in the United States is on the cusp of significant change as the Federal Trade Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, prepares to finalize a proposed rule—first announced in June—that will...more

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