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State-Level Merger Scrutiny Grows: Washington, Colorado Lead Expansion of State Premerger Notification Laws

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Earlier this year, Washington state enacted a version of the nascent Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act (the Uniform Act), which is slated to take effect on July 27....more

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The transition to mandatory merger control in Australia – key parameters of the new regime

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Australia's transition from a voluntary to a mandatory merger regime has formally commenced. Mandatory approval of transactions that meet notification thresholds is required from 1 January 2026. To facilitate the transition,...more

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Washington State Merger Notification Requirements Start This Month

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Are you contemplating a merger or acquisition with a connection to Washington State? Effective July 27, 2025, any transaction requiring pre-notification under the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976...more

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Referrals under Article 22 EUMR — Levels of information required to kick off the statutory deadline for referral by an NCA

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On 2 July 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court) clarified that simply "informing" the authorities of a proposed concentration isn’t enough to kick off the 15-working-days time limit under which a...more

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Colorado Enacts Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Law

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On 4 June 2025, Colorado became the second state—following the state of Washington—to enact a broad, state-level, industry-agnostic premerger notification regime. Under Colorado’s new law, any party that submits a filing...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Colorado Enacts "Mini-HSR" Law, Joining Growing State-Level Premerger Filing Trend

On June 4, Colorado became the second state to adopt the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (Act) when Governor Jared Polis signed SB25-126 into law. Like Washington’s version of the Act, Colorado’s new law imposes...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

State by State, Pre-Merger Notifications Expand

In the wake of the recent major revisions to the federal merger review form, states are also getting into the act, creating broad new transaction notification requirements. Such notification requirements are not completely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules: Assessing the Impact

The new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) requirements went into effect on February 10, 2025, meaning that May 21, 2025 marked their 100th day in effect. Here are just a few of our observations from the first 100 days of the new HSR...more

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First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules

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One hundred days ago, sweeping revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Form took effect. The revisions have significantly increased the time and effort to prepare HSR filings and have led filing parties...more

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UAE Implements Sweeping Competition Law Reforms with Mandatory Pre-Merger Notifications

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has implemented a significant reform of its competition law framework through Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023, with key implementing provisions brought into effect by Cabinet Ministerial...more

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Revised HSR Thresholds Now in Effect

Each year, the minimum jurisdictional thresholds associated with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) are adjusted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The 2025 adjustments went into effect on...more

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FTC Announces Revised HSR Filing Fees, Thresholds, Penalties, and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds for 2025

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the new filing fees, along with the annual adjustment to jurisdictional thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR”), as amended. The filing...more

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HSR Size-of-Transaction Threshold to Increase to $126.4 Million

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On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced adjusted thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective 30 days after the official publication date of the adjusted...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New HSR Requirements Will Dramatically Increase the Burden on Filers

The long-awaited new HSR rules have finally been released. On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with concurrence of the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies), released the 460-page final...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FTC Charges Two Japanese Corporations with Alleged HSR Avoidance Scheme

Two Japanese corporations each agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) charges of violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act....more

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