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Baby HSRs: States Are Modeling Laws After Federal Act to Investigate More Transactions

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In a growing trend, states are enacting laws modeled after the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, which requires parties to proposed transactions that satisfy certain reporting thresholds to first provide information to the...more

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Year-End Omnibus Bill Includes First HSR Filing Fee Increases in More Than Twenty Years, Larger Agency Budgets, and New Foreign...

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“Omnibus Bill”). The “Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022” substantially changes the filing fee schedule (with...more

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Alert: Failure to Comply with the HSR Act: The Price is Going Up

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Failure to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ("HSR Act") is about to get a lot more expensive. Effective August 1, 2016, the maximum civil penalty for noncompliance with the premerger...more

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Activist Funds Should Heed the Latest Enforcement of the HSR Act

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The limits on an investor’s ability to acquire stock under the “investment-only” exemption to the HSR Act’s reporting requirements take center stage as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”)...more

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Third Penalty in Two Months Against a Minority Investor Again Signals Increased FTC Enforcement of the H-S-R Act

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For the third time in less than two months, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an enforcement action against a minority investor who failed to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“H-S-R”) Act notification...more

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Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds to Increase

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Beginning February 11, 2013, transactions valued at more than $70.9 million may require a Premerger Notification and Report under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“the HSR Act”). This...more

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