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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adjusts the minimum dollar jurisdictional thresholds that determine reportability under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) based on changes to gross national...more
On January 22, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds in the Federal Register. The HSR Act governs certain deals that must be reported to the FTC...more
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
The past two weeks have been quite busy in the world of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR). First, on January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record $5.6...more
Primary HSR Filing Threshold will be Increased to $126.4 Million - The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually in alignment with prior...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Jan. 10 annual revisions to the applicable thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act). These revisions will apply to all...more
On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). The FTC revises the HSR Act thresholds...more
The initial days of 2025 ushered in a trifecta of significant antitrust updates for dealmakers. First, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its annual adjustment to the monetary thresholds that apply to...more
On January 8, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order (Order) adopting new rules for Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) filings. Adopted unanimously by the Commission, the...more
On Jan. 10, the FTC announced the 2025 filing thresholds under the HSR Act, as well as the 2025 filing fees. The new thresholds will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days and will apply to transactions...more
In January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made three important announcements for M&A practitioners....more
In late July, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its Annual Report for 2019, providing insight into recent CFIUS trends. This included encouraging results on CFIUS outcomes for...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Federal Court Rules Investment Fund is 10 Percent Owner in Section 16 Case - On August 20, a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York granted a motion for summary judgment in a...more
Editor's Note - No Rest for the Regulators. While many in the financial services industry used the last few weeks of August to enjoy additional time with family and friends before the back-to-school crunch, federal...more