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The Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1976 establishing the federal premerger notification program. Under the Act, parties contemplating mergers or... more +
The Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1976 establishing the federal premerger notification program. Under the Act, parties contemplating mergers or acquisitions must notify the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission prior to completing the transaction. Once notified, the DOJ and FTC investigate and make a determination as to whether the proposed transaction will adversely impact U.S. commerce and competition within the market. less -
A&O Shearman

U.S. DOJ Seeks Rare USD3.5 million “Gun Jumping” Penalty For Alleged Pre-Closing Conduct In Violation Of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

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On August 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed a rare gun jumping civil lawsuit and proposed settlement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against a global sports and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Justice Department Imposes $3.5 Million Civil Penalty, Strict Conditions Over Gun-Jumping Allegations

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Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed a consent decree fining venue management firm Legends Hospitality $3.5 million over allegations that Legends improperly coordinated with an...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. DOJ seeks rare $3.5 million “gun jumping” penalty against Legends Hospitality for pre-closing conduct in connection with its...

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On August 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a rare[1] gun jumping[2] civil lawsuit and proposed settlement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Legends...more

White and Williams LLP

FTC Announces Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Thresholds Will Go into Effect March 6, 2024

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the“FTC”) announced revised thresholds for pre-merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The revised thresholds and...more

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FTC Announces 2024 HSR Notification Thresholds and Filing Fees

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act). If a proposed merger, acquisition of stock, assets or unincorporated interests, or...more

Jenner & Block

U.S. Antitrust Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to the HSR Premerger Notification Program

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On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in collaboration with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a proposal to overhaul the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification program. If adopted, the...more

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Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Take Effect March 6, 2024

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after March 6, 2024....more

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US Merger Filing Thresholds and Filing Fees 2024 Updates

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Annually, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting acquisitions of voting securities, assets, or noncorporate interests (each a Transaction) under...more

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FTC Updates HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds; Increases Civil Penalties for Violations

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds. The HSR Act requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions, which meet or exceed...more

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FTC Announces 2024 Thresholds Under HSR Act

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The Federal Trade Commission announced the annual revised thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”). The thresholds are revised annually based...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Announces 2024 HSR Thresholds

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The annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reporting thresholds have arrived. The new thresholds for notification will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is...more

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FTC Announced Increased HSR Thresholds & Revised Filing Fee Schedule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday increased jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”), as amended. The FTC...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Announces Increase in Filing Thresholds Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for 2023 for Premerger Notifications and Interlocking...

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HSR Notice Thresholds Have Increased. On January 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its revised annual threshold that determines whether companies may be required to notify federal antitrust authorities...more

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HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees Substantially Increased for 2023

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing unless...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Announces Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds and Filing Fees Effective Feb. 27, 2023

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced this year's revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after Feb. 27,...more

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FTC Announces Largest-Ever HSR Threshold Increases for 2023 Transactions and New Filing Fee Thresholds

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Size-of-transaction threshold under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase to $111.4 million. As a result of the substantial increase in the U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) for 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more

Foley Hoag LLP

FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds and New Filing Fee Schedule

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On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart‐Scott‐Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Other HSR Developments

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In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made three important announcements for M&A practitioners. This article summarizes the HSR Act’s requirements and reports on relevant developments in 2022....more

Perkins Coie

FTC Announces 2022 Changes to HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be increased....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Other HSR Developments

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In January 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made two important announcements for M&A practitioners. First, on January 24, the FTC announced the annual adjustment of the thresholds that trigger premerger reporting...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

FTC Issues Fines Totaling Nearly $2 Million For Failures To File HSR Notifications

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The Federal Trade Commission is closing out the year with vigorous enforcement of the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”) by imposing fines totaling nearly $2 million. On December 22, 2021, the...more

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FTC Announces 2021 Changes to HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds, Temporarily Suspends Early Termination

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will decrease. The Act...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Reduces Notice Thresholds Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for 2021, Increases Penalties, and Temporarily Suspends Expedited...

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On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its revised annual threshold that determines whether companies may be required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a proposed merger or acquisition...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HSR Thresholds Decrease for 2021

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing, unless...more

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FTC: Lower HSR Thresholds for 2021

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The annual adjustment of the dollar thresholds for pre-acquisition filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will take effect on March 4, 2021. All transactions closing on or after the effective date will be governed by the new...more

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