News & Analysis as of

Investors Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Private Equity: What to Expect for the Rest of 2024

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

Although the U.S. healthcare industry has weathered the storm over the past couple of years, we may be reaching calmer waters in the coming months. Dry powder held by U.S. private equity investors has reached an all-time...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Healthcare Founders Face New Exit Considerations

Husch Blackwell LLP on

Exiting a business, whether you are a serial entrepreneur looking to move on to the next project or a healthcare provider like a physician or therapist who has nurtured your practice for decades, can be difficult. After all,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The FTC Hosts Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care

On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“the FTC”) hosted a public workshop titled “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care”, which covered the impact of private equity...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

FTC Hosts Panel and Launches Public Inquiry with DOJ and HHS on Private Equity and Health Care

As part of the Biden administration’s State of the Union blitz, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convened a workshop on private equity (PE) investments in the health care industry on March 5, 2024. Immediately prior to the...more

A&O Shearman

EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation increases M&A risk

A&O Shearman on

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) took effect in July 2023. It aims to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to ensure that they do not distort competition in the EU internal market. For dealmakers, it is...more

A&O Shearman

Antitrust scrutiny of private equity deals intensifies

A&O Shearman on

Traditionally, private equity firms were seen as benign investors from an antitrust perspective. This is changing. In the past 12 months, PE-funded acquisitions have faced progressively more rigorous scrutiny by antitrust...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Antitrust Issues in Renewable Energy - November 2023

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

Participants in the renewable energy industry should be aware of antitrust and competition rules because renewable energy is no longer a nascent field. Europe generated almost 40% of its electricity from renewable sources in...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Question of the Week: What do companies need to know if the Federal Trade Commission's proposed merger review changes are...

Proskauer Rose LLP on

“Merger review is about to get thornier. While the FTC and DOJ have been tightening the merger review process incrementally over the course of the Biden administration, the newly proposed HSR rule changes represent a...more

White & Case LLP

Antitrust: Extended timelines and broader scope

White & Case LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was busy in its first year under the Biden administration. Over the past year, the FTC announced several important policy and process changes that may have significant implications for US...more

Dechert LLP

Proposed HSR Rule Changes to Increase Burdens, Especially for Asset Managers and Private Equity

Dechert LLP on

The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) is a procedural statute that requires parties to notify the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of proposed acquisitions that exceed certain thresholds. After...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Proposed HSR Amendments Will Affect Financial Investors

On September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and an Advance Notice of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Proposed HSR Amendment Could Make It Easier For Activist Investors And Hostile Bidders To Keep Positions Confidential From...

On September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced proposed amendments that, if enacted, would make significant changes to the premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Open up the PIPEs: Current Market Considerations

Private investments in public equity are likely to become more popular as investors and public companies utilize PIPEs to navigate market turbulence. In the face of tremendous market uncertainty, PIPE transactions offer...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Understanding U.S. Stockholder Activism - A Practical Primer

Because stockholder activism strikes at the heart of a company’s governance structure – often threatening the continuity of a board and the management team alike – the topic is susceptible to fear, uncertainty and doubt....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Update On Annual Adjustment To HSR Reporting Threshold And Recent Enforcement Actions Against Investors

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the 2017 size-of-transaction threshold for reporting proposed mergers and acquisitions under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, as added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more

Goodwin

Antitrust Enforcers At It Again: More HSR Actions Against Individuals Announced

Goodwin on

In a trend that is sure to continue no matter the policy leanings of the incoming Trump administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that it has obtained nearly $1 million in civil penalties for two...more

Morgan Lewis

HSR Act Violations Continue Trend of Heightened Enforcement, Increased Fines in 2016

Morgan Lewis on

The past year was a challenging one for investors purchasing voting securities in public corporations with respect to compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Further Guidance on the HSR Act Investment-Only Exemption for Seemingly “Passive” Investors Engaging with Management

Investors considering engaging with management should take note of a recent informal interpretation received from the FTC’s Premerger Notification Office (PNO) advising that certain seemingly “passive” behavior is...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Investors Beware: The Bar Is Being Raised on HSR Violations

Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, parties to transactions meeting certain size thresholds are required to notify the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and to observe a...more

Locke Lord LLP

Tools for Targets of Activist Investors

Locke Lord LLP on

A recent interpretation by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of the beneficial ownership reporting rules under the Securities Exchange Act and the recent settlement of a lawsuit by the U.S....more

Mintz

Activist Investor to Pay Record Fine for Violating HSR Reporting Requirements

Mintz on

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced this week that an activist investment manager has agreed to pay a record $11 million to settle allegations that it violated the requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Interpretation of Antitrust Exemption at Heart of DOJ Action Against ValueAct"

On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) filed a complaint against activist investor ValueAct Capital in California federal court, requesting a $19 million fine for violations of the...more

Goodwin

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

Goodwin on

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Recent Cases Serve as a Reminder of the Potential Impact of HSR Reporting Requirements and Other Key Disclosure Rules on...

Two recent enforcement actions by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) confirm that there is continuing attention in the United States on compliance by investors with the reporting...more

Morgan Lewis

FTC Penalizes Individual Investor for Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Violation

Morgan Lewis on

Fine serves as a reminder of the numerous HSR Act traps for the unwary investor. On July 2, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that corporate investor Barry Diller will pay $480,000 in civil penalties to...more

26 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide