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April 2025 HSR Rebound: Regulatory Shifts, Tariff Tensions, and M&A Impacts

Background Note: The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act established the Premerger Notification Program, requiring certain mergers and acquisitions to be reported to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Will Take a Friendlier Approach to Mergers but Retain Biden-Era Guidelines and HSR Rules - The Trump...

The government’s new antitrust leaders have signaled a less skeptical stance on mergers but a continued focus on enforcement, especially in Big Tech and the health care and agriculture sectors....more

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Washington Introduces State-Level Merger Notification Rules

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States’ merger review and enforcement initiatives continue to expand as Washington adopts the nation’s first “mini-HSR” rule. On April 4, 2025, the State of Washington passed the Antitrust Premerger Notification Act...more

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Washington Enacts Broad Premerger Notification Law: The Cutting Edge of State Merger Review

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On April 4, 2025, Washington became the first state to enact the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (Model Act), requiring parties to certain notifiable transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

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Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Mergers, Acquisitions,...

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This episode is part of our “Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation” series, where we discuss trends in consolidation and closures in higher education, and outline common characteristics of...more

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Global Antitrust Shifts: How New U.S. and Australian Policies Will Impact Merger Review and Government Enforcement

We’re excited to be visiting Sydney next week to catch up with competition law colleagues on our way to the ABA 2025 Asia-Pacific Conference. This is a time of unprecedented activity and change in antitrust law and policy...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

FTC’s 2025 Adjustments to HSR Filing Thresholds, Merger Filing Fees, and Interlocking Directorates

On January 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustments for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more

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Trump 2.0 - What To Expect In Antitrust Enforcement

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In his return to the White House, President-elect Trump inherits an aggressive antitrust enforcement regime from the Biden administration – an enforcement regime that was born and developed in many respects during Trump’s...more

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FTC Issues Final HSR Rules Transforming the Merger Review Process

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On 10 October 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final changes to the rules implementing the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). In announcing the final rule, the FTC stated that it is “responding to changes in...more

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New State Laws Requiring Notice of Health Care Transactions Will Uniquely Impact Distressed Transactions

Distressed businesses are often compared to melting ice cubes or an aircraft in rapid descent. The goal for a distressed business is to get to a transaction before the ice cube melts or the aircraft and ground meet at an...more

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Final HSR Filing Requirements Are Coming Soon: The Significant Data Implications

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The wait for the final version of the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Filing Requirements is drawing to an end. At the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington last week, Andrew Forman, a deputy assistant attorney general...more

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Antitrust Review of Defense Mergers: DOD Gets its Own Production of Parties’ Materials in HSR Merger Reviews

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Parties contemplating transactions in the defense sector need to know about a new obligation to provide materials to the Department of Defense (DOD) that will substantially affect their obligations for transactions that are...more

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FTC and DOJ Issue Final Merger Guidelines That Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger...more

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FTC and DOJ finalize new merger guidelines articulating expansive theories of enforcement

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On December 18, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) (“the Agencies”) released the 2023 Merger Guidelines (the Merger Guidelines). The substance of the new guidelines does not stray...more

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2023 Update on Antitrust Enforcement in Labor and Employment

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The year 2023 will be remembered as a milestone for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC, and, together with the DOJ, the “Agencies”) in their efforts to expand antitrust enforcement to labor...more

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US State Regulatory Spotlight on Healthcare Transactions

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Growing state-level oversight of M&A and other strategic transactions for healthcare provider businesses will impact growth strategies across major markets. The volume of healthcare services transactions in the United...more

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Tuna Price-Fixing Summary Judgment Decision Is a Warning to Private Equity

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A private equity firm and its investment advisor are facing trial over claims they participated in a price-fixing conspiracy for canned tuna carried out at their portfolio company, Bumble Bee tuna. The judge overseeing the...more

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The Next Era of U.S. Merger Reviews: How the Process Is Likely to Change – and What You Can Do to Prepare

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently took two significant steps to overhaul merger reviews. Proposed changes to the Merger Guidelines that would push the envelope in certain...more

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Government Shutdown’s Impact on Antitrust Merger Review

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With one day for Congress to enact appropriations funding federal government operations, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “Agencies”) each issued a contingency plan (the “Plans”)...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - September 2023

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FTC, DoJ propose changes to HSR Act for more effective, efficient merger reviews - The FTC, along with the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division, proposed changes to the premerger notification form and...more

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

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“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

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FTC and DOJ Propose Major Overhaul of Merger Guidelines

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On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) issued revised Merger Guidelines (Proposed Guidelines) that if adopted would lead to...more

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Revised Merger Guidelines Would Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 19, 2023, jointly announced the release of proposed Merger Guidelines that would expand significantly the number and types of transactions...more

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Draft Merger Guidelines Demonstrate Continued Focus of DOJ and FTC on Labor Market

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Summary - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have taken steps to update the Merger Guidelines and overhaul the premerger notification process, each with a sharpened focus on the effect a...more

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Proposed Changes to HSR Notification Form Would Intensify Scrutiny on Private Equity Funds: Some Thoughts on What to Expect and...

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As described in our Client Alert of July 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed on June 27, 2023, a massive overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) pre-merger notification...more

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