The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has updated its guidance on merger control jurisdiction and procedure (“CMA2”), together with its template merger notice and guidance on the CMA’s mergers intelligence...more
The changes to Australia’s merger notification regime substantially expand the scope for early-stage economic analysis to support more effective and efficient filings for merging parties and their legal advisers. Economic...more
On September 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that three directors of privately held Sevita Health agreed to step down from its board of directors in response to the FTC’s allegation that their continued...more
On October 10, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced it has opened an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm Inc.’s recent acquisition of Autotalks. The U.S. chip giant is suspected of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suspended most operations at midnight on October 1, 2025, due to the government shutdown, but its Premerger Notification Office (PNO) remains open to accept filings under the...more
Washington and Colorado are the first states to enact their own versions of the model Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act, which requires merging parties that make a federal filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced this week that its Premerger Notification Office (PNO), along with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division Premerger Office, will remain open under modified conditions to...more
With the US federal government now shut down until Congress passes funding legislation, federal agencies have begun furloughing employees. Those furloughs will impact the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the...more
The automotive industry is a critical pillar of China’ s national economy. With an exceptionally long industrial chain - extending upstream to resource development, spanning midstream through component manufacturing and...more
Across Europe, the tectonic plates of merger control are shifting. The familiar comfort of turnover thresholds, the traditional barometer for measuring and screening transactions, no longer guarantees safe passage. ...more
Australia has seen healthy cross-border M&A activity in 2025 so far. Notable matters include CC Capital’s $2.5 billion announced acquisition of Insignia Financial, MAC Copper Limited’s $1 billion announced acquisition by...more
Broad state-level premerger notification requirements are now in effect in Colorado (as of August 6, 2025) and Washington State (as of July 27, 2025). Any person that files a Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act Notification and...more
The New York State Assembly introduced a bill titled Disclosure of Material Changes to Veterinary Clinics, which would require veterinary clinics to notify and submit documentation to the state Attorney General's (AG) office...more
Kustomer is a U.S.-based provider of a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for business customers enabling them to communicate with their (end) customers. The CRM platform enables business customers to...more
During the Biden administration and under the leadership of then-Chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted sweeping changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification requirements that went into...more
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What is new: Some U.S. states have enacted pre-merger notification regimes of general applicability, requiring parties making HSR filings to also notify state attorneys general, with similar legislation pending in other...more
Comprehensive updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification rules took effect in February 2025, ushering in a new era of complexity for legal teams supporting merger activity. For firms and corporations...more
Colorado and Washington state recently became the first states to adopt their own smaller versions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements (HSR) Act. These “mini-HSR” state laws require certain parties that submit...more
Transition to Australia’s new merger control regime began on July 1, 2025, and merger parties are now able to notify voluntarily under the new regime. Mandatory approval of transactions that meet notification thresholds will...more
On April 4, Washington became the first state to enact the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (APNA). Under the APNA, a person making a Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing on or after July 27, 2025 must provide a copy of...more
Washington and Colorado are the first two states to pass laws requiring certain parties to affirmatively submit their Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings to their states’ attorneys general. Both states passed laws modeled on the...more
The Government has made the notification rules which determine the circumstances in which 2026 transactions will need to be notified to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) under the new Part IVA of the...more
Proskauer’s Practical Guide to the Regulation of Hedge Fund Trading Activities offers a concise, easy-to-read overview of the trading issues and questions we commonly encounter when advising hedge funds and their managers. It...more
The FDIC has proposed rescinding the agency’s 2024 Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions. FDIC officials said at the time of issuance that the Statement of Policy addresses the scope of transactions that will be...more