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In somewhat of a surprise, FTC Chairman Ferguson announced yesterday that the FTC and Department of Justice’s joint 2023 Merger Guidelines “are in effect and are the framework for this agency’s merger-review analysis.” This...more
Not every investment firm countersues the acting assistant attorney general of the United States for the Antitrust Division, the United States Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced increases to the notification thresholds and premerger filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act, which requires premerger notification of...more
These announcements come alongside the impending overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing process scheduled to take effect on February 10, 2025—subject to potential delay based on President Trump’s January 20, 2025...more
As a result of the increase in the U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) for 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an increase in the jurisdictional filing thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) was enacted to ensure that the antitrust authorities – the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) –...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025, increased reporting thresholds for transactions. Annually, the FTC reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting...more
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) requires all parties to transactions that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms for mergers and other...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the...more
As expected, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump from $119.5 million,...more
At long last, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final rule to expand the pre-merger filling requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Our Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions teams weigh in....more
As we reported in October, the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, have issued revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification rules. These...more
On October 10, 2024, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its Final Rule governing pre-merger notification protocols under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). The Antitrust Division of the US Department of...more
Government credits HSR pre-merger notification program with halting anticompetitive deals. Companies planning mergers and acquisitions tend to avoid challenging the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s...more
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Roxane Hicheri (counsel based in Paris) and Mark Steenson (counsel based in London) are our editors this month. They...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, (the “DOJ”, and together, the “Agencies”) voted unanimously to adopt new premerger...more
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
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously to issue a final rule that implements significant changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification form and accompanying instructions. While the...more
For the first time in over 45 years, the Federal Trade Commission (in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division) announced final changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ("HSR Act") premerger...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced that it had unanimously adopted a Final Rule codifying numerous changes to the premerger notification form and premerger notification rules under...more
The wait is over! On October 10th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved the first significant revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification regime since its inception over 40...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule mandates the adoption of new, expanded Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) forms and the creation of a public comment portal for pending transactions. The new HSR forms will become...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), adopted final rules overhauling the premerger notification form and filing...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced long-awaited finalized changes to the premerger notification form and associated instructions, as well as the premerger notification rules implementing the...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s concurrence, released a Final Rule containing the long-anticipated revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act...more