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Vinson & Elkins LLP

First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules

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One hundred days ago, sweeping revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Form took effect. The revisions have significantly increased the time and effort to prepare HSR filings and have led filing parties...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Revised HSR Thresholds Now in Effect

Each year, the minimum jurisdictional thresholds associated with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) are adjusted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The 2025 adjustments went into effect on...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

FTC Announces Revised HSR Filing Fees, Thresholds, Penalties, and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds for 2025

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the new filing fees, along with the annual adjustment to jurisdictional thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR”), as amended. The filing...more

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HSR Size-of-Transaction Threshold to Increase to $126.4 Million

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On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced adjusted thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective 30 days after the official publication date of the adjusted...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q3 2024

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The US antitrust regulators continued to aggressively challenge transactions and associated Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) violations during the third quarter of 2024. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) litigated two merger...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New HSR Requirements Will Dramatically Increase the Burden on Filers

The long-awaited new HSR rules have finally been released. On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with concurrence of the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies), released the 460-page final...more

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EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation increases M&A risk

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

Illinois Healthcare Transaction Notice Update: Attorney General’s Form Now Available

The Illinois attorney general (IL AG) has released its much-anticipated Healthcare Transaction Notice Form (the Form), which parties must submit before undertaking certain “Covered Transactions” that are not otherwise...more

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Major proposed changes to US antitrust rules present new hurdles

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Under the Biden administration, the US antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)—have proposed widespread changes to antitrust policy, creating uncertainty for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Killing Deals Softly: FTC Proposes 107-Hour Increase in Hart-Scott-Rodino Burden

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on June 27, 2023, announced its intention to increase the cost and burden of its regulatory processes, which might prevent many even benign and procompetitive mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FTC Charges Two Japanese Corporations with Alleged HSR Avoidance Scheme

Two Japanese corporations each agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) charges of violating the premerger notification and waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Act....more

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