In speeches delivered only a day apart during the first week of June, Bill Rinner, the new Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of merger enforcement at the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Commissioner Melissa Holyoak...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced, on January 7, 2025, that crude oil producers agreed to pay a record $5.6 million fine as settlement for violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) through illegal pre-merger...more
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On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice (DOJ), released its final rules to the Premerger Notification and Report form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act....more