The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on September 27, 2024 unexpectedly withdrew from a recently established Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), US Department of Labor...more
On the same day it released its final Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) Rules,1 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023 (the Report),2 which includes Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
More than a year after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) first proposed far-reaching changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) pre-merger notification rules, the FTC—via a unanimous and therefore bipartisan vote of its...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released the Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (the Report)1 , which includes Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing (HSR filing) statistics for the most recent year...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023—dramatically expanding the number and type of transactions that the agencies will consider...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed sweeping new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules along with a new proposed HSR form that would completely change the HSR process. The proposed form—which the FTC prepared in...more
In what appears to have been in part a trade for tabling new antitrust legislation, at least for now, the Biden administration dramatically increased funding for the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the...more
The DOJ and FTC have suspended early termination (i.e., early clearance) for filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more
US antitrust laws already on the books facilitate rapid investment without government delay: important practical tools and rules for dealmakers and their counsel in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the...more
Pre-closing violations in United States v. Flakeboard & SierraPine provide a reminder of practical rules for handling pre-closing activities without hitting antitrust landmines....more
Transactions closing as of February 11 will be subject to increased HSR Act jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds.
On January 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will raise the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more