On April 4, 2025, Gov. Bob Ferguson of Washington state signed S.B. 5122, making Washington the first state to enact the Uniform Law Commission’s “Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act.”
Overview of the New...more
4/24/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Premerger Notifications ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Washington
If the proposed rule is finalized, merging parties will face expansive requirements for HSR filings and lengthy filing preparation times.
On June 27, 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), with the concurrence of...more
Last week, in response to the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID19), the antitrust agencies in the United States and European Union issued policies that will affect, and may delay, merger filings and reviews. ...more
3/17/2020
/ Antitrust Division ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Filing ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Risk Mitigation