When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) — with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) — published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise the rules for premerger notification under...more
In recent years, federal and state antitrust agencies have been increasingly focused on the impact of private equity involvement in the health care sector. Two recent developments in March 2024 reinforce that this heightened...more
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). The FTC revises the HSR Act thresholds...more
1/31/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Section 8 ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly announced the issuance of the final version of new Merger Guidelines, after publishing a draft in July 2023. We previously...more
On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly announced anticipated changes to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines and Vertical Merger Guidelines. The proposed changes...more
In February 2023, we issued an alert on the DOJ’s withdrawal of three antitrust policy statements related to the DOJ’s enforcement of health care markets and for health care providers. In that alert, we noted that although...more
On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in collaboration with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, announced proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing and notification form that...more
On Friday, February 3, 2023, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division formally withdrew three antitrust policy statements relating to the Division’s enforcement of the antitrust laws in health care markets and for health...more
Following guidance from the White House to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to modernize their merger guidelines, the FTC and DOJ announced on January 18,...more
On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act) in the Federal Register. The FTC revises...more
1/26/2022
/ Antitrust Division ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
On February 2, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) in the Federal Register. The revised thresholds,...more
2/4/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus) has now spread to the premerger antitrust review process for reportable proposed acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and nonprofit membership changes. ...more