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
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Premerger Notifications ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Washington
On October 10, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") finalized significant updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Form and Instructions ("New HSR Rules"). On November 12, 2024, the New HSR Rules were published on...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds – effective for deals closing on or after February 27, 2023 – and the new HSR merger filing fees....more
1/27/2023
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Antitrust Division ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Interlocking Directorate ,
Mergers ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Section 8 ,
Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
For further information, please visit the White & Case Coronavirus Resource Center. The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced today that they are temporarily suspending any grants of...more
On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds.
The FTC is required by law to revise the jurisdictional thresholds...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
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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
On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds....more
1/29/2020
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Business Valuations ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
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