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What is new: Some U.S. states have enacted pre-merger notification regimes of general applicability, requiring parties making HSR filings to also notify state attorneys general, with similar legislation pending in other...more
On Aug. 6, Colorado became the second state to enact the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (APNA), following Washington earlier this year. ...more
Colorado and Washington have enacted groundbreaking laws modeled after the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act (UAPNA), requiring parties to certain Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reportable...more
As of July 27, Washington State is now the first state to enact a uniform antitrust premerger notification law, and as of August 6, 2025, Colorado will be the second. Both new notification laws are similar, as they are...more
Since the FTC’s updated HSR rules took effect, merger filings have become more complex, time-consuming, and risk-sensitive. In this brief video, Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz explains how the new framework is changing the...more
Each year, the minimum jurisdictional thresholds associated with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) are adjusted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The 2025 adjustments went into effect on...more
The new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification and Report Form (the “Form”) went into effect on February 10, 2025....more
The United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) recently announced a turnover-based threshold for merger control filings that supplements the Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023 (“UAE 2023 Competition Law”). The 2023 law stated that a...more
My transaction does not require an HSR filing. That means we don’t have to worry about potential antitrust issues, right? WRONG. The HSR Act requires that parties to certain transactions submit a premerger notification...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday that Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corporation agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine each to settle charges that the two companies violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act by failing to...more