Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Washington and Oregon
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
Colorado and Washington have each enacted statutes modeled after the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act. Soon, both states will require parties to certain mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...more
Starting Sunday, July 27, 2025, any party to an M&A transaction that triggers a federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing must also submit a copy to the Washington attorney general if the filing party (1) maintains a...more
Washington is the first state to enact the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act, which requires merging parties that submit a federal filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 18(a)) to also submit...more
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