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FTC Announces Annual Increases to HSR Thresholds, HSR Filing Fees, Interlocking Directorates Safe Harbor, and Maximum Civil...

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The 2024 adjusted HSR threshold is $119.5 million and goes into effect on March 6, 2024. All transactions valued below that amount will be exempt from the HSR filing requirement. The 2024 adjusted Size of Party thresholds...more

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FTC Announces 2024 HSR Filing Thresholds and Fee Schedule

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it will (i) increase the dollar-based thresholds used to determine whether parties are required to notify federal antitrust authorities about a...more

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Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds Take Effect March 6, 2024

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after March 6, 2024....more

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FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees for 2024

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Effective on March 6, 2024, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

M&A Antitrust Update: HSR Filing Thresholds Increase and U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Merger Guidelines

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an increase to the annual adjustment of the monetary thresholds that apply to mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures per the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC announces revised HSR notification thresholds and HSR filing fees for 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday, January 22, 2024 that the jurisdictional thresholds for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) will increase in 2024, including an...more

Venable LLP

2024 Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds and Filing Fees

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustments to the filing thresholds and fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). Because of this year's...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2024 Annual Updates to the United States Pre-Merger Notification (HSR Act) and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the...more

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FTC announces increase in HSR filing thresholds and increase to HSR premerger filing fees

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The FTC revises the jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds annually based on the change in gross national product. The FTC also revises filing fees annually based on changes to the consumer price index under Division GG of...more

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2024 Increases to HSR Thresholds, Filing Fees, HSR Penalties and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced updated filing thresholds and related filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”). The new HSR Act thresholds will...more

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FTC Announces 2024 Thresholds Under HSR Act

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The Federal Trade Commission announced the annual revised thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”). The thresholds are revised annually based...more

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HSR Size-of-Transaction Threshold to Increase to $119.5 Million

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On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective 30 days after the official publication date in the Federal...more

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2024 HSR Thresholds Announced: $119.5 million

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As required by the HSR Act, on January 22, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its annual adjustments to the reporting thresholds and filing fees. The key number to remember is now $119.5 million. ...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Annual HSR Threshold Adjustments Announced for 2024

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FTC adjusts the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act size thresholds, raising the minimum size for reportable acquisitions to $119.5 million. On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new jurisdictional...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reporting Thresholds and Filing Fees; Other HSR Developments

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In January 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made three important announcements for M&A practitioners....more

BakerHostetler

2024 HSR Filing Thresholds and Filing Fees Announced; 2024 Interlocking Directorate Thresholds Announced

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On Jan. 22, the FTC announced the 2024 filing thresholds under the HSR Act, as well as the 2024 filing fees. The new thresholds will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days....more

McGuireWoods LLP

FTC Announces 2024 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Filing Thresholds

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On Jan. 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced new premerger filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) and new filing fee thresholds under the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022. The...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

FTC Announces Increased HSR Thresholds for 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Jan. 22 annual revisions to the applicable thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act). These revisions will apply to all...more

Venable LLP

FTC Set to Reshape HSR Premerger Notification Process

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Merger control in the United States is on the cusp of significant change as the Federal Trade Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, prepares to finalize a proposed rule—first announced in June—that will...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New HSR Filing Fee Tier System in Effect

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On February 27, 2023, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing thresholds took effect. The size-of-transaction threshold changed from $101 million to $111.4 million, as the values are adjusted annually based on the change in...more

White & Case LLP

Antitrust scrutiny intensifies as DOJ and FTC step up enforcement

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The federal government continues to aggressively pursue its antitrust agenda, seeking to block several headline deals, rejecting remedy offers, increasing filing fees for the largest deals and setting out new guidelines....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Announces Increase in Filing Thresholds Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for 2023 for Premerger Notifications and Interlocking...

HSR Notice Thresholds Have Increased. On January 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its revised annual threshold that determines whether companies may be required to notify federal antitrust authorities...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2023 HSR Act Adjusted Filing Thresholds

On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act jurisdictional thresholds for 2023. The FTC is required by law to revise the HSR Act monetary jurisdictional thresholds...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees Substantially Increased for 2023

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing unless...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Announces Revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds and Filing Fees Effective Feb. 27, 2023

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced this year's revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after Feb. 27,...more

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