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
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On July 1, 2023, an amendment to the Counterespionage Law of the People’s Republic of China (2014) (2023 Amendment) took effect, following adoption by the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of the...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
Ready or Not: Momentum Continues to Build in Washington for Outbound Investment Screening Mechanism -
On May 9, 2023, a bipartisan group of U.S. House members introduced the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of...more
As the 49th Group of Seven (G7) Summit gets underway in Japan, the United States, in coordination with several other G7 members, marked the occasion to announce sweeping new sanctions and export controls aimed at “further...more
On January 26, 2023, 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
1/27/2023
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Tucked into the Consolidated Appropriations Act that President Biden signed in late December was the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (Filing Fee Modernization Act). The Filing Fee Modernization Act makes...more
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Although this rule is aimed at the semiconductor and supercomputer industries, it will have a much broader effect on U.S. and ex-U.S. manufacturing, including even certain EAR99 goods manufactured...more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) to specifically consider certain factors when reviewing the...more
Seven months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States continues to expand and develop its Russia sanctions program. Most recently, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...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
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The Biden administration continues to utilize United States trade sanctions and export controls as a key tool in its efforts to put pressure on China, Myanmar/Burma and Russia. Since our last update, actions by the U.S....more
4/30/2021
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new temporary suspension of grants of early termination for Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) waiting periods, effective February 4, 2021, while the FTC and the Department of Justice...more
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
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On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act) in the Federal Register. Companies...more
1/31/2020
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Size of Transaction Test ,
The Clayton Act ,
Threshold Requirements
On February 15, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published adjusted reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). Companies contemplating a merger should...more