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Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Threshold Increases by $6.9 Million

The past two weeks have been quite busy in the world of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR). First, on January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a record $5.6...more

FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Rules that Will Substantially Increase the Scope and Detail of Premerger Antitrust Filings under...

The FTC has finalized significant changes to the information and level of detail that will be required in premerger antitrust filings under the HSR Act. The new rules will take effect in early 2025. Among other changes,...more

Biden Administration Announces New Efforts to Promote Competition in Health Care

On December 7, 2023, the Biden Administration announced several new initiatives intended to “promote competition” in the health care sector. These initiatives reflect a broad range of concerns about rising costs in health...more

2023 Update on Antitrust Enforcement in Labor and Employment

The year 2023 will be remembered as a milestone for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC, and, together with the DOJ, the “Agencies”) in their efforts to expand antitrust enforcement to labor...more

FTC Proposes Sweeping Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Filing Requirements

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, announced a wide range of significant proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) pre-merger...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds and Filing Fee Structure to Change Significantly

On January 26, 2023, the FTC published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a)...more

Department of Justice’s Antitrust Priorities in Health Care Target Private Equity, Labor, and More

In a keynote speech delivered to the American Bar Association’s Antitrust in Healthcare Conference in Arlington, Virginia on Friday, June 3, 2022, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Andrew Forman of the Department of Justice’s...more

DOJ Antitrust Division Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Labor

In furtherance of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, on March 10, 2022 the United States Departments of Justice and Labor (DOJ and DOL respectively) signed a Memorandum of...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds to Increase Significantly

On January 24, 2022, the Federal Register published an FTC notice announcing the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR)....more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds Adjust Downward for Just Second Time Ever

On February 2, 2021, the Federal Register published an FTC notice announcing the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR)....more

Antitrust Counseling in the Pandemic Economy: Six Trends to Watch

The coronavirus pandemic has shocked the global economy, transformed industries, and upended our daily lives. Its effects will be felt for years. So, what do these changes mean for antitrust counseling? This article explains...more

How Antitrust Will Shape M&A During the Pandemic

As the pandemic breathes life into some sectors and creates bankruptcies in others, some businesses continue to pursue strategic M&A deals. Some of these deals may receive antitrust scrutiny from the Department of Justice...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds to Increase Once Again

On January 28, 2020, the Federal Register published an FTC notice with the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR). Once the...more

HR and HSR: Insider Purchases and Executive Compensation Can Require Antitrust Reporting

Quick: Does your company have any insiders who either now or in the future may own $90 million or more in company stock?  The CEO?  The founder?  A member of the board?  If so, then now is the time for a crash course in the...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Threshold Reaches $90 Million

On March 4, 2019, the Federal Register published FTC notices with the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under both the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) and...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Rise for 2018

On January 29, 2018, the FTC published the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under both the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) and Section 8 of the Clayton Act (15...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Threshold Crosses $80 Million Mark

On January 26, 2017, the FTC published the latest annual adjustments to the statutory thresholds under both the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) and Section 8 of the Clayton Act (15...more

Annual Adjustments to Hart-Scott-Rodino and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds

The annually adjusted thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) and Section 8 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. § 19) were published in the Federal Register on January 26,...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Ratchet Up

Revised thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) and Section 8 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. § 19) were published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2015. The...more

District Court Upholds FTC Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules for Pharmaceutical Patent Transfers

A federal court has upheld the validity of the FTC’s recent rules for reporting certain transfers of exclusive patent rights in the pharmaceutical industry under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements (“HSR”) Act. We...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds to Increase Further Due to Annual Indexing

Revised thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) were published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2014. The thresholds are adjusted annually based upon changes in...more

New FTC Rules for Exclusive Pharmaceutical Patent Licenses

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued final rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) relating to the transfer of exclusive patent rights in the pharmaceutical industry. These new...more

Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Hospital Merger Case on Scope of State Action Immunity

On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a local hospital authority’s acquisition of a hospital in Georgia was not immunized from the antitrust laws under the state action doctrine. In doing so, the...more

Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds to Rise Further Due to Annual Indexing

Revised thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. § 18a) (HSR) were published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2013. The thresholds are adjusted annually based on changes in...more

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