The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a comprehensive overhaul of the premerger notification program. Firms considering a merger or acquisition that meets the filing thresholds should prepare for a more onerous...more
10/15/2024
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
New Rules ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Reform
The PGA Tour announced that it had, along with the DP World Tour, entered into a Framework Agreement with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF) to create “a global golf partnership.” While the...more
6/17/2024
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
CFIUS ,
Contract Terms ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Framework Agreement ,
Golf ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Regulatory Agenda
Private equity is squarely in the cross hairs of regulators; the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the launch of a...more
3/8/2024
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Section 5 ,
Section 7 ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have taken steps to update the Merger Guidelines and overhaul the premerger notification process, each with a sharpened focus on the effect a...more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) aiming to revamp the premerger notification...more
6/30/2023
/ Acquisition Agreements ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
Merger Controls ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
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
6/12/2019
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Canon ,
Clearance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Failure to Report ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Statutory Violations ,
Toshiba ,
Waiting Periods
A federal court has endorsed the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to adopt regulations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act that target specific industries. In Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a federal court to find that the agency has authority under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) to promulgate reporting requirements that apply solely to transfers of patent rights...more
The Federal Trade Commission has approved the divestiture of a five-year old acquisition, signifying that neither complete consummation of a transaction nor the passage of time will dissuade the FTC from challenging mergers...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final changes to the premerger notification rules to expand the circumstances that require pharmaceutical industry companies to report proposed acquisitions of exclusive patent rights...more