For the first time in 46 years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved extensive updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification form and associated instructions, as well as the premerger...more
On 23 July 2024, the European Commission, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, and the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement setting out their commitment to work together to...more
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
1/26/2024
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Antitrust Division ,
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Filing Fees ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
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Size of Persons Test ,
Size of Transaction Test ,
Threshold Requirements
Last week the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (Antitrust Agencies) jointly released a draft of their long-awaited revised Merger Guidelines, which reflect the Biden Administration’s ramped up merger...more
7/28/2023
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Enforcement Priorities ,
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Joint Policy Statements ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
Online Platforms ,
Vertical Mergers
On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ, and together with the FTC, the Agencies) announced proposed changes to the premerger notification filing...more
7/7/2023
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Antitrust Division ,
Comment Period ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
NPRM ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Premerger Notifications
At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying:
“[t]oday’s guilty plea...more
2/8/2023
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hong Kong ,
Japan ,
Mergers ,
Multinationals ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
NPRM ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday, January 23, 2023 that the jurisdictional thresholds for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) will increase in 2023, including an...more