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Nearly One Year After Proposed HSR Rulemaking, Still No New Rules: What Should Companies Considering M&A Activity Expect?

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Last summer, on June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice (DOJ), unveiled proposed new rules governing implementation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act’s (HSR) premerger...more

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Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I

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The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more

White & Case LLP

Major proposed changes to US antitrust rules present new hurdles

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Under the Biden administration, the US antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)—have proposed widespread changes to antitrust policy, creating uncertainty for...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FTC Proposes ‘Comprehensive Redesign of the Premerger Notification Process’

This summer, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing extensive revisions to the rules that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended...more

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Draft Merger Guidelines Complicate Deal Outlook

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Consistent with the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division...more

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Draft Merger Guidelines Demonstrate Continued Focus of DOJ and FTC on Labor Market

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Summary - 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

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

FTC Proposes Increased Merger Scrutiny

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week proposed more than a dozen new rules intended to decrease corporate concentration and increase market competition. The new rules follow what antitrust...more

Smith Anderson

FTC Proposes Major Expansion and Revision of HSR Rules and Form

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On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR” or the “Act”) premerger notification...more

Polsinelli

Proposed Changes to HSR Process Could Quadruple the Burden of Making Premerger Notification to Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division have proposed a massive redesign of the premerger notification process—one that may increase the time to complete an HSR filing from 37 to 144...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC and DOJ Propose Dramatic Expansion of HSR Filings’ Scope

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) jointly released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing sweeping changes to the premerger filings...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Potential Hart-Scott-Rodino Changes on the Horizon

For the first time in 45 years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are pursuing an overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing rules....more

A&O Shearman

FTC and DOJ Propose Significant, Burdensome Changes to HSR Form for U.S. Merger Review

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On June 27, 2023, the FTC announced a notice of proposed amendments to the premerger filing requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act....more

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FTC Proposes Major Overhaul of Merger Filing Requirements

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Summary - 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

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FTC and DOJ Propose Overhaul of Merger Filings

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On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission, in concurrence with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (the Agencies), proposed changes to the premerger notification form, as well as the premerger...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - February 2021

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020 UPDATE - UNITED STATES - Despite initial obstacles because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 rounded out to be the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) enforcement in the United States...more

Goodwin

Investment Firms Be on Alert: Antitrust Agencies Propose Changes that Would Increase HSR Filings

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) recently proposed two changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) rules that, if implemented, will materially impact private...more

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Proposed HSR Rule Changes to Increase Investment Fund Reporting, Exempt Minority Acquisitions by Activist Investors

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On Monday, September 21, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission, with the support of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, proposed changes to the rules governing merger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of...more

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Proposed HSR Rule Changes Likely to Increase Filings and Information Requirements for Private Equity Firms

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What Happened: - The FTC and DOJ proposed new Hart–Scott–Rodino (HSR) rules that, if issued in final form, will significantly change HSR practice for Private Equity (PE) companies. - The Proposed Rules are subject to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SPECIAL FUND ALERT: Proposed HSR Rule Amendment: Foreign Today but Not Tomorrow?

On November 8, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) proposed changes to the premerger notification rules (“Rules”) relating to how U.S. and foreign...more

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