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Primary HSR Filing Threshold will be Increased to $126.4 Million - The Federal Trade Commission has announced revisions to HSR Act and Clayton Act Section 8 thresholds, which are indexed annually in alignment with prior...more
These announcements come alongside the impending overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act filing process scheduled to take effect on February 10, 2025—subject to potential delay based on President Trump’s January 20, 2025...more
As a result of the increase in the U.S. Gross National Product (GNP) for 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an increase in the jurisdictional filing thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its annual adjustments to (1) the pre-merger notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act), (2) the HSR Act filing...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025, increased reporting thresholds for transactions. Annually, the FTC reviews and adjusts the premerger notification reporting thresholds for reporting...more
As expected, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump from $119.5 million,...more
The minimum size-of-transaction threshold will increase from US$119.5 million to US$126.4 million, a more modest percentage increase than in recent post-pandemic years. Annual adjustments to dollar-based HSR reporting...more
Our Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups analyze this year’s Hart–Scott–Rodino Act adjustments and the Federal Trade Commission’s plans for a potential government shutdown....more
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced revised statutory thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “Hart-Scott-Rodino Act” or “HSR”). These thresholds, which...more
On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in collaboration with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a proposal to overhaul the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification program. If adopted, the...more
The size-of-transaction threshold under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase to $119.5 million, and the largest filing fee will increase to $2.335 million. As a result of the increase in the U.S. Gross National Product...more
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
The Federal Trade Commission announced that as of February 23, 2024, the reporting thresholds determining whether companies must notify federal antitrust authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing thresholds. The new thresholds will take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register and will remain in effect...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has revised the thresholds that govern pre-merger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR Act”), and Section 8 of the...more
On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
On January 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in the Federal Register its annual adjustment for notification thresholds regarding proposed mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
On January 23, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised thresholds for merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective on February 27, 2023, the lowest size-of-transaction filing...more
HSR Notice Thresholds Have Increased. On January 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its revised annual threshold that determines whether companies may be required to notify federal antitrust authorities...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced this year's revisions to the thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR), which will apply to all transactions closing on or after Feb. 27,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds – effective for deals closing on or after February 27, 2023 – and the new HSR merger filing fees....more
On 23 January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
Key Points - The HSR Act requires parties that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms for mergers and other transactions with both the Federal Trade Commission and Department of...more
The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period before closing unless...more