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The FTC and DOJ announced a proposal to overhaul the Hart Scott Rodino premerger notification process. The proposal would increase the reporting burden on filing parties for transactions meeting the HSR filing thresholds and would require significantly more documentation.

The recent proposal would require significantly more information to be provided up front to the U.S. antitrust agencies. The new rules will likely take effect in Q4 2023...

Summary - Companies across all sectors of the economy—car manufacturers, apparel brands, banks, utilities, insurers, and asset managers—are increasingly working within...

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...

On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR")...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with “Concurrence” of the assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice…

Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the "Antitrust Agencies") announced proposed changes to the premerger notification process...

On June 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (collectively, the Agencies) proposed plans to expand and reorganize the...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed sweeping new Hart­-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules along with a new proposed HSR form that would completely change the HSR process. The...

Near the end of last year, Congress passed the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act, which raised the filing fees imposed under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) for the first time...