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In what might be a further expansion of antitrust enforcement of interlocking directorates, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement announcing that it now...

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced that seven directors from the boards of five companies resigned in response to concerns...

​​​​​​​Back in April 2022, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter hinted very strongly that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be looking at...

Department of Justice Antitrust Division DOJ announced it has required directors to resign from simultaneously serving on corporate boards of competitor companies. Division pledged to reinvigorate enforcement of Section 8 of Clayton Act prohibiting interlocking directorates.

On Jan. 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the notification thresholds for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR), ...

On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published to the Federal Register the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”) merger-reporting...

FTC published a notice revising premerger notification thresholds for mergers and acquisitions under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Als revised the thresholds that trigger a prohibition preventing companies from having interlocking memberships on their corporate boards of directors.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: 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), as well as the thresholds for interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The new HSR Act thresholds will become effective for all transactions closing on or after March 4, 2021. The new Interlocking Directorate thresholds...