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Wednesday, February 24, 2021 With a new presidential administration promising vigorous antitrust enforcement, and a new Democratic majority in Congress seeking to make drastic changes to U.S. antitrust laws, the technology and healthcare industries have found themselves the main targets of increased antitrust scrutiny.  Though companies engaging in government contracting, particularly in the aerospace and defense industries, already have had to deal with a range of antitrust issues – for example, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the “DOJ”) launched the Procureme...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 2, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised premerger notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR).[1] The FTC is required to revise the thresholds annually based on the change in the gross national product (GDP). Generally, an HSR filing with the FTC and the Department of Justice (DOJ) is necessary prior to consummating certain fundamental transactions if the transaction value exceeds a certain dollar value and the parties have certain minimum...

On February 4, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice jointly announced that both agencies would review the processes and procedures...

Key Points Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) have temporarily suspended discretionary grants of early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 The HSR Act requires parties that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms with both the FTC and DOJ and observe the required waiting period prior to consummating the transaction. This follows the announcement earlier this week that the HSR minimum transaction size test has decreased from $94 million to...