On January 21, the Federal Trade Commission published new notification and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The revised thresholds will apply to all mergers and acquisitions that close on or after February 20.
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the new notification thresholds for pre-merger notification reports that must be filed under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). The notification thresholds are adjusted every year for inflation. The new thresholds go into effect on February 11, 2013.Continue Reading FTC Announces New Filing Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino Pre-Merger Notifications

The Federal Trade Commission has announced new notification thresholds for Premerger Notification Reports that must be filed under the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR). The notification thresholds are adjusted every year for inflation. The new thresholds go into effect on February 27, 2012Continue Reading FTC Announces New Filing Thresholds for Hart Scott Rodino Notifications

On July 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced significant amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Program. A special Katten Client Advisory will be distributed in the next several days describing the changes in detail. The changes will significantly affect private equity funds, hedge funds and other investors who use multiple investment funds as acquisition vehicles and employ common managers for those funds. The amendments will go into effect 30 days after their publication in the Federal Register. The key changes are summarized below.Continue Reading Important Changes to Hart Scott Rodino Premerger Notification Program Announced

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to announce significant changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Rules, the Premerger Notification and Report Form, and the accompanying Instructions in the next several weeks. The changes, which may have been presaged by proposals issued by the FTC for public comment last August, may impose significant new reporting requirements on private equity and other funds, where one of a family of funds is making an HSR investment. The public will know which of the proposed changes were adopted when the FTC releases the new form.
Continue Reading Revisions to HSR Premerger Notification Form Expected Soon

The Federal Trade Commission has raised the thresholds governing premerger notification filings that must be made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR, or the Act). Effective February 24, transactions valued above $66 million will require HSR notification when they meet the other requirements of the HSR Act. This is an…

The Federal Trade Commission has recently issued a series of proposed amendments to the rules governing the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Program. It has also proposed significant amendments to the HSR Report form itself. The link to the Commissions Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for public comment can be found here.

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