Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds. Under the new thresholds, a transaction will be reportable only if, as a result of ...
The U.S. antitrust agencies report that merger enforcement activity increased during 2020, even as reportable transactions decreased from 2019. In related statements, FTC Democratic Commi...
Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Mary Marks authored the United States chapter in the twenty-sixth edition of Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control. The book provides interna...
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The Threshold (ABA Antitrust Law Section, Mergers & Acquisitions Committee)
Davis Polk counsel Mary Marks, associate Gregory Morrison and law clerk Elena Joffroy recently authored “Identifying Item 4(c) and 4(d) Documents: Updates to a Classic,” for the Summe...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that a “tidal wave” of HSR filings has strained its capacity to review mergers, and that, for transactions the FTC is not able to investigat...
As bipartisan support for antitrust reform gains steam, legislative proposals from both sides of the aisle have proliferated. To date, Congress has advanced to a vote only relatively mode...
On March 23-26, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law held its annual Spring Meeting virtually. This annual event—which brings together government enforcers, ...
On 26 March 2021, the European Commission published new guidance on when it will accept referrals from EU National Competition Authorities to review deals involving potential “killer ac...
Many have anticipated that the Biden Administration and Democratic-controlled Congress would push for changes in antitrust enforcement policy, particularly with respect to mergers. There...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds. Under the new thresholds, a transaction will be reportable only if, as a result of ...
