Yesterday, the FTC issued a final rule making significant changes to the content of HSR filings. The new rule will require filing parties to provide substantially more documents and info...
A federal district court judge in Texas blocked the FTC’s rule banning non-competes nationwide. Absent extraordinary circumstances, the FTC’s rule will not go into effect on Septembe...
On July 23, 2024, a federal district court judge in Pennsylvania denied Plaintiff ATS Tree Services LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the FTC’s rule banning non-competes.
On July 3, 2024, a federal district court judge in Texas granted Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes.
On March 5, 2024, the FTC, the DOJ and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they are seeking public comment on private equity investment in the healthcare secto...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds and filing fee amounts, up to a $2.335 million fee for the largest deals. Under the ...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced revised thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Under the new thresholds, a person may not serve as a director or officer of two competing...
On December 18, 2023, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission issued the final version of their revised merger guidelines, which include modest changes from the agencie...
Last week, the FTC alleged that a private equity firm undertook a “multi-year anticompetitive scheme” to dominate Texas anesthesiology practices through: (1) “serial” acquisitions...
On July 19, 2023, the DOJ and FTC released a draft overhaul of the merger guidelines (the Draft Guidelines). Some portions of the Draft Guidelines are consistent with agency practice fro...
