The US FTC decreases the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification thresholds for 2021

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US FTC, Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act, Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 20, Notice, 2 February 2021

US FTC, Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act, Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 12, Notice, 2 February 2021

Takeaways The new minimum HSR threshold is DECREASING from $94 million to $92 million. New thresholds apply to any transaction closing on or after March 4, 2021. Failure to file may result in a fine of up to $43,792 per day of non-compliance. The HSR Act casts a wide net, catching mergers and acquisitions, minority stock positions (including compensation equity and financing rounds), asset acquisitions, joint venture formations, and grants of exclusive licenses, among others. The Federal Trade Commission has

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