The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has revised and lowered the thresholds for the Hart Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The HSR Act requires that parties to proposed stock or asset acquisitions exceeding certain thresholds file premerger notification reports to the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and then observe statutorily prescribed waiting periods (usually 30 days) prior to closing the transaction.
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