Morgan Lewis

Mergers & Acquisitions / Premerger Notification

Publications of Interest

10 Publications Found
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08/26/10 U.S. Antitrust Agencies Finalize Updates to Horizontal Merger Guidelines

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

On August 19, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (together, the agencies) issued new Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the Guidelines) to explain and clarify their current enforcemen... more

08/23/10 Reduction in Burdens or More Headaches? FTC to Change HSR Act Premerger Notification Form and Rules

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is proposing changes to the Hart­Scott­Rodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification form and rules. Almost every aspect of the form will be affected in some way. Wi... more

01/19/10 FTC Lowers Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds for 2010

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it will lower the Hart­Scott­Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing-fee thresholds. The notice will be published in the Federal Register shortly; the new t... more

03/24/09 New German Merger Control Threshold Eliminates Need for Preclosing Approval for Deals with Minimal Nexus to Germany

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

Effective March 25, 2009, amendments to the German competition law will significantly reduce the number of transactions subject to premerger notification and clearance in Germany. Up until now, the German turnover thresholds... more

12/23/08 DOJ Challenges Consummated Asset Acquisition; Seeks Divestiture of Acquired Assets

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

On December 18, the federal government sued to break up a consummated merger for the second time in two days. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Microsemi Corporation’s acquisition of Se... more

08/12/08 Germany Proposes New Merger Control Threshold to Eliminate Need for Pre-Closing Approval for Deals with Minimal Nexus to Germany

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

The German Ministry of Economics recently proposed amendments to the German competition law that would eliminate the need for a pre-closing filing and observation of the one-month waiting period for transactions that raise litt... more

08/04/08 Buyers Beware: D.C. Circuit Lowers the FTC Burden to Obtain Preliminary Injunction

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice

A split panel of the D.C. circuit recently overturned a district court decision denying the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction (PI) to block the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger. The panel's d... more

07/11/07 European Court of First Instance Upholds Acquisition by Morgan Lewis Clients Apollo Management and Hexion

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

On July 9, 2007, the European Court of First Instance handed down a judgment in favor of Apollo Management and Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., upholding Hexion’s acquisition of Akzo Nobel’s Inks and Adhesives Resin... more

01/30/07 German Merger Control Rules May Change: More Transactions Could Be Exempt from Filing

LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust

Fewer transactions will require notification in Germany if a recent lower court decision holds up. The court that reviews Federal Cartel Office (FCO) decisions, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, recently broadened the ... more

November 2004 Licensing in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Strategies and Questions Regarding Antitrust Premerger Notification, FDLI Update

Outside Publication | Article
Stephen Mahinka, Harry Robins

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