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09Feb

FTC and DOJ Suspend Early Termination Option for Hart-Scott-Rodino Filings; FTC Decreases Thresholds for Interlocking Directorates Under Clayton Act

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new temporary suspension of grants of early termination for Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) waiting periods, effective February 4, 2021, while the FTC and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) review the “processes and procedures” used in granting early terminations. In announcing its decision to suspend early terminations, the FTC cited the unprecedented volume of premerger notification filings coinciding with the transition to the new Biden...
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ftc-and-doj-suspend-early-termination-5829777/

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