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On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised notification thresholds pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The HSR Act requires parties to file notification with the FTC and the...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: As measured by the top ten largest case resolutions in various workplace class action categories, overall settlement numbers increased slightly in 2019, but as compared to the last several years, it was one of the lowest overall...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On Jan. 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised thresholds for pre-merger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act). These thresholds determine whether companies are required to notify federal...By: McGuireWoods LLP

Last week, workers at Cresco Labs, one of Illinois’ largest cannabis companies, voted to join the Local 881 chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The vote, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board just two weeks after...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Basic threshold $94 million effective February 27 - Filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase 4.4%, effective February 27, 2020, based on the change in the US gross national product during 2019. The critical size-of-transaction...By: Cooley LLP

On January 17, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final rules implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”), which expanded and clarified the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Cal/OSHA has just sent a reminder to employers to post their 2019 Annual Work-Related Illness and Injury Summaries. The summaries should be posted from February 1 through April 30 of each year....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Size-of-transaction threshold under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act will increase to $94 million. On February 27, 2020, revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) will take effect. The thresholds determine whether...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced the annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”) thresholds, which will become effective on February 27, 2020. The revised thresholds will apply to any merger or...By: Bracewell LLP

Almost everyone can remember a time when you asked permission to do something that your mother thought was ill-advised, dangerous or just plain stupid. And when your mother said “no” and you protested that all your friends were doing it, your mother...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP