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State Antitrust Lawsuit Challenges NCAA Recruitment Rules | JD Supra

Feb 20, 2024 |

By Henry Hauser, Jacinda Stephens, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

In January of this year, the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). The lawsuit seeks to prevent the NCAA from enforcing recruiting rules that allegedly “prevent prospective college athletes and transfer candidates from engaging in meaningful . . .

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New Legislation Affects Antitrust Venue and Foreign Subsidy Disclosures | JD Supra

Feb 03, 2023 |

By Henry Hauser, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

President Biden signed into law H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022. This new legislation includes the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (MFFMA), which amends the amounts and tiers for Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) filing fees as discussed in a prior Update. However, it also includes two important amendments to antitrust laws.

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2023 Updates to HSR and Interlocking Directorate Thresholds | JD Supra

Jan 31, 2023 |

By Henry Hauser, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

January 31, 2023 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its annual adjustments to the pre-merger notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act) and interlocking directorate thresholds under Section 8 of the Clayton Act.

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Antitrust Enforcers Soliciting Input From Market Participants to Modernize Merger Guidelines | JD Supra

Jan 28, 2022 |

By Henry Hauser, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

On January 18, 2022, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (the agencies) launched a joint public inquiry to modernize and strengthen merger enforcement. In announcing the agencies’ most sweeping effort to revise the federal merger guidelines in over a decade, FTC Chair Lina M.

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FTC Announces 2022 Changes to HSR and Clayton Act Thresholds | JD Supra

Jan 28, 2022 |

By Betsy Kristoferson, Barry Reingold, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that the reporting thresholds under Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the Act), will be increased. Certain transactions that meet the Act’s jurisdictional thresholds require parties to notify the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of the transaction and observe a statutory waiting period before consummating those transactions.

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Tenth Circuit Interpretation of ERISA Notice Requirement Impacts Plan Administrator’s Right to Deferential Standard of Review | JD Supra

Aug 27, 2020 |

By Monica A. Novak, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

When an ERISA plan delegates authority to the plan administrator to interpret the plan documents for benefit determinations, the plan administrator typically is entitled to a deferential standard of judicial review, and courts will look for abuse of discretion rather than impose a de novo standard of review. In Lyn M. v. Premera Blue Cross, – F.3d –, 2020 WL 4249129 (10th Cir.

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IRS Issues New Guidance for Mid-Year Changes to Safe Harbor 401(k) and 403(b) Plans | JD Supra

Jul 11, 2020 |

By Summer Conley, Chistopher Williams

| JD Supra

On June 29, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-52 addressing mid-year reductions and suspensions of contributions to Safe Harbor 401(k) and 403(b) plans. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Notice provides some temporary relief for plan sponsors that wish to reduce or eliminate safe harbor contributions mid-year.

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