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United States: 2026 HSR Notification Thresholds Announced
In brief The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just announced its annual adjustment to the notification thresholds that determine whether proposed transactions may trigger a filing obligation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.1 The corresponding adjustments to the HSR filing fee schedule and the revised jurisdictional thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act were also announced.
The US State Senates of Washington and Colorado implement new state premerger notification regimes based on the Uniform State Antitrust Act – Concurrences
In brief While state attorneys general have historically had the power to review transactions for antitrust concerns, premerger notification requirements have been largely limited to the federal requirements under the Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) Act. Now, following the drafting of model legislation by the Uniform Law Commission in July 2024—the Uniform State Antitrust Act (Act)—Washington and Colorado have become the first states to implement general state premerger notification requirements with...
United States: Beyond HSR Filings-Washington and Colorado First to Require State Premerger Notifications
While state attorneys general have historically had the power to review transactions for antitrust concerns, premerger notification requirements have been largely limited to the federal requirements under the Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) Act.
Autonomous Vehicle Landscape Analysis
In recent years, the race to develop autonomous vehicles (AVs) has shifted into high gear. Automotive manufacturers and suppliers are accelerating partnerships and merging with former competitors to navigate the complex landscape of AV technology and consumer markets. This cross-sector collaboration brings together diverse operators from traditional automotive and newer technology backgrounds, each with unique strengths, on a journey to create new markets for AVs and gain market share.
United States: Electronic shelf labels pose myriad risks for retailers
Retailers are increasingly adopting electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to streamline pricing updates and enhance operational efficiency. ESLs offer quick price adjustments, improved accuracy, and reduced labor. However, concerns about price gouging, demographic-based pricing, and technical glitches have emerged. Lawmakers and regulators are scrutinizing the technology, emphasizing the need for businesses to consider legal risks before deployment.
Electronic Shelf Labels Pose Myriad Risks For Retailers
By Cynthia Cole, Michelle Heisner and Teisha Johnson ( April 23, 2025, 2:53 PM EDT) -- Retailers are increasingly turning to electronic shelf labels, or ESLs, as a solution to streamline pricing updates and enhance operational efficiency. In June 2024, Walmart announced plans to install ESLs in 2,300 stores by 2026, while a number of retailers have already adopted the technology.[1]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
United States: 2025 HSR Notification thresholds announced
The Federal Trade Commission has just announced its annual adjustment to the notification thresholds that determine whether proposed transactions may trigger a filing obligation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The corresponding adjustments to the HSR filing fee schedule also were included in the announcement.
United States: Law360 - Rare Robinson-Patman ruling exhibits key antitrust risk
In brief On 20 May, the US District Court for the Central District of California affirmed a seven-figure jury verdict and granted a permanent injunction in a rare Robinson-Patman Act decision. The RPA is an antitrust statute that prohibits certain kinds of price discrimination in goods purchased for resale. The case, LA International Corp. v.
Rare Robinson-Patman Ruling Exhibits Key Antitrust Risk
By Teisha Johnson, Daniel Graulich and Heidi Smucker (June 14, 2024, 3:33 PM EDT) -- On May 20, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California affirmed a seven-figure jury verdict and granted a permanent injunction in a rare Robinson-Patman Act decision.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
United States: 2024 HSR Notification thresholds announced
Creighton has extensive experience representing clients in a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, investigations by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, private litigation, and counselling on issues such as antitrust compliance.
United States: 2024 HSR Notification thresholds announced
In brief The Federal Trade Commission has just announced its annual adjustment to the notification thresholds that determine whether proposed transactions may trigger a filing obligation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The corresponding adjustments to the HSR filing fee schedule also were included in the announcement.
Generative AI: Harnessing the Power and Mitigating Risk
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024 we are hosting an in-person client event in our New York office on Generative AI: Harnessing the Power and Mitigating Risk. The program includes an exciting in-house counsel panel featuring key speakers from Calix, Wolters Kluwer and Tiffany & Co. We'll also hear from a cross-discipline Baker team who will discuss legal and regulatory considerations and mitigating risk when using Gen. AI, followed by a networking reception.
United States: Data broker regulation - Competition v. Privacy considerations: Trade-offs
In brief In the ongoing debate concerning data broker regulation, trade-offs between competition and privacy are not always holistically appreciated.
Biden’s Wide-Ranging Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence Sets Stage For Regulation, Investment, Oversight and Accountability
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a 63-page Executive Order to define the trajectory of artificial intelligence adoption, governance and usage within the United States government. The Executive Order outlines eight guiding principles and priorities for US federal agencies to adhere to as they adopt, govern and use AI.
Daniel Graulich - Concurrences
Baker McKenzie (Washington) Associate Dan Graulich is an associate with Baker McKenzie, based in the Washington, D.C., he counsels on antitrust litigation and merger clearance. Leveraging his multi-disciplinary background in law, economics, and public policy, Dan works with companies and individuals in navigating the litigation and merger review processes while developing effective ways to advocate before the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and federal courts.
John Fedele - Concurrences
Baker McKenzie (Washington) Partner John Fedele is partner at Baker McKenzie’s antitrust practice in Washington, DC office. While he has a broad range of antitrust experience, he most frequently represents clients before the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in investigations of proposed mergers and acquisitions, and routinely analyzes and manages filing obligations under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and foreign competition regimes.
Mark Hamer - Concurrences
Mark H. Hamer is working as a partner at Baker McKenzie Washington office and he is the Chair of the Firm’s North America Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. Mark has over 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience, including first-chair roles in jury trials, bench trials and arbitration proceedings. His primary focus is antitrust litigation. Before joining Baker McKenzie, Mark was a successful federal prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice.
Courtney DeVore - Concurrences
Baker McKenzie (Washington) Associate Courtney DeVore is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Washington, DC. She represents clients in a wide variety of antitrust matters. Courtney previously worked as a Summer Associate at Baker McKenzie in 2019 and 2020. She worked on antitrust and commercial litigation projects in federal and state courts across the United States.
Teisha Johnson - Concurrences
Baker McKenzie (Washington) Partner Teisha Johnson is partner at Baker McKenzie’s antitrust practice in Washington, DC. She advises clients on a wide range of antitrust and e-discovery matters, and has considerable experience counseling clients in government investigations, proposed mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and litigation matters. Teisha focuses her practice on antitrust investigations and e-discovery matters.
Nandu Machiraju - Concurrences
Baker McKenzie (Washington) Partner Nandu Machiraju is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Washington office. He has significant industry experience in antitrust matters affecting the healthcare, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, mining, and technology sectors. Nandu advises clients on a wide range of antitrust matters and has considerable experience counseling clients in government investigations, proposed mergers and acquisitions, conduct matters, compliance, and litigation.
Brian Burke - Concurrences
Brian Burke is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Washington, DC office. He draws on over 20 years of experience to counsel clients on all federal antitrust issues. He assists clients in successfully navigating the merger clearance process before the US as well as international antitrust authorities.
United States: FTC recommends transparency when selling digital products and developing AI tools
In brief What rights does a consumer have to a digital product that they purchase? What control does an author have over their creative works? What obligations do others have to you when they use your data to develop new products? None of these questions are new, but the recent proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly generative AI (GenAI) tools, has brought these questions to the forefront of ongoing conversations about the role that AI will play in the marketplace.
Global Compliance News
Author K. Heidi Smucker Browsing Heidi Smucker is an associate in Baker McKenzie's North America Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in Washington, DC. Having worked for the Federal Trade Commission, Heidi has gained knowledge from an insider’s perspective on a wide variety of antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, HSR investigations, and second request compliance.
United States: Antitrust authorities propose revisions and additions to the premerger notification process
In brief On Tuesday, 27 June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), announced proposed changes to the premerger notification form and associated instructions and rules that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act.1 The proposed changes represent an expansion and reorganization of the information collected on the HSR form.
United States: Antitrust authorities propose revisions and additions to the premerger notification process
In brief On Tuesday, 27 June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), announced proposed changes to the premerger notification form and associated instructions and rules that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act.1 The proposed changes represent an expansion and reorganization of the information collected on the HSR form.
United States: Navigate cyber threats, data regulation, and the use of artificial intelligence globally
Event | 01 June 2023 3:30 PM Central Standard Time Baker McKenzie, in partnership with Accenture LLP, invites in-house corporate legal teams and interested business stakeholders to join us in person on Thursday, June 1, to discuss how various legal departments are addressing AI and how companies are managing these challenges and risks. Background The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to change how business is done.
Florian Thamm
For four months we have been providing you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. In the future you will be informed by our team about changes in specific topics. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our experts. The guide line…
Navigate Cyber Threats, Data Regulation, and the use of Artificial Intelligence Globally
Skip to content Baker McKenzie, in partnership with Accenture LLP, invites in-house corporate legal teams and interested business stakeholders to join us in person on Thursday, June 1, to discuss how various legal departments are addressing AI and how companies are managing these challenges and risks. Background The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to change how business is done.
United States: US Court of Appeals Holds That Supreme Court’s AMG Capital Holding Does Not Limit the FTC’s Powers Under § 19 of the FTC Act
In brief On January 27, 2023, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its unanimous (3-0) decision in FTC v. Simple Health Plans, LLC, et al., No. 21-13116. This matter stemmed from an individual defendant’s emergency motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction that a district court had issued under Sections 13(b) and 19 of the FTC Act. The district court denied the emergency motion, and the defendant appealed.
International: Future mobility meets data monetization (Webinar)
Click here to watch the video. In brief Data is the new currency driving economic benefit for the mobility sector. Though at a fundamental level data monetization means selling rights in data to a third party, it can do much more in enabling the creation of new services and revenue streams. In striving to grow market share, working with outside partners and competitors (e.g., via data pooling or licensing agreements) can expose a company to antitrust and merger control risks.
Global Merger Control and Competition Law Issues in M&A Transactions
This CLE training examines key issues that affect the strategic growth plan for your business, including: Merger control regimes globally In-depth look at merger control processes in the EU, US, and UK Navigating competition law issues in M&A deals Enforcement trends and priorities MCLE Credit Pending for 1.5 general California CLE credits, 1.5 general Illinois CLE credits, 1.5 general NC CLE credits,1.5 areas of professional practice New York CLE credits, and 1.5 general Texas CLE credits.
Federal Trade Commission Adjusts Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Filing-fee Thresholds
Overview The Federal Trade Commission has announced the annual adjustment to notification thresholds that determine whether proposed transactions may trigger a filing obligation under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. The revised thresholds will apply to all transactions that will close on or after February 27, 2020.
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