On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a unanimous 5-0 vote to finalize changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification program, including changes to the HSR form and associated instructions, with the Department of Justice (DOJ) concurring with the final rule. Under the HSR Act, parties to transactions are required to notify the FTC and DOJ of most transactions valued above the size-of-transaction thresholds – currently $119.5 million – and observe a waiting period before closing. The new HSR rules do not alter the filing thresholds, nor do they change the substantive merger review process – rather, the new rules focus on the premerger notification process and what information must be produced with an HSR filing.

To learn more about the new HSR rules, please see the client alert published by Cooley’s antitrust team.

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