Trends and Lessons From the New Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE course will discuss the recent developments, trends, and guidance relating to Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) deals one year after the FTC released its new final rule. The panel will examine the early implications of the new HSR regime on deal-making, outline trends that have emerged in the last several months, and provide practical guidance for preparing HSR filings.
Outline
- Overview: new HSR rule and premerger notification form
- Key changes to the HSR filing requirements
- Comparing the new rule to the prior rule and process
- Practical steps to optimize filing under the new HSR regime
- Emerging trends, developments, and guidance
- How the new rule is impacting FTC and DOJ merger enforcement
- Practical considerations and key takeaways
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important issues:
- What is the current threshold for HSR pre-notification and the initial notice period?
- When must different transactions be aggregated in calculating the total amount of a transaction?
- What information is required to be included in the new premerger notification report form?
- How is the new HSR regime impacting transactions, and what trends, practices, and policies are evolving with the HSR premerger notification report form?
Faculty
Carrie A. Hanger
Partner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Ms. Hanger is a seasoned healthcare law, biosciences, and antitrust attorney. Her antitrust experience covers a... | Read More
Ms. Hanger is a seasoned healthcare law, biosciences, and antitrust attorney. Her antitrust experience covers a variety of industries with a particular focus on healthcare antitrust matters. Ms. Hanger assists clients with a variety of antitrust matters. She advises clients on pricing, distribution, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and Hart–Scott–Rodino premerger notification filings.
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Wrede Smith
Partner
McGuireWoods
Mr. Smith is a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice, focusing on representing clients... | Read More
Mr. Smith is a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice, focusing on representing clients in government review of mergers and acquisitions, civil and criminal government investigations, civil antitrust litigation, and antitrust counseling. He has represented parties in all stages of merger clearance, including pre-merger counseling and filing under the Hart-Scot-Rodino (HSR) Act, representation before the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and the Federal Trade Commission, and merger litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Smith practiced antitrust law at a Washington, DC law firm and was a trial attorney in the Defense, Aerospace, and Industrials section of DOJ’s Antitrust Division, where he investigated and analyzed mergers and acquisitions in a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, banking, aeronautics, defense, and mining.
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