Nightmare on K Street: FTC Overhauls HSR Form and Instructions

After well over a year of nail-biting, hand wringing, and waiting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced earlier this October that it had finalized proposed revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification program filing rules. The FTC’s final rule substantially modifies the HSR filing form, instructions, and filing requirements, and also revives the FTC’s early termination program. Read more about the final rule, and why M&A attorneys and antitrust advisors are starting the Q4 scramble early.

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