Nandu Machiraju

Jan 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Creighton Macy |Brian Burke |John Fedele |Teisha C. Johnson |Nandu Machiraju |Daniel Graulich

In briefThe 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.

Mar 23, 2023 | pymnts.com | Nandu Machiraju

Consistent with the Biden administration’s push for vigorous antitrust law enforcement, enforcers have begun to employ Section 8 to target interlocking directorates. Upon closer review, however, the 1990 amendments to the statute make it ill-suited as a tool to address elements of the administration’s ambitious agenda. In particular, the addition of safe-harbor thresholds, which directed the focus of Section 8 to downstream, revenue-generating competition, preclude the statute&...