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Jan 14, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Daniel Anziska |Joseph Farside Jr. |Van Jolas

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act notification thresholds. The HSR Act requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions that meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds to file notification with the FTC and the Department of Justice and to wait a designated period of time before consummating such transactions. These thresholds are adjusted annually based on changes in the U.S. gross national product (GNP).

Jan 9, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Joseph Farside Jr. |Van Jolas |Barbara Sicalides

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced a record-setting $5.6 million gun-jumping fine related to Verdun Oil Company II LLC's acquisition of EP Energy LLC. Although the parties agreed to divest certain operations pursuant to a 2022 consent decree to address competition issues, the current action did not allege new concerns about the post-closing effects of the transaction on competition.

Oct 16, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Barbara Sicalides |Van Jolas |Julian J. Weiss |Drew Mann

After what one commissioner described as “intense negotiations” among the commissioners, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has unanimously approved a substantial overhaul to the rules governing the documents and information that must be submitted as part of parties’ premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements (HSR) Act.

Oct 14, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joseph Farside Jr. |Van Jolas |Barbara Sicalides

After what is described as "intense negotiations" among the commissioners, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has unanimously approved a substantial overhaul to the rules governing the documents and information that must be submitted as part of the parties' premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements (HSR) Act.

Oct 9, 2024 | concurrences.com | Barbara Sicalides |Julian J. Weiss |Van Jolas |Joseph A. Farside

Joseph Farside is a partner at Locke Lord, based in the firm’s Rhode Island office. Joe has a multi-jurisdictional litigation and counseling practice, and he routinely appears in state and federal courts throughout the northeast in addition to proceedings involving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Health and Safety ‎Administration (OHSA)‎.