Two recent enforcement actions demonstrate that U.S. antitrust authorities can and do fine individuals and entities — especially repeat offenders — for failure to comply with U.S. antitrust premerger notification requirements.
Under HSR, parties to mergers and acquisitions that meet certain size thresholds must notify the antitrust enforcement agencies of the pending transaction.
In January 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made two important announcements for M&A practitioners. First, on January 24, the FTC announced the annual adjustment of the.