On November 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued a new final rule on “Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirement.” This rule (the New Rule) addresses areas the FTC ...

While they have long taken a back seat to federal merger reviews, US states are becoming increasingly involved in merger reviews, including potentially requiring premerger notifications on a broad ...

"It really increases the burden and imposes additional costs on companies that are trying to engage in transactions," Covington & Burling partner Ryan Quillian said of the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger ...

In the wake of the recent major revisions to the federal merger review form, states are also getting into the act, creating broad new transaction notification requirements. Such notification ...

The accounting profession is experiencing unprecedented consolidation, with traditional firm mergers and private equity acquisitions dominating the landscape. However, these conventional paths aren't ...