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FTC updates merger reporting rules: 5 things to know

The Federal Trade Commission has updated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act's jurisdictional thresholds and filing fees for 2025, with the size-of-transaction threshold for reporting mergers and acquisitions increasing from $119.5 million to $126.4 million. 

Five things to know: 

1. The adjustments, required annually based on changes in gross national product and consumer price index, take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. 

2. The FTC unanimously approved the updates with a 5-0 vote.

3. In December, the FTC and the Justice Department's antitrust division withdrew the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors. The guidelines, published in April 2000, no longer provide reliable guidance about how enforcers assess the legality of collaborations involving competitors, according to the federal agencies. The FTC vote to withdraw the antirust guidelines was 3-2. 

4. The FTC and DOJ maintained that antitrust enforcement is considered on a case-by-case basis in the area of competitor collaborations because such collaborations can harm competition and undermine the competitive process.

5. President-elect Donald Trump is set to appoint Andrew Ferguson as FTC chair. Mr. Ferguson will replace Lina Khan, who was sworn in on June 15, 2021.

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