JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 18, 2023

On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Article 45-A, amending the New York Public Health Law (“Article 45-A”).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Parties contemplating transactions in the defense sector need to know about a new obligation to provide materials to the Department of Defense (DOD) that will substantially affect their obligations for transactions that are notified to the US antitrust authorities. By: WilmerHale

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Under the new law, the Illinois AG now has the power to review and assess certain “covered transactions” entered into between health care facilities and providers. By: Troutman Pepper

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 2, 2023

Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot , a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. Fakespot’s offerings can be used to spot fake reviews listed on various online marketplaces including Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor and more.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 6, 2023

The new rules will likely take effect in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024. The recent proposal would require significantly more information to be provided up front to the U.S. antitrust agencies. By: Dechert LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Be you a merger and acquisition attorney, corporate compliance officer, or counsel to an acquiring entity or target entity, you should review the Department of Justice’s new Merger and Acquisition Safe Harbor Policy (“Policy”) to enhance your law firm’s diligence process, to educate your company’s compliance personnel, and/or to incorporate procedures (..)

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 22, 2024

On March 15, 2024, a federal appellate court imposed a temporary stay pending judicial review of the new rules. By: White & Case LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On December 29, 2023, a new competition law comes into effect, including a new merger control regime that can be triggered by the parties' turnover and would suspend transactions by up to 90 days pending completion of the review. Failure to comply is subject to potentially steep fines. By: White & Case LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 3, 2024

On December 18, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the final version of new merger review guidelines (Merger Guidelines), five months after the agencies published a draft for public comment.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups review how new draft guidelines for antitrust reviews of mergers & acquisitions embody significant changes to enforcement policy, with major implications for many companies’ future M&A plans. By: Alston & Bird

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 8, 2024

We continue our review of DOJ initiatives from 2023 and what they may portend for the compliance professional in 2024 and beyond. In October 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new policy regarding M&A.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 18, 2023

In Short - The Development: The Spanish government adopted a new foreign direct investment ("FDI") implementing regulation ("Regulation") that clarifies key concepts of the existing law, such as investment, investors, and sectors caught by the FDI screening regime. By: Jones Day

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JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) jointly released new Merger Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), setting forth the analytical framework the Agencies will use to review proposed mergers and acquisitions. On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and U.S.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 6, 2023

To set the stage, it is important we review the current privacy and cybersecurity landscape. New privacy laws and regulations are emerging at both the state and federal levels, not to mention internationally, imposing stricter requirements. By: Gardner Law

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In the September edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC’s new C&DIs and sample comment letter; considerations for issuers as they start their Form 10-Q preparations; the SEC’s recently settled charges in a case involving NFTs; the Delaware Supreme Court’s clarification of the standard (..)

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to begin advance regulatory review of certain health care transactions beginning January 1, 2024.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Prime Minister yesterday announced a suite of new competition law changes targeting the cost of living.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 8, 2023

January 1, 2024 is rapidly approaching, which is when California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to begin advance regulatory review of certain health care mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and other arrangements that result in material changes of assets, control, or governance. By: Mintz

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Separately, a shutdown will impact the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and its ability to review new and existing filings. Both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued plans for how a shutdown will impact antitrust merger enforcement. By: White & Case LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 14, 2023

As of July 12, 2023, the EU’s new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) began to apply. Deals signed from this date will now fall under the European Commission’s (EC’s) new powers to review subsidies from non-EU states to companies active in the EU. Notification is mandatory and suspensory where thresholds are met.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (together, the “Agencies”) announced new draft Merger Guidelines (“Draft Guidelines”), which detail the analysis the Agencies will perform in reviewing a proposed transaction. By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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Deal Lawyers

MAY 31, 2023

A new FAQ on the CFIUS website reads as follows: How does CFIUS determine the ‘completion date,’ in assessing whether a mandatory filing should be submitted, where the foreign person first acquires equity interest but will not receive CFIUS triggering rights until after CFIUS’s review?

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 15, 2024

Ahead of a shortened trading week, we will review how to find a new core holding for 2024 as updated earnings results hit Wall Street in the weeks ahead.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

On July 18, 2023, the DOJ Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission released new Guidelines detailing the principles that they intend to apply when reviewing mergers.

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Deal Lawyers

JUNE 29, 2023

Late last month, John blogged about a recent Sidley memo that reviewed all announced public transactions from January 1, 2018 through April 30, 2023 that included CVRs as part of the consideration and identified the key components of CVRs and trends in their terms.

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JULY 20, 2023

imposing a new, heightened standard of review of requests for mootness fees predicated on supplemental disclosures made in connection with a merger. Chancellor McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an Opinion on July 6, 2023, in Anderson v. Magellan Health, Inc.,

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 4, 2023

On 19 July 2023, the Department for Business & Trade published draft regulations (the “Regulations”) which will introduce the new corporate reporting reforms that the Government promised with the conclusion of its Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance review.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 27, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a draft version of new Merger Guidelines (Merger Guidelines), which would replace the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines (the latter were rescinded by the FTC in September 2021).

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 24, 2023

Newly effective EU rules impose another layer of review for acquisitions in Europe. While the new regulatory regime may not ultimately lead to many blocked deals, it could result in delays, and companies considering M&A in Europe will need to create comprehensive systems to track any government support they receive anywhere in the.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 18, 2023

The FSR introduces a new merger review regime, separate from and in addition to existing merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) control regimes. The FSR allows the European Commission (EC) to investigate and remedy subsidies received from non-EU countries that distort the EU internal market.

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Deal Lawyers

JULY 28, 2023

As a reminder, here’s a snippet from the memo on what the FSR does and how it will impact M&A: The FSR introduces a new merger review regime, separate from and in addition to existing merger […]

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H. Friedman Search

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For argument’s sake, let’s say you have followed our suggestions and learned more about the potential new firm. Reviewing the employment agreement you have is crucial at this step. Are you providing any balance sheet lending for the client that your new firm may not offer? The post Does Your Book Move With You To The New Firm?

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European Investment Bank

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The review will summarise the EIB Group’s progress in delivering on its Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025. The mid-term review takes stock of progress so far on components of the Roadmap, such as the Bank’s commitment to support green investment and to align new operations with the Paris Agreement.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

CME Group is set to expand its interest rate complex with the launch of US corporate bond index futures in summer 2024, subject to regulatory review. The new futures contracts will be based on the Bloomberg US corporate index and the Bloomberg US high yield very liquid index.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 3, 2023

By: K&L Gates LLP

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