HSR Rule Changes: A Look Back (and Ahead)

Jonathan Cheng, Adam Eckart, Deidre Johnson, Simone Waterbury, May 28, 2013

In August 2011, the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger rules and form received their second major overhaul since the enactment of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). While the rule changes did not impact the reportability of transactions, they altered a filer’s necessary disclosures, initially drawing the ire of the private bar which claimed that they would result in a sub