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Proposed Federal Guidelines For Compliance Programs Published For Comment

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.07.04

By our earlier Bullet Point (Oct. 7, 2003), we advised that the US Sentencing Commission was considering substantial revisions to its guidelines for organizations and courts on what constitutes an effective compliance program. The proposed guidelines were published on 12/30/03 (68 FR 75340) for public comment, closing on 03/01/04.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.13.26

Recent Developments in U.S. Merger Enforcement: HSR Rule Overturned and Leadership Changes at DOJ Antitrust Division

In October 2024, the FTC adopted a final rule that substantially modified the HSR form, requiring new categories of information and documents. The final rule was the most significant overhaul of the HSR premerger notification requirements in decades. The new requirements imposed additional time and expense on merging parties, with the FTC estimating that the new form would likely take triple the amount of time to complete than the previous form. Numerous groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sued to challenge the rule....