Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

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The Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is a U.S. federal law that requires companies to notify the government and observe a waiting period before completing certain large mergers and acquisitions, enabling antitrust authorities to review deals for potential anti-competitive effects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
administeredBy Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
allows early termination of the waiting period ⓘ
issuance of a second request for additional information ⓘ
amends Clayton Antitrust Act ⓘ
appliesTo acquisitions ⓘ
certain asset acquisitions ⓘ
certain stock acquisitions ⓘ
joint ventures meeting specified thresholds ⓘ
mergers ⓘ
tender offers ⓘ
codifiedIn 15 U.S.C. § 18a ⓘ
contains exemptions for certain types of transactions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
establishes initial waiting period for reportable transactions ⓘ
size-of-person test for certain transactions ⓘ
size-of-transaction threshold for reportability ⓘ
exempts certain intraperson transactions ⓘ
certain real estate and agricultural property transactions under conditions ⓘ
small transactions below the size-of-transaction threshold ⓘ
filingFeesAdjustedBy Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
legalBasisFor HSR premerger notification program ⓘ
monetaryThresholdsAdjustedFor changes in gross national product ⓘ
monetaryThresholdsUpdated annually ⓘ
namedAfter Hugh Scott ⓘ
Peter W. Rodino Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Peter W. Rodino

Philip A. Hart ⓘ
linked to: Philip Hart
partOf Clayton Antitrust Act ⓘ
penaltyForViolation civil monetary penalties ⓘ
requirement to divest assets or unwind transactions in some cases ⓘ
primaryPurpose premerger notification and review of certain mergers and acquisitions ⓘ
purpose enable antitrust authorities to review transactions before consummation ⓘ
prevent anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions ⓘ
requires observance of a waiting period before closing covered transactions ⓘ
payment of a filing fee with premerger notification ⓘ
premerger notification filings for certain transactions ⓘ
requiresFilingWith Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
scope transactions exceeding specified monetary thresholds ⓘ
shortName HSR Act ⓘ
Hart–Scott–Rodino Act ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
waitingPeriodLength 15 days for cash tender offers ⓘ
30 days for most transactions ⓘ
yearEnacted 1976 ⓘ

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Clayton Act provisions → amendedBy → Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ⓘ
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 → amendedBy → Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ⓘ
linked to: Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
U.S. Department of Justice antitrust litigation → appliesLaw → Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ⓘ
linked to: Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
United States antitrust law → includes → Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ⓘ
Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act → shortName → Hart–Scott–Rodino Act ⓘ
linked to: Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act → legalBasisFor → HSR premerger notification program ⓘ
linked to: Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division → legalAuthority → Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ⓘ