Second Requests in Merger Investigations
Making the Second Request Process Both More Streamlined and ...
If the FTC or DOJ seeks additional information through what is known as a “second request,” the law forbids merging firms from consummating a ...
Second Requests in Merger Investigations | Practical Law - Westlaw
A Practice Note providing guidance on Second Requests, formally known as Requests for Additional Information and Documentary Material, issued by the ...
Mergers & Acquisitions: Second Requests - FTI Technology
Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) Second Requests & Phase II Merger Clearance Investigations: High Stakes, Massive Volumes, Short Timelines.
Model Second Request - Department of Justice
any terms or conditions of the Transaction that are not reflected in the merger or sale agreement between the parties or other documents supplied in response to.
Second Request Toolkit | Practical Law - Westlaw
(See Practice Note, Second Requests in Merger Investigations.) Complying with a Second Request typically takes two to six months and can be expensive. The ...
Second Requests: A Detailed Guide - Venio Systems
A second request follows an initial voluntary request for information during a merger or acquisition. ... Second request investigations ...
Premerger Notification and the Merger Review Process
Step Four: Parties Substantially Comply with the Second Requests. Typically ... close the investigation and let the deal go forward unchallenged;; enter ...
Second Requests: Mergers & Acquisitions | TransPerfect Legal
Facilitate second requests, cross-border transactions, acquisitions, and government investigations with accelerated data collection and cost-effective document ...
Few mergers emerge unscathed from FTC, DOJ second requests
“The likelihood of a major antitrust merger investigation has not increased from prior administrations and remains very low.” What has appeared ...
In United States antitrust law, a second request is a discovery procedure by which the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Justice ...
FTC Rolls Out Changes to Merger and Acquisition Second Request
The FTC is charged with investigating the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of a certain size under the HSR Act. In 2010, there ...
Justice Department Concurs with Federal Trade Commission's ...
... merger without opening a preliminary investigation or seeking additional information through a second request. In this way, the final rule ...
Emerging Trends in Second Requests - Lighthouse eDiscovery
New merger guidelines published by the FTC identify procedures and enforcement practices used by both the FTC and DOJ when investigating mergers for antitrust ...
... second requests in 22 investigations —. i.e., there were four more merger enforcement actions than second requests issued by the DOJ in 2022.
FTC Announces Changes to Second Request Process, Extending ...
The practical result is that complying with FTC merger investigations will now likely take merging parties longer, cover a greater array of ...
investigations and Second Requests, are incomplete. FY 2021 and FY 2022 were unusual years, with the first and second highest number of HSR ...
DAMITT 2023 Annual Report: Minding the Gap in Merger Enforcement
... merger investigation matches a parallel drop in the percentage of transactions that received Second Requests. U.S. second requests. The low ...
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
... investigation by issuing Second Requests. In June 2023, the ... For instance, a merger of two firms that compete (or will soon compete) ...
Trends in Merger Investigations and Enforcement at the U.S. ...
In FY 2023, merger transactions, investigations, and second requests decreased sharply from the prior fiscal year.
Practice Tips if You are Served With a CID or Second Request
What to Expect During Antitrust Merger Reviews and Investigations Under the Biden Administration (Part 2): Practice Tips if You are Served With ...