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FTC increases filing thresholds

By  |  January 24, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission increased the filing thresholds for Clayton Act antitrust reviews from $66 million to $68.2 million. Companies use thresholds to determine whether a transaction requires federal review under Hart-Scott-Rodino: if the value of a transaction exceeds the filing thresholds, then antitrust authorities must be notified. The filing thresholds are updated every year for inflation, and changes are based on changes in GNP.

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    Additional revisions include new thresholds for Section 8 Clayton Act prohibitions on interlocking directorates. The new thresholds are $27,784,000 for Section 8(a)(1) and $2,778,400 for Section 8(a)(2)(A).

    Source: FTC Press Release

     

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