Recent HSR Federal Register Notices of Interim and Final Rulemaking

• 73 FR 5191 (January 29, 2008): 2008 revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/01/P859910sec7a.pdf
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2007/01/P859910RevisedSection8ClaytonAct2007.pdf
  • News Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/01/clayton.shtm
• 72 FR 2693 (January 22, 2007)
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2007/01/P859910RevisedSection8ClaytonAct2007.pdf
  • News Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/01/fyi0708.shtm
• 72 FR 2692 (January 22, 2007): 2007 revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2007/01/P859910RevisedSection7AClaytonAct2007.pdf
  • News Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/01/fyi0708.shtm
• 71 FR 2943 (January 18, 2006): 2006 revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/01/fyi0603.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/01/Section_7AThresholdsfrn.pdf
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/01/Section_8Thresholdsfrn.pdf
    
• 70 FR 11502 (March 8, 2005): Treatment of unincorporated entities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino rules.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/02/fyi0516.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2005/02/050223premergerfrn.pdf
• 70 FR 4987 (January 31, 2005): Introduction of adjusted jurisdictional thresholds.
• Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/01/fyi0506.htm
• Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2005/01/050125hsrfrn.pdf
• 68 FR 2425 (January 17, 2003): Finalizing Interim Rules which were effective February 1, 2001 introducing changes to conform the rules to statutory changes, including the introduction of new notification thresholds.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/12/fyi0269.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/12/hsrrulesfrn.pdf
• 67 FR 11904 (March 18, 2002): 5-year period restored in Section 802.21 for acquisitions made under original notification thresholds.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/03/fyi0215.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/03/frn16cfrpart802.htm
• 67 FR 11898 (March 18, 2002): Proposed rules made final including agricultural exemption, transactions requiring federal regulatory approval, reorganization of the foreign exemptions.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/03/fyi0215.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/03/frn16cfrparts801and802.htm
• 66 FR 35541 (July 6, 2001): Interim rule introducing NAICS made final.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/fyi0137.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2001/06/hsrfedreg.htm
• 66 FR 23561 (May 9, 2001): Interim rule introducing NAICS.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/05/fyi0130.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2001/05/66fr23561.pdf
• 66 FR 8680 (February 1, 2001): Interim rules to implement statutory changes to reflect the $50 million size-of-transaction threshold.
  • Press Release: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/01/hsrreform.htm
  • Text: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2001/01/hsrrulesfrn.htm