On February 12, 2026, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 2024 rule (the “Final Rule”), amending the Premerger Notification Rules that implement the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (“HSR Act”).1 The Final Rule, which was implemented on February 10, 2025, dramatically expanded the breadth of mandatory disclosures for the HSR Premerger Notification form (the “HSR filing”). The FTC must decide by February 19, 2026, whether it will appeal the decision.
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