Regulations
- Federal Trade CommissionUnder the HSR Act, the FTC investigates proposed mergers and may take formal legal action to stop the merger, either in federal court or before an FTC administrative law judge.
- Hart-Scott-Rodino ActEstablished the federal premerger notification program, which provides the FTC and the Department of Justice with information about large mergers and acquisitions before they occur.
- SEC Mergers pageContains information on the Securities & Exchange (SEC) disclosure rules and descriptions of the common SEC filings related to M&A.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowFull text articles and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, dating back as far as 1886.
European Commission
The European Commission examines and approves/disapproves proposed mergers of companies if the annual turnover of the combined businesses exceeds specified thresholds in terms of global and European sales. Below these thresholds, the national competition authorities in the EU Member States may review the merger.
These rules apply to all mergers no matter where in the world the merging companies have their registered office, headquarters, activities or production facilities. This is so because even mergers between companies based outside the European Union may affect markets in the EU if the companies do business in the EU.
VitalLaw
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Regulations related to Mergers & Acquisitions can be found by:
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