Unpack the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act's overhauled 2025 rules. Equip yourself with essential strategies to navigate heightened scrutiny, ensure compliance, and safeguard your deals.
In 2025, sweeping updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act rules have transformed the regulatory landscape for mergers and acquisitions. These changes, coupled with a shift in leadership at both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), have introduced new compliance challenges for dealmakers, legal advisors, and compliance professionals. The updated rules significantly increase the premerger notification and documentation requirements, impacting transaction timelines, legal strategy, and enforcement exposure.
Join Susan Zhu, Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Brad Keeton, Partner at Frost Brown Todd LLP, and Joshua Jowdy, Associate at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP as they provide an in-depth analysis of the new HSR rules and their practical implications. The panel will cover the most consequential rule changes, discuss agency rationale, and explore how these developments align with current enforcement priorities. Attendees will gain strategic insights into managing risk, accelerating deal timelines, and preparing robust HSR filings under the new framework.
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Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Susan Zhu represents and advises clients on antitrust and competition matters, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), government investigations, complex antitrust litigation, and corporate counseling. Susan represents clients before the Federal Trade Commission, the US Department of Justice, international competition authorities, and in federal and state courts. She has represented Fortune 250 companies, private equity sponsors, and other clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.
Partner at Frost Brown Todd
Brad chairs the firm’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation Team. His practice focuses on antitrust, trade regulation, and other competition matters, including antitrust litigation, counseling, and advising on competition issues with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other competitor collaborations. He also advises on the applicability of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act to transactions and prepares premerger notifications when required. Outside of his antitrust work, he handles complex commercial litigation matters for financial institution, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and insurance clients. Brad also maintains a robust regulatory practice where he counsels on compliance issues with federal agencies, including the FDA, FTC, and TTB; state regulatory bodies and attorneys general; and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Associate at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Josh Jowdy is an associate in the Antitrust group in Axinn’s Washington, DC, office. His practice focuses on federal and state antitrust law, including both transactions and litigation, with an emphasis on corporate merger clearance. He also counsels businesses navigating competition concerns in forming joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements.
