M&A Under the Microscope: What Attorneys Must Know About the 2025 HSR Rules, State Enforcement, and Second Request Litigation

Session I – Merger Control Reimagined: M&A Essentials to Know about the 2025 HSR Act Overhaul and the Proliferation of State Merger Statutes – Bevin M.B. Newman This session frames how the HSR Act and antitrust laws shape M&A: from early diligence and gun-jumping risk to timelines, covenants, and remedies. We distill the 2025 final HSR rules (expanded narratives, new data/documents, tighter scrutiny of overlaps, labor, and roll-ups) into concrete practices: front-load diligence, enforce document hygiene, use clean teams/privilege, and set realistic outside dates and reverse fees. We close with fast-evolving state merger control, coordinating with federal review, and navigating…