New York Proposes Broad New Pre-Merger Notification Requirement

The American Bar Association is hosting a panel discussion on New York's 21st Century Antitrust Act and the pre-merger regime it could create moderated by Austin A.B. Ownbey on March 4. For more information and to register please click here.

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The 21st Century Antitrust Act has primarily been described as an effort to strengthen the anti-monopoly provisions of Section 340 of New York's General Business Law. However, tucked inside the legislation are some little talked about provisions that could create a new premerger notification requirement unlike anything that currently exists in New York and broader than any requirement in any other state.