Hart-Scott-Rodino Early Termination Notices via API

An API endpoint from the Federal Trade Commission listing granted early terminations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust waiting period. It documents instances where the FTC and DOJ completed review and determined early termination was appropriate, including cases involving consent orders.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in early termination grants to gauge antitrust enforcement intensity over time.
• Track specific merger cases where a Request for Additional Information was issued but the waiting period was later terminated.
• Identify instances where early termination was linked to a consent order or other settlement outcome.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Federal Trade Commission, which administers the HSR Program.
• Covers a specific, legally significant event in the U.S. merger review process.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific data fields like columns and row count are unavailable for inspection.
• The dataset's last update was in November 2020, indicating potential staleness for current analysis.

Provenance

Source

Federal Trade Commission

Collection Method

Administrative records from the HSR Program.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2020-11-12.

Geography

United States (federal antitrust enforcement)