Keith J. Blum, Author at AntitrustConnect Blog

By Keith J. Blum

Keith Blum is a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. He is a member of the firm's corporate/tax group. His practice includes representation of partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and other business entities and their owners. He has represented many local, regional, national and international clients in both taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, business combinations, restructurings, equity and debt financings, private equity transactions, corporate joint ventures and other strategic alliances.

Mergers and Acquisitions, Premerger Notification, U.S. Department of Justice

HSR Compliance: The Consequences of Being Lackadaisical … A $720,000 Fine

Keith J. Blum (Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP)/July 10, 2013 /Leave a comment

MacAndrews and Forbes’ (M&F) settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 20, 2013, provides a good reminder that simply surviving the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act waiting period or receiving an early termination is not the end of HSR premerger notification compliance. The settlement demonstrates the need to be continually vigilant of HSR compliance matters,…