Brian G. Filler

On July 13, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had secured a combined $12 million civil penalty settlement with Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and Genesis MedTech Group Limited to resolve allegations...more On March 19, 2026, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) motion for a stay pending appeal in the challenge to the agency’s sweeping overhaul of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR)...more A federal district court judge in Texas has invalidated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) revised premerger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR), representing a potentially significant shift in...more The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Jan. 14 annual revisions to the applicable thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act). These updates will apply to all...more