US FTC tells Fifth Circuit new premerger form will be streamlined, less burdensome
By Ilana Kowarski ( May 18, 2026, 21:35 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Trade Commission submitted an unopposed motion for abeyance Monday to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which previously denied the FTC’s request for a stay pending appeal for a lower court vacatur of the agency’s expanded premerger form.The US Federal Trade Commission submitted an unopposed motion for abeyance Monday to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which previously denied the FTC’s request for a stay pending appeal for a lower court vacatur of the agency’s expanded premerger form....
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