Keep it 100: The Tipline for 24 January 2022

The threshold for reporting most mergers to the US antitrust agencies has hit nine digits. The Federal Trade Commission revealed on Friday that companies generally will have to report deals valued at more than $101 million – almost a 10% bump from the previous year. Is your firm looking to win its softball league this year? Even with the club offloading a ton of talent last season, the Washington Nationals’ payroll skirts just north of $103 million – so you’ll still have to go through Hart-Scott-Rodino to get Juan Soto and Stephen Strasburg.