FTC Announces Increased Reporting Thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act

Nathan Heeter practices in the area of litigation. Mr. Heeter is a 2020 graduate of Duke University School of Law, where he was a staff editor of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, and a cum laude graduate of the College of William and Mary.

Edward G. Biester III is co-chair of Duane Morris' Antitrust and Competition Practice Group and a member of Duane Morris' Trial Practice Group. He represents clients in litigation, transactions and counseling on compliance with antitrust and competition laws, providing advice to manufacturers, distributors and service providers on distribution issues, and antitrust aspects of joint ventures, competitor collaboration and transactions, including Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice merger investigations and compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. His litigation and arbitration experience includes antitrust, commercial, banking and insurance, corporate and securities, class action and intellectual property matters. He has also assisted clients in connection with FDIC receiverships, including banks purchasing and assuming assets and liabilities of failed banks, and has represented insurance guaranty associations in connection with insurance insolvency matters and related issues. Mr. Biester is a member of the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association, and has served as chair of its Public Education and Oral History Committee, a vice chair of its Teleseminars Committee, a vice chair of its Intellectual Property Committee and as a member of the editorial board of Antitrust magazine. He has also contributed to Antitrust Section publications, including Antitrust Law Developments (Sixth), Intellectual Property and Antitrust Handbook, and Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook. In the Philadelphia Bar Association, Mr. Biester has served as the chair of the Federal Courts Committee and the chair of the Business Litigation Committee. He serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' Commerce Case Management Program.

Sean P. McConnell represents U.S. and international clients on the full range of antitrust matters across a wide variety of industries. Mr. McConnell has counseled clients in their most high-stakes and sophisticated matters, including complex class actions, criminal and civil government investigations, and the antitrust aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. His representations span numerous industry sectors, with a focus on pharmaceutical, medical device, transportation, food and beverage, and retail. Mr. McConnell has also advised clients in the securities and complex commercial litigation areas. Mr. McConnell is a Partner in the Commercial, Securities and Antitrust Litigation section of the firm’s Trial Practice Group. Mr. McConnell also maintains an active pro bono practice with a focus on prisoner civil rights cases. Mr. McConnell is a 2009 graduate of Villanova University School of Law, where he was a member of the Villanova Law Review, and he is a 2005 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Finance. Areas of Practice Antitrust and Competition Complex Commercial Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions