Effective February 1, 2001, the HSR Act will be revised in important respects.

On December 21, 2000, the President signed into law the first significant changes in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a, since its enactment in 1976. The Act requires parties intending to merge or make acquisitions of voting securities or assets to provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division…