FTC Updates Thresholds for Competing Firm Directors
Published Date: 1/22/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Trade Commission just updated the money limits that decide when one person can’t be a boss at two competing companies. If the companies are big enough—now with new thresholds of about $51 million and $5 million—this rule kicks in right away. This change helps keep business fair and affects anyone involved in leadership at competing firms.
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Higher dollar tests for interlocking directors
If you serve as a director or officer of two competing corporations, the money tests that can trigger a legal ban have been raised effective January 22, 2025. The Federal Trade Commission set the new thresholds at $51,380,000 for section 8(a)(1) and $5,138,000 for section 8(a)(2)(A).
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