The dollar amounts used to determine whether a merger or acquisition is subject to the mandatory pre-merger notification requirements has been raised regularly since the law was first implemented in the 1970s. For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission recently announced that the thresholds will be reduced. The decision is based on the view that the weak economy is likely to lead to more transactions with lower dollar amounts. Parties considering mergers or acquisitions should carefully review the new thresholds before proceeding.