---
title: "Index documents for a possible premerger notification"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/prepare-a-merger-notification-document-index/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-B2-2-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Index documents for a possible premerger notification

> Index the documents the lawyer marks for a possible filing: date, author, recipients and the file name. Do not complete the form and do not invent an item number.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/prepare-a-merger-notification-document-index/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Index the documents the lawyer marks for a possible filing: date, author, recipients and the file name. Do not complete the form and do not invent an item number. |
| What the lawyer must review | 15 U.S.C. § 18a requires both persons, or the acquiring person in a tender offer, to file and wait when the commerce test and the size tests are met, unless an exemption applies. The waiting period in the statute is 30 days, or 15 days for a cash tender offer. The FTC thresholds page gives the figures effective 17 February 2026: $535.5 million, $133.9 million, and size-of-person figures of $26.8 million and $267.8 million. The form's item numbers were not opened, so the index uses no item number. You decide whether a filing is required and which documents are responsive. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare a merger notification document index](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/prepare-a-merger-notification-document-index.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Index the documents the lawyer marks for a possible filing: date, author, recipients and the file name. Do not complete the form and do not invent an item number.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not invent an HSR item number.
- Do not treat the index as the decision to file. You still open the exemptions.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 18a, Premerger notification and waiting period](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/18a) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FTC, HSR current jurisdictional thresholds (effective 17 February 2026)](https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/premerger-notification-program/current-thresholds) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [HSR filing information request list](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-hsr-information-request.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Request list for the facts used to test section 7A of the Clayton Act, with the 2026 adjusted thresholds from the FTC page. It does not restate HSR form items and it has no affidavit. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*