Building an HSR second request tracker that works

I’m refining our antitrust compliance workflow and need a reliable way to track second request custodians, HHI snapshots, and clean‑team access; right now I’m testing an Airtable base with 47 fields and a daily RACI check at 4:30 pm ET. What tools or fields have helped you keep 4(c)/4(d) pulls, privilege screens, and hold notices on schedule — general pointers only; for specific matters we’ll consult a qualified attorney.

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“check at 4:30 pm ET. What tools or fields have helped you keep 4(c)/4(d) pulls, privilege screens,” Agree on the timing — what worked for us was a Custodian×Request junction table with a single-select Stage and SLA days that auto-creates dated tasks for 4(c)/4(d), privilege screen, and hold per custodian. We also stamp an HHI snapshot_date and attach the filing PDF so the number is frozen, and a clean-team gate checkbox routes items to a synced clean-team table with limited fields.

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Past the 10-minute 8:30 buffer, I offer ‘standby today’ or reschedule, @t_howard34.

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And we ditched the sprawl: instead of “47 fields,” we run a Custodians table plus a linked “Milestones” table with checkboxes for 4(c)/4(d), privilege screen, and hold notice, and a formula roll‑up that flags what’s blocking each custodian. A 4:10 pm ET automation posts a Slack digest of overdue Milestones so your 4:30 RACI isn’t a surprise (set up via Getting started with automations in Airtable). Small caveat: keep HHI snapshots in a separate log with an as‑of date and auto‑lock after submission so nobody overwrites history.

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Airtable automation posts ‘RACI check’ to Teams at 4:35 ET; add ‘last-touch’ per custodian to catch stalls.

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