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Antitrust Considerations in Long-Term Care — Assisted Living and the Law Podcast

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Assisted Living and the Law, hosted by Troutman Pepper attorneys Cal Stein and Emma Trivax, offers timely insights and practical advice on navigating the complex and evolving legal landscape of the long-term care industry. ...more

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Reliance on Third-Party “Pricing” Facilitators Under Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny

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In the past year, healthcare systems and providers across the country have filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against MultiPlan Inc. and major US health insurers, alleging a hub-and-spoke conspiracy to fix and reduce...more

A&O Shearman

Health Care Company Secures Antitrust Victory With Jury Verdict In Its Favor

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On August 1, 2024, a unanimous jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found plaintiff, a veterinary drug manufacturer, failed to allege a relevant antitrust market under Sherman Act,...more

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Healthcare Industry Team 2023 Year in Review

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As we approach the conclusion of another transformative year, we are excited to present our comprehensive year-end review, shedding light on the trends shaping the healthcare market in 2023. Our team’s keen insights and...more

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Ustekinumab Antitrust Litigation

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On December 7, 2023, a group of health insurers and health insurance administrators filed a class action complaint against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively “J&J”) in the Eastern District of Virginia...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Sutter Health Prevails in Antitrust Trial Arising from Its Contracting Practices

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On March 11, a California federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest hospital systems, in a $411 million class-action lawsuit alleging Sutter’s contracts with insurers unlawfully...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is There a Legal Duty to Deal with Competitors? Sixth Circuit Antitrust Opinion Examines ProMedica’s Termination of Rival Hospital...

The Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in St. Luke’s Hospital et al. v. ProMedica Health System, Inc. addresses whether and when a unilateral refusal to deal can result in competitive injury within the meaning of the federal...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - January 2022 #2

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340B PROGRAM - Further State Legislation Seeks to Regulate PBMs in Relation to 340B: Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, and New Hampshire recently introduced legislation aiming to regulate pharmacy benefit managers...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Lina Khan Takes Charge of the Federal Trade Commission

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On June 15, 2021, in a 69–28 vote, the Senate confirmed Lina Khan to fill the current vacancy at the Commissioner level of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). Immediately upon her confirmation, President Biden tapped Ms....more

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Distinguishable Products and Tying Claims in Health Care Markets

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Unlawful tying occurs when an entity with market power in one product (the “tying” product) agrees to sell that product but only on the condition that the buyer also agrees to buy a second product (the “tied” product), or at...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Remote Event] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden - What Health Care Companies May Expect By Way Of Antitrust Policy And...

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After a turbulent year that roiled the economy, and the health care sector more than most, the Democrats emerged with control of both the White House and Congress for the first time since 2014. Business leaders and in-house...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Special Report - 2019 Hospital and Health Systems Year in Review

Hospitals and health systems are facing consumer demand for innovation, the need to expand and enhance streams of revenue and the push for improved quality, all while navigating changing regulations, federal enforcement,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

3 Things to Know About the $575 Million Settlement of the Landmark Antitrust Suit against Sutter Health

Additional settlement details were recently released in the antitrust case brought against Sacramento-based Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest hospital systems. In October 2019, Sutter settled People of the State of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Attorney General Announces Historic $575 Million Settlement of Antitrust Suit Against Sutter Health

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG Becerra) announced on Friday, December 20, 2019, the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement reached with Sutter Health (Sutter), the largest hospital system in Northern...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Sutter Health Settles California Attorney General Antitrust Case With Cash and an Agreement to Make Significant Changes to its...

The terms of a settlement that resolved antitrust litigation between the State of California and Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California, have now become public, almost two months after the settlement...more

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Benesch Market Intelligence: Health Care Quarterly Report - Q3 2019

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Shepherd Premier Aims to Open 30 Small-Home Communities By 2022 - Aug 11th, 2019 via Senior Housing News. Small-home senior living provider, Shepherd Premier Senior Living, offers an alternative to traditional large-scale...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Antitrust Litigation Update for Health Care Providers - June 2019

2018 saw a significant upswing in antitrust litigation against health care providers; 27 cases were filed in 2018 versus 17 in 2017. In the latest Antitrust Update for Health Care Providers, we discuss what caused the notable...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Federal Court Opinion Reminds Health Care Providers to Assess the Antitrust Risks of Competitor Affiliations

The Attorney General of the State of Washington (the State) scored another victory last week in its federal antitrust challenge to Franciscan Health System’s (Franciscan) affiliations with two competing physician practices,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Third Circuit Rejects State’s Bid for Attorney’s Fees in Hospital Merger Dispute

On January 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) issued an opinion denying the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the right to recover attorney’s fees after it had successfully blocked a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

FTC Announces Settlement of Antitrust Action Against Therapist Staffing Company Accused of Fixing Therapist Wages

In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, LLC – is the most recent example of federal antitrust enforcers’ increasing interest in curtailing anticompetitive conduct in employee markets, which was first announced when the Federal...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Per se versus ‘Rule of Reason’ Standard: Judge in Blue Cross Antitrust MDL Proceeding Certifies His Decision For Interlocutory...

In a somewhat unexpected but highly significant move, United States District Judge David Procter (Northern District of Alabama), who is presiding over the In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation (Case No....more

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Healthcare Law Update: May 2018

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Provision of Samples by a Device Distributor - On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a...more

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Using “Old Cases,” District Court Applies Per Se Standard of Review to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Restrictive Practices in Antitrust...

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Since 2013, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has faced a series of purported class actions consolidated in the U.S. District Court in Alabama. In a recent decision focused upon the appropriate standard of review, the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Outpatient Surgery Center Avoids Dismissal of Antitrust Action Through an Assist from the DOJ

In 2012, Marion Healthcare, an outpatient surgery center in southern Illinois, commenced an antitrust action against Southern Illinois Healthcare (“SIH”), a multi-hospital system operating in the same market....more

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