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FTC Loss in Hospital Merger Shows Failing Firm Defense is Alive and Well

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While finding this to be the “rare case” where a hospital’s imminent failure justified its acquisition by a competitor, Judge Kenneth Bell denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin...more

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A Re-awakening of the Failing Firm Defence in the EU in the Aftermath of COVID-19?

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White & Case LLP argued the last successful fully-fledged "failing firm defence" case in Aegean/Olympic II in 2013. Our lawyers Assimakis Komninos and Jan Jeram, who acted in that case, with the help of Iakovos Sarmas1,...more

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