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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FTC Loses Bid to Block NC Hospital Merger between Novant and CHS

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On Wednesday, June 5 a federal district judge denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request for an injunction to prevent Novant Health from acquiring two hospitals from Community Health Systems (CHS) in a $320 million...more

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Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care

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After nearly two years of combined efforts from the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the agencies jointly issued much-anticipated merger guidelines identifying the procedures...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Amp Up Focus on Private Equity Acquisitions in the Health Care Market

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Private equity is squarely in the cross hairs of regulators; the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the launch of a...more

A&O Shearman

Antitrust in focus - May 2023

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Pieter Huizing, partner based in Amsterdam, is our editor this month (learn more about Pieter in our Q&A feature at...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] A Shifting Approach to Health Care Antitrust: A New Lens for Viewing Transactions & Competition - March 22nd, 1:00 pm -...

Since President Biden’s Executive Order in 2021 setting priorities for enforcing antitrust law, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have taken bold action to transform the...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

U.S. Department of Justice Withdraws Longstanding Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements, Causing Uncertainty

It has already been a busy 2023 for the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies.  Right on the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s announcement of a proposed rule that potentially would ban non-compete agreements nationally,...more

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Antitrust Enforcers’ "Second Listening" Forum On Merger Reform Highlights Issues In The Healthcare Industry

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In March of this year the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) jointly announced a series of “listening forums” that would help gather real world input from...more

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[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

King & Spalding

FTC Wins Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Merger Appeal in Eighth Circuit

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On June 13, 2019, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction blocking the proposed merger of North Dakota healthcare providers Sanford Health, Sanford Bismarck (collectively, “Sanford”)...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Next Frontier in Hospital Mergers: Crossing Geographic Markets

With the Federal Trade Commission’s successful track record in challenging mergers of provider systems operating in the same geographic area, several hospitals are looking farther afield for merger partners. One recent...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The FTC Continues to Challenge Healthcare Mergers

Confirming that hospital merger enforcement continues to be a priority under the new administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the North Dakota Attorney General recently challenged Sanford Health’s proposed...more

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Mergers and Acquisitions Takeaways From the 2017 ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

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The American Bar Association’s 65th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held at the end of March included a number of sessions with representatives from federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies. In the first article in a...more

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Can Mergers Between Healthcare Providers in Different Markets Raise Antitrust Concerns? "Yes," Say Top Enforcers at FTC and DOJ

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In reviewing mergers of healthcare providers, government antitrust enforcers have historically focused on horizontal mergers between competing providers—in particular, those that result in high market shares in a specific...more

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Anatomy of a Provider Merger Antitrust Challenge (Part 2)

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This is the second in a six-part series discussing the Federal Trade Commission’s challenges to provider mergers. Following the initial Introduction and Background (Part 1), the series discusses The Need for Early Legal...more

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