Like other regulatory agencies and businesses, antitrust authorities around the globe are taking steps to address the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their operations and the global economy. In particular,...more
On Friday, March 13, 2020 the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced plans to implement temporary new procedures for the submission of Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-merger notification...more
On Friday, January 10, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission issued new guidelines for the agencies’ review of vertical mergers. Vertical mergers involve the combination of firms...more
1/22/2020
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On Monday, October 21, 2019, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice pushing it to provide greater clarity as to its antitrust enforcement policy on...more
10/25/2019
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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
6/18/2019
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On February 15, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised jurisdictional thresholds for determining whether a proposed transaction must be reported to federal authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (the “Department”), in conjunction with the Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Labor, recently issued a report describing a number of concerns...more
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to close its investigation into the proposed merger of two health systems in eastern Massachusetts. The proposed transaction would bring together the Care Group, Inc., the...more
The Premerger Notification Office (“PNO”) of the Federal Trade Commission recently announced it would change how it and the Department of Justice evaluate transactions that involve the combination of one or more...more
On January 26, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised jurisdictional thresholds for determining whether a proposed transaction must be reported to federal authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...more
On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, a federal district court issued an order preliminarily enjoining the merger of North Dakota healthcare providers, Sanford Health, Sanford Bismarck, (together “Sanford”) and Mid Dakota Clinic,...more
On Thursday, June 22, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the North Dakota Attorney General filed a complaint challenging the merger of North Dakota providers, Sanford Health, Sanford Bismarck (together “Sanford”),...more
On February 8, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division’s (the “DOJ”) request for an injunction blocking Anthem’s proposed $54 billion...more
On January 19, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised jurisdictional thresholds for determining whether a proposed transaction must be reported to federal authorities under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR)...more
On January 18, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it reached a $100 million settlement with pharmaceutical company Questcor Pharmaartinceuticals, Inc. and its Irish parent company, Mallinckrodt plc. ...more
On October 20, 2016, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly issued Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals intended to alert those involved in hiring and...more
On September 27, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a district court decision that the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Pennsylvania could not block the merger of two hospital systems,...more