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Legal Risks and Challenges for Private Equity in Healthcare Acquisitions

Private Equity (PE) firms continue to be significant players in U.S. healthcare, acquiring assets across various sectors such as physician practices, home health, behavioral health, and urgent care. However, recent legal...more

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2024 Trends in First Circuit Class Actions

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We are pleased to present our final 2024 update to the New England and First Circuit Class Action Tracker, which focuses on class action filings in state and federal courts within the boundaries of the First Circuit in New...more

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Event in Review: Antitrust in Healthcare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

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FTC Focus: Private Equity Investments In Healthcare

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U.S. antitrust regulators, particularly the Federal Trade Commission, have been stepping up scrutiny of private equity investments in healthcare. On March 5, the FTC, along with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....more

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Recent Ruling Shows Healthcare Private Equity Firms a Path Through the New Antitrust Era

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Private equity sponsors can exhale: A federal court recently stopped the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust action that targeted private equity sponsor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for the healthcare "roll-up"...more

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FTC and DOJ Seek Public Help Identifying “Serial Acquisition Strategy” Targets

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced on Thursday, May 23, that they are expanding their search for businesses using “roll up” strategies to consolidate...more

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In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action of Data Privacy

On April 25, 2024, the attorneys general of 22 states issued a letter encouraging UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, to take additional steps to respond to a massively disruptive cyberattack. The broad,...more

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Health Care Antitrust Update Part II: Recent Federal and State Enforcement Initiatives and Litigation Involving the FTC’s...

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Over the past several months, antitrust enforcement activity in the healthcare provider sector has continued to steadily increase. In Part I of this two-part update, we discussed recent lawsuits involving private equity...more

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Year in Review 2023

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2023 saw a significant uptick in antitrust scrutiny and enforcement, particularly in the healthcare space. After much rhetoric and a setback in challenging state Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) laws, the Federal Trade...more

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Antitrust Enforcers Reaffirm Focus on Private Equity in Healthcare at Public Workshop

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As Holland & Knight observed previously, the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcers have trained their sights on private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including in a Sept. 21, 2023, lawsuit challenging one...more

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Healthcare Experts See Promising Signs of Rebound in M&A and IPO Activity

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In the second week of January, Goodwin and KPMG convened innovators, practitioners, regulators, and others for our annual symposium on the future of life sciences and healthcare. This marked the fifth year that Goodwin...more

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Healthcare Industry Faces Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny Under New Merger Guidelines, HSR Rules

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Consistent with the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, including in the healthcare industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S....more

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Agencies drastically revise Merger Guidelines and HSR process while withdrawing long-established antitrust healthcare guidance - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ,...more

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FTC Joins DOJ in Withdrawing from Long-Standing Health Care Antitrust Policy Statements

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On 14 July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joined the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) in withdrawing from three long-standing antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in the health care...more

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update - Q1 2023

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Department of Justice Withdraws Long-Standing Antitrust Healthcare Policy Statements - On February 2, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of its support for three...more

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2023 Health Care Predictions

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See below the Saul Ewing LLP Health Law Practice Group 2023 predictions from various members of our practice group! Our colleagues help interested parties in the health care delivery system with transactional, regulatory,...more

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Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update - Q3 2022

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Summary - ..The FTC and DOJ suffered twin setbacks in the healthcare space. In both UnitedHealth/Change and Illumina/Grail, the agencies’ reliance on more novel theories of harm failed to convince skeptical judges. ...more

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Federal Trade Commission Policy Paper Takes Hard Stance Against Certificates of Public Advantage

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Background- Many states have enacted Certificate of Public Advantage (“COPA”) laws which seek to permit hospital mergers that might otherwise have been challenged by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and found to violate...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Top Ten Legal Considerations for Use and/or Development of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the top ten legal issues that health care providers and health care companies should consider when using and/or developing artificial intelligence (AI). In particular,...more

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2016 Antitrust Case Law And FTC Action Highlights FTC Agency’s Approach To Hospital Mergers

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In 2016, the Federal Trade Commission prevailed in litigation before the Third and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeal related to two high-profile hospital mergers. In both cases, the courts of appeal overturned the federal...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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