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Northern District Of Illinois Denies Motion To Dismiss Antitrust Claims In Healthcare Providers’ Price Fixing Lawsuit

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On June 3, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly denied motions to dismiss federal and state antitrust claims brought by healthcare providers (“plaintiffs”) against MultiPlan (a healthcare payment management service) and...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - May 2025

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DOJ scores first victory in criminal antitrust labor market trial - A federal jury convicted a former home healthcare staffing executive in Las Vegas for orchestrating a three-year wage-fixing conspiracy targeting...more

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Wage-Fixing: An Alternative to DOJ’s No-Poach Prosecutions?

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On April 14, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) obtained a high-profile “wage-fixing” conviction under the Sherman Act against a former executive of multiple home health care agencies (“HHAs”). A federal jury convicted...more

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Major Electronic Medical Records Firm ‘Squashing’ Competition, Antitrust Suit Claims

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Case pits newcomer against colossus said to control as much as 80-90% of the market. Particle Health Inc., a young healthcare data platform provider, has filed an antitrust complaint against Epic Systems Corp., the dominant...more

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U.S. Anesthesia Partners and Welsh Carson File Motions to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Case

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As reported in a prior blog post, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit in federal district court in September alleging that U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (“USAP”), and the private equity firm Welsh, Carson,...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 100: Marguerite Willis, Nexsen Pruet Attorney

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For this very special 100th episode of Taking the Pulse, we're joined by Nexsen Pruet attorney Marguerite Willis. Marguerite is a highly experienced litigator, and was featured on the cover of the latest Super Lawyers...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

The Volkov Law Group

District Court Upholds Criminal Antitrust Charges for Labor Price-Fixing

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The Antitrust Division won a preliminary skirmish against two co-defendants who challenged the criminal indictment against them charging price-fixing in the labor market. District Court Judge Mazzant, in the Eastern District...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Brings First Criminal Wage-Fixing Case: Continuing Enforcement on Labor Market Issues

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A federal grand jury in Texas indicted the owner of a therapist staffing company on wage-fixing charges on December 9. Although this is the US Department of Justice’s first criminal wage-fixing prosecution, the indictment...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Secures $100 Million Penalty from Florida Oncology Provider for Criminal Antitrust Conspiracy

On April 30, 2020, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it had brought a one-count felony charge against Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS), an oncology group...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

First, Do No Harm: Oncology Group Agrees to $100M Fine Following Criminal Antitrust Investigation

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The Department of Justice recently announced that it had charged one of the largest independent oncology groups in the country, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (“FCS”), with antitrust violations under the...more

The Volkov Law Group

Cancer Treatment Center Agrees to DPA and $100 Million Penalty for Criminal Antitrust Violations in Florida Market

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division recently announced a $100 million settlement with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (“FCS”) for an illegal conspiracy to allocate cancer patients in Southwest...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Florida Oncology Group Pays $100M Fine, Enters into DPA with DOJ Antitrust Over Alleged Market Allocation Agreement

The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS), a leading oncology provider in Southwest...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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Can a Dominant Health Insurer’s Refusal to Negotiate in Good Faith Be Actionable under the Antitrust Laws? Yes, Says a Federal...

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On April 23, a federal court in Rhode Island fired a warning shot over the bow of dominant health insurers across the country, holding that a refusal to negotiate in good faith with a healthcare provider that focuses...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

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Washington State AG Alleges Price Fixing and Sues to Break Up Rapidly Expanding Health System

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After five years of growth through a series of acquisitions, the Washington State Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit to thwart and unwind the most recent expansion efforts of Franciscan Health System (“CHI Franciscan”)...more

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District Court Finds Hospital’s Joint Venture Not “Per Se” Unlawful

On the eve of trial, and after years of litigation (including an appeal to the Sixth Circuit), all claims by Dayton, Ohio hospital The Medical Center at Elizabeth Place (“MCEP”) against Premier Health Partners (“Premier”)...more

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Healthcare Law Update: March 2017

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Allowing Free or Reduced-Cost Lodging and Meals - On March 3, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued...more

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