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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Antitrust Immunity in Hospital Merger Case

by Robert Buchanan, Jr., Michael Gass, Julia Hesse, Christine Savage | Choate Hall & Stewart LLP on 2/26/2013

What you need to know: The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision siding with the FTC against a hospital merger in Georgia. What you need to do: Companies should conduct careful analysis before investing...more

Supreme Court Limits State Action Immunity In FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

by Melissa Hatch, Jan Levine | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/25/2013

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court reined in the state action immunity doctrine, which exempts municipalities from scrutiny under the federal antitrust laws when they act pursuant to a “clearly articulated state...more

Supreme Court Hands FTC Victory on State Action Immunity

by Jessica Anthony, Leslie John, Jason Leckerman | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/22/2013

In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court this week tightened the standard for state action immunity under federal antitrust laws in a case involving a hospital merger. This decision arguably tightens the reins on the...more

Placing Limits on the State Action Doctrine, the Supreme Court Subjects Local Government Hospitals to Scrutiny under the Antitrust...

by Ryan Blaney, Monte Dube, Helene Jaffe, Alan Kusinitz, Andrew Wellin, Richard Zall | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/22/2013

Recent major regulatory and technological developments have brought forth historic changes to the health care market. Health care providers have responded to these developments in several ways. One such mechanism, hospital...more

Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Anticompetitive Merger

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 6/29/2012

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) appeal of an Eleventh Circuit ruling that a merger of two Georgia hospitals, Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. (Phoebe) and Palmyra Park Hospital,...more

Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Georgia Hospital Merger

by Dickinson Wright on 6/28/2012

On June 25, the United States Supreme Court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request that it review the 11th Circuit’s decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System. The case involves the FTC’s...more