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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General Seek to Block Reading Health System’s Proposed Acquisition of Surgical Institute of Reading

by King & Spalding on 11/21/2012

On November 16, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the FTC and Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) will jointly file a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania next week...more

Health Law Alert: SPECIAL FOCUS: ANTITRUST: Recent Enforcement Actions: Hospital Mergers

by Ober|Kaler on 5/30/2012

Rockford Hospitals Abandon Merger After Preliminary Injunction Order The proposed acquisition by OSF Healthcare System (OSF) of Rockford Health System (Rockford) is abandoned after the United States District Court for...more

FTC Wins Preliminary Injunction, Stopping Second Hospital Merger in a Week

by Venable LLP on 4/13/2012

In a second hospital merger victory in a week for the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal District Court Judge Kapala in the Northern District of Illinois granted the FTC’s motion for a...more

FTC Granted Preliminary Injunction Against OSF Healthcare System/Rockford Health System

by King & Spalding on 4/11/2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the request for a preliminary injunction by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), pending a full administrative trial before an FTC Administrative Law Judge...more

Rockford Returns — Part II: Court Grants FTC’s Preliminary Injunction Against Hospital Merger to Preserve Status Quo for...

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/11/2012

In 1989, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully challenged a proposed merger between Rockford Health System (Rockford) and SwedishAmerican Health System (SwedishAmerican), two of...more

FTC Granted Preliminary Injunction Against ProMedica/St. Luke’s

by King & Spalding on 3/31/2011

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted the request for a preliminary injunction by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), pending a full administrative trial on the merits of ProMedica Health System...more