Compliance Perspectives: The Impact of Workplace Loneliness
In a deal market as uncertain as this one, we have seen transactional lawyers more frequently resorting to pushing what are known as “hell or high water” clauses - clauses that obligate parties to take “any and all...more
On May 3, 2021, Anthem, Inc. secured its win over Cigna Corp.'s pursuit of a $1.85 billion breakup fee following the collapse of their proposed $54 billion merger. In a brief order, Justice Karen L. Valihura, writing for the...more
The Second Circuit’s recent decision in Singh v. Cigna Corp., confirms that puffery regarding a corporation’s compliance program cannot form the basis for a stock drop suit. In 2012, Cigna sought to expand its Medicare...more
On September 17, 2018, the DOJ released a statement announcing that it would be closing its investigation into Cigna Corporation’s (Cigna) $67 billion proposed acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Company (Express Scripts)....more
On Monday, September 17, 2018, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) cleared Cigna’s proposed $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts, the country’s largest pharmacy benefit manager....more
On April 28, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Anthem, Inc.’s (Anthem’s) appeal of the D.C. district court’s order blocking its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna...more
On February 8, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a request filed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division for an injunction blocking Anthem, Inc.’s (Anthem) proposed $54...more
In a continuation of recent Department of Justice (DOJ) successes challenging mergers, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently enjoined two more proposed mergers brought and litigated under the Obama...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
The IRS isn’t waiting around for virtual currency to gain wider acceptance. No, it’s more than happy to go after Bitcoin users who have sought to use the virtual currency as a means of evading taxes....more
In late July, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed actions in federal district court seeking to derail both the Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers. In each case, the DOJ contended that consumers would face higher insurance...more
Last week, the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Section (DOJ) filed suit to enjoin two proposed mergers that would consolidate the nation’s five largest insurance companies into three. The DOJ argues that if...more
In July 2015, Aetna announced its intention to acquire Humana, followed later that month by Anthem's announcement that it was acquiring Cigna. The deals are the largest insurance mergers ever proposed, and if consummated,...more
The proposed merger between major health insurers Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. continues to inch closer to finalization. In a recent press release, Aetna announced that 10 states have now signed off on its proposed acquisition...more
When buying a private company controlled by a private equity sponsor but with a substantial number of other shareholders, a common technique to avoid the need to obtain signatures from all the shareholders to a stock purchase...more