Government Entities

The Recent “Culvert Decision” in United States v. Washington Is Likely To Have Significant Implications For Governmental and...

by Bart J. Freedman, Benjamin Mayer | K&L Gates LLP on 4/19/2013

On March 29, 2013, United States District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez ordered the State of Washington to replace culverts under State owned roads that block the passage of salmon to critical habitat. The court earlier found...more

Government Contractor Exemption Bill Passes House

by Bruce Ely, David Pugh | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/17/2013

On April 9, the House of Representatives passed HB 419 on a vote of 89-6. The bill, sponsored by Representative Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) among others and championed by the Alabama Chapter of the Associated Builders &...more

New Caledonia Investment Guide - Baker & McKenzie

by Emmanuel Guillaume, Mathieu Hanaut | Baker & McKenzie Australia on 2/27/2013

In This Issue: New Caledonia - an overview; Company law; Mining law; Environmental law; Immigration; Employment; and Overview of the New Caledonian tax system. Except from New Caledonia - an overview: -...more

Merger-To-Monopoly Held Not Protected By State-Action Immunity

by Matthew Hans, Mitchell Raup | Polsinelli on 2/27/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court on February 19th scaled back the "state action immunity" doctrine, siding with the Federal Trade Commission on an issue that had divided the lower courts and holding that a county Hospital Authority's...more

SEQUESTRATION: Preparing Government Contractors for Uncertainty, Cut-Backs and Contract Termination

by Brett W. Johnson | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/27/2013

Current reports from Congress suggest that “sequestration” will likely take effect as early as March 1, 2013. The sequestration is a key part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which requires the federal government to...more

The Supreme Court Tightens Up State-Action Immunity: Justices Rule that Phoebe-Putney/Palmyra Transaction Is Not Immune from...

by Michael Denniston, Jay L. Levine | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/27/2013

On February 19, 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the effective acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center (“Palmyra”) by Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. (“PPHS") in Southwestern Georgia was not immune from antitrust...more

Maine Municipal Association Wins Victory in Federal Court on Free-Speech Claims

by Eben M. Albert-Knopp | Bernstein Shur on 2/27/2013

Maine Municipal Association won an important victory in federal court in a lawsuit that challenged MMA’s right to participate in five statewide citizen-initiative campaigns between 2004 and 2009. On February 14, 2013, Chief...more

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 Clarifies Antitrust Immunity For State-Sanctioned Conduct

by Daniel E. Hemli, Jacqueline R. Java | Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, found that a merger of two Georgia hospitals was not immune from federal antitrust laws under the "state-action" exemption, reversing a decision of the...more

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Unforeseeability Bars Immunity Defense for Allegedly Anticompetitive Hospital Merger

by Robert G. Kidwell, Farrah Short, Bruce D. Sokler | Mintz Levin - Antitrust on 2/22/2013

On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that state-action immunity does not protect a state-created hospital authority from antitrust scrutiny over a proposed hospital merger where the anticompetitive...more

"US Supreme Court Narrows State-Action Doctrine in Hospital Merger Challenged by FTC"

by Clifford Aronson, Alec Chang, Sharis Pozen, Joanna Warren | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/22/2013

In a unanimous decision issued on February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state-action doctrine did not immunize Phoebe Putney Health System’s acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany, Georgia.1 The...more

Supreme Court Limits Availability of State Action Immunity from Federal Antitrust Liability

by Jeffrey W. Brennan, Christine Devlin, Ashley Fischer, David Marx, Jr, Stephen Wu | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/21/2013

The Supreme Court decision in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., makes clear that state action immunity from federal antitrust laws is disfavored, and local governmental, quasi-public and private entities can only...more

Supreme Court Holds General Authorization To County Hospital Authority Insufficient For Antitrust Immunity

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/21/2013

On February 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court unanimously decided that the acquisition by a county hospital authority of another hospital in the same county was not immune from antitrust scrutiny under the state...more

Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Hospital Merger Case on Scope of State Action Immunity

by H. Holden Brooks, Benjamin Dryden, Alan Rutenberg, David W. Simon, J. Mark Waxman | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a local hospital authority’s acquisition of a hospital in Georgia was not immunized from the antitrust laws under the state action doctrine. In doing so, the...more

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