Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed a consent decree fining venue management firm Legends Hospitality $3.5 million over allegations that Legends improperly coordinated with an...more
As Bradley previously reported, the FTC at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of...more
4/25/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Unfair Competition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the launch of “an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care...more
4/23/2024
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Competition ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Healthcare ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Sherman Act ,
The Clayton Act
As Bradley forecasted in February, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the withdrawal of two healthcare antitrust policy statements: Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care (1996) and...more
7/21/2023
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Healthcare ,
Horizontal Merger Guidelines ,
Mergers ,
Notice Requirements ,
Policy Statement ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda
Calling them “outdated” and “overly permissive,” the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on February 3, 2023, announced the withdrawal of three long-standing antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed new rule that would effectively prohibit employers from requiring employees to agree to noncompete clauses. The public is invited to submit comments...more
1/9/2023
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Former Employee ,
Franchises ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
New Rules ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
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Unfair Competition
I. ANTITRUST (Updated January 2022) -
A. M&A -
1. Provider Merger Enforcement -
a. Hackensack Meridian Health/Englewood Healthcare Foundation -
• In December 2020, the FTC sued to block Hackensack Meridian...more
On July 1, 2021, the full complement of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners voted in an open meeting to advance the agency’s antitrust enforcement agenda. Led by newly appointed Chair Lina M. Khan, the commission...more
7/7/2021
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Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
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Presidential Nominations ,
Section 5
All eyes were on health care in 2020, as the industry faced unprecedented challenges presented by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Stories and images of overburdened frontline health care workers dominated the news cycle...more
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