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FTC Raises Hart-­Scott-­Rodino Thresholds and Filing Fees for 2025

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 10, 2025 that it will raise the Hart­-Scott­-Rodino Act (HSR Act) jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds. The increased thresholds will go into effect 30 days after...more

Year-End and Post-Election US Antitrust Deal Dates that Matter

As we approach the end of 2024 and the 2024 US presidential and congressional elections, there are several key antitrust-related deadlines and potential changes to watch for at the US antitrust enforcement agencies and other...more

New US Merger Guidelines Signal Continued Aggressive Merger Enforcement at DOJ, FTC

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new Merger Guidelines on December 18, 2023—dramatically expanding the number and type of transactions that the agencies will consider...more

FTC Sues Private Equity Firm Over Alleged Anticompetitive Scheme Involving Roll-up Acquisitions

The US Federal Trade Commission is suing US Anesthesia Partners Inc. and its private equity founder for allegedly enacting an anticompetitive scheme to gain market power through a series of roll-up acquisitions....more

DOJ’s Rescission of Longstanding Guidance Creates Uncertainty for Market Benchmarking Activities

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is withdrawing three enforcement policy statements that provided important guidance on the exchange of competitively sensitive information through third parties. The...more

Federal Trade Commission Announces Expanded Enforcement Authority Under Section 5 of the FTC Act

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued long-awaited guidance regarding its interpretation of the scope of Section 5 of the FTC Act on November 10, 2022. The updated guidance expands what the FTC may consider to be “unfair”...more

Antitrust Enforcers Rachet Up Scrutiny of Private Equity and Labor Issues in Healthcare – Health Law Scan

Federal antitrust enforcers at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continue to take an aggressive stance in healthcare. Two recent developments underscore the trend....more

FTC Votes to Rescind Vertical Merger Guidelines, No Replacement Announced

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently voted to withdraw its approval of the Vertical Merger Guidelines (the 2020 VMGs), which, as we covered in the past, the FTC and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued over a year ago...more

Global Healthcare Transactions Series: How COVID-19 Impacted Transactions in the United States

After a sluggish year in 2020 for mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and health systems, 2021 has shown renewed vigor and is poised for considerable transactional activity. When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in the...more

FTC Loses Preliminary Challenge to Tie-up of Two Philadelphia Healthcare Networks

On December 8, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) to preliminarily...more

Florida Oncology Group Pays $100M Fine, Enters into DPA with DOJ Antitrust Over Alleged Market Allocation Agreement

The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS), a leading oncology provider in Southwest...more

DOJ Issues Business Review Letter Greenlighting Expansion of Group Purchasing Arrangement to Cover Optometry Products

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division issued a Business Review Letter (BRL) on January 15 in response to a proposal by the American Optometric Association (AOA) and AOAExcel GPO, LLC to expand their group...more

FTC Requests Data for Ongoing Study of Certificate of Public Advantage Laws

The FTC announced on October 21, 2019, that its Commissioners voted 5–0 in support of issuing orders requesting information from five health insurance companies and two health systems to study the effects of Certificate of...more

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