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Unpacking the Biden Administration’s Last-Minute Antitrust Worker Protections

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In the final week of the Biden administration, the antitrust enforcement agencies – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – released two policies potentially impacting labor markets. The...more

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FTC Alleges Improper Orange Book Listing of Drug Delivery Device Patents

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In the latest attempt to promote generic drug competition and reduce drug prices, and consistent with broader efforts to enforce the antitrust laws more aggressively, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on November...more

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Federal Trade Commission Warns Against Improper Orange Book Listings

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As announced in a September 14, 2023, press release, the FTC has issued a policy statement “warning pharmaceutical companies that make and sell brand-name drugs that they could face legal action if they improperly list...more

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FTC Announces Withdrawal of Healthcare Policy Statements

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

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A New Vacuum in Antitrust? DOJ Withdraws Longstanding Health Care Enforcement Statements

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With little warning the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced on February 3 the withdrawal of three critical pieces of guidance for the health care industry...more

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DOJ’s Antitrust Division Withdraws Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements

Calling them “outdated” and “overly permissive,” the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on February 3, 2023, announced the withdrawal of three long-standing antitrust policy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

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

U.S. Department of Justice Withdraws Longstanding Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements, Causing Uncertainty

It has already been a busy 2023 for the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies.  Right on the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s announcement of a proposed rule that potentially would ban non-compete agreements nationally,...more

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DOJ Withdraws Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, recently withdrew three sets of guidelines that had been relied upon heavily by the healthcare industry: the 1993 Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements Issued for...more

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

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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

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Another One Bites the Dust: DOJ Pulls 3 Policy Statements, Leaving Trade Associations Guessing

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During the course of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have demonstrated an invigorated and sustained policy interest in increasing competition across various...more

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Federal Trade Commission Signals Dramatic Shift in Antitrust Enforcement

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On November 10, 2022 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a Policy Statement that is nothing less than a seismic shift in antitrust precedent and practice. In the Statement, the Commission asserts that Section 5 of...more

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Senators Urge DOJ to Develop Antitrust Guidance for Licensing of Standard Essential Patents

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On Monday, October 21, 2019, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice pushing it to provide greater clarity as to its antitrust enforcement policy on...more

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