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Jenner & Block

Recent US Antitrust M&A Developments - February 2023

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Aggressive merger enforcement continued through the end of 2022, with the agencies having mixed results in the courts. With several high-profile investigations still pending, the expectation is for aggressive enforcement to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Federal Judge: Efficiencies Analysis Inadmissible in Antitrust Merger Trial

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A recent US federal district court ruling finding a defendant’s evidence of cost savings inadmissible could change how efficiencies evidence is presented in merger cases. A US federal district court ruling last month has...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Third Circuit Rejects State’s Bid for Attorney’s Fees in Hospital Merger Dispute

On January 23, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) issued an opinion denying the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the right to recover attorney’s fees after it had successfully blocked a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Future Impacts of Valero’s Decision to Abandon Martinez Terminal

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Valero Petroleum company announced on Sept. 18, 2017 that it would abandon its plans to acquire the Plains All American Pipeline terminal facilities in Martinez and Richmond, California. These facilities appear to be the last...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Two New Court Decisions Bookend Antitrust Risks for Integrated Hospitals

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A Florida federal court recently denied summary judgment to an integrated hospital system hoping to exit a multicount antitrust and unfair trade lawsuit. Four days later, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld summary...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms FTC’s Challenge to Provider Acquisition as Anticompetitive Despite Defense that the Transaction’s Goals...

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Competitive effects still matter in healthcare mergers, even in the face of a transaction’s claimed improvements in patient outcomes through integrated care and risk-based reimbursement consistent with the goals of the...more

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