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Court Denies FTC Bid to Halt Novant-CHS Deal

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On June 5, 2024, the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) petition to enjoin Novant Health Inc.’s (Novant) acquisition of Community Health Systems Inc.’s...more

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Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care

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After nearly two years of combined efforts from the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the agencies jointly issued much-anticipated merger guidelines identifying the procedures...more

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FTC/DOJ Merger Guidelines: Assessment of Rebuttal Evidence

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As explained in our prior article discussing the recently- issued Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (the “Agencies”) having described and discussed the...more

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Podcast: Antitrust Updates – Changes Affecting Merger Review and Enforcement in 2024 and Beyond – Diagnosing Health Care

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From wholesale revisions of the merger guidelines to significant amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification forms, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have proposed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Hospital Mergers: The Value and Pitfalls

Hospital mergers have been an increasing trend in the healthcare markets over the past decade, with many proponents of these mergers believing that the overall consolidation of hospital services provides better outcomes for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Healthcare M&A and New FTC and DOJ Merger Guidelines: What’s Next for Your Transactions? - August 9th, 12:30 pm - 1:30...

The FTC and DOJ’s proposed revised merger guidelines signal the Biden administration’s continued aggressive antitrust enforcement stance even as healthcare industry participants continue to seek to overcome the effects of...more

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Antitrust in focus - May 2023

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Pieter Huizing, partner based in Amsterdam, is our editor this month (learn more about Pieter in our Q&A feature at...more

Maynard Nexsen

DOJ Withdraws Healthcare Guidance and Safe Harbors

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On February 3, 2023, The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the withdrawal of three antitrust policy statements related to the healthcare industry, which collectively created numerous longstanding “safe zones” for...more

Perkins Coie

Abandoned Hospital Merger Reveals Lessons for Healthcare M&A

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A proposed healthcare acquisition was abandoned following the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or the Commission) unanimous vote to oppose the transaction. In the face of 5-0 FTC opposition, New Jersey providers RWJBarnabas...more

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FTC and DOJ Continue to Turn Up Antitrust Heat on Healthcare Industry

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) continued their online listening tour on April 14, 2022, with a discussion regarding the effects of mergers and acquisitions on the healthcare industry...more

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FTC’s preliminary injunction win in hospital merger shows importance of deal and planning documents

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On 4 August 2021, the District Court of New Jersey granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) motion for preliminary injunction, preventing Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) and Englewood Healthcare (Englewood) from closing...more

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What health systems should know about President Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Competition

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On 9 July 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (“EO”) that takes aim, in part, at the healthcare industry. ...more

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Antitrust Lessons from the FTC’s Failed Bid to Halt the Jefferson-Einstein Hospital Merger

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On March 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) abandoned its effort to halt the $599 million merger of two Philadelphia-area hospital systems, Jefferson Health (Jefferson) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network...more

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A Busy Week in Pennsylvania Hospital Markets: In Philly, the FTC Ends Its Jefferson-Einstein Merger Challenge and in Central PA,...

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in the span of about 48 hours in the first days of March, wrapped up two challenges to hospital deals – one dropped, the other settled (pending...more

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FTC's Hospital Merger Win Streak Ends

On Monday morning, the Federal Trade Commission quietly added a sentence to its web page dedicated to the Commission's challenge of a proposed merger of two health systems in Philadelphia's northern suburbs, Thomas Jefferson...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

FTC Abandons Appeal of Philadelphia Hospital Merger, Allowing Jefferson and Einstein to Proceed with Creation of 18-Hospital...

Back in December, we wrote about a district court ruling rejecting the Federal Trade Comission’s (“FTC”) motion to enjoin the proposed combination of Thomas Jefferson University (“TJU”) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network...more

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FTC’s Hospital Merger Challenges Hit Speedbump in Philadelphia

The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent winning streak in its ongoing challenges of hospital and physician mergers has, at least for now, ended in a Philadelphia U.S. district court. After six days of evidentiary...more

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Court Denies FTC’s Request To Block Hospital Merger, Citing Marketplace Realities

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A federal court on Tuesday denied the FTC’s request to enjoin the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, two hospital systems in the Philadelphia area. After a six-day hearing that...more

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The Numbers Are In: The Recently Released Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2018 Provides an Overview of Antitrust...

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On September 16, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released their combined Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report (“Report”) for fiscal year 2018 (covering the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Examines Antitrust Immunity for Healthcare Deals

We thought you might be interested in a short summary of a workshop the FTC recently held on the impact of certificates of public advantage on healthcare markets. ...more

King & Spalding

FTC Wins Sanford Health/Mid Dakota Merger Appeal in Eighth Circuit

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On June 13, 2019, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction blocking the proposed merger of North Dakota healthcare providers Sanford Health, Sanford Bismarck (collectively, “Sanford”)...more

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Another Important Voice in Support of Retrospective Antitrust Reviews

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In our last Antitrust Byte, we brought to your attention Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter’s support for retrospective reviews of vertical transactions. Not to be overlooked, however, is Chairman...more

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Consummated Tech Mergers: Will the Government Seek to Unscramble the Eggs?

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There are increasing calls for the antitrust enforcement agencies to review the effects of past acquisitions in the tech sector. Senator Elizabeth Warren has pledged to appoint enforcers committed to reversing such mergers....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Tech Task Force: Temporary Scrutiny or Permanent Focus?

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has established a task force dedicated to monitoring competition in U.S. technology markets and taking enforcement actions as warranted. While the remit of the task...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FTC Steps Back From MA Hospital Mega-Merger

Late last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed its investigation of the proposed merger of several major healthcare institutions in eastern Massachusetts. The FTC’s decision not to challenge the transaction...more

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