FTC orders divestiture in consummated hospital acquisition *

USA - April 18 2012
On March 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled ProMedica Health System's August 2010 acquisition of rival St. Luke's Hospital was anticompetitive and "likely to substantially lessen competition and increase prices for general acute-care inpatient hospital services and inpatient obstetric services sold to commercial health plans in the Toledo, Ohio area."

ECJ addresses below-cost pricing issues *

European Union - April 18 2012
On March 27, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued a ruling concerning below-cost pricing by a dominant company.