DOJ assistant Attorney General William Baer’s first merger challenge confirms continued aggressive merger enforcement by Antitrust Division *

USA - February 4 2013
On January 31, 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed its first lawsuit challenging a merger under newly sworn-in…

Co-authors: Farrah Short, Helen J. Kim, Bruce D. Sokler, Christi J. Braun, Robert G. Kidwell.

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DOJ approves Greater New York Hospital Association’s proposed gainsharing program *

USA - January 29 2013
On January 16, the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division ("DOJ") announced that it does not presently intend to challenge the Greater New York…

Co-authors: Farrah Short, Bruce D. Sokler, Christi J. Braun, Robert G. Kidwell.

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FTC Commissioners disagree on limits of Section 5 applicability to conduct not otherwise covered by antitrust laws *

USA - November 30 2012
The balancing of antitrust enforcement with intellectual property protections is often controversial.

Co-authors: Bruce D. Sokler, Robert G. Kidwell.

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Second Circuit applies the filed rate doctrine to electricity rates set by market-based auctions *

USA - October 3 2012
The filed rate doctrine precludes antitrust challenges to rates set or approved by federal agencies.

Co-authors: Helen J. Kim, Bruce D. Sokler.

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Can a hospital alliance constitute a single entity for antitrust purposes? It depends, says one district court *

USA - September 13 2012
On August 30, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied a motion to dismiss a complaint that alleged a per se group boycott by a managing agent and its affiliated hospitals in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

Co-authors: Bruce D. Sokler, Christi J. Braun.

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