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An outlier or an omen? FTC breaks-up hospital’s 2008 acquisition of outpatient imaging and surgery clinics

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 3 2009

For the first time since 1994, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") challenged and forced the divestiture of an exclusively outpatient service line acquisition not involving a full-scale hospital or health care system merger or acquisition

U.K. jumps on “pay-to-delay” bandwagon

  • Fish & Richardson PC
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • April 24 2013

The U.K. Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") jumped on the "pay-to-delay" bandwagon last week when it issued a "Statement of Objections," indicating a

The FTC weighs in on recent state efforts to promotehinder healthcare competition from APRNs

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) frequently has commented on state efforts to either expand or restrict competition faced by

Northern exposure?

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

Davit Akman and John Norman suggest that a recently commenced investigation into alleged "product switching" and statements by the Interim

Promoting healthcare competition the FTC’s recent comments on state legislativeregulatory efforts impacting competition from APRNs

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has frequently commented on state efforts to either expand, or restrict competition faced by

Most favored nation clauses - state ban ends antitrust action against Michigan blues

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

In the wake of the passage of a Michigan statute and regulatory order banning the use of most favored nation (MFN) clauses by insurers, health

Anti-poaching agreements under attack

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

Healthcare employers need to be mindful of a recent focus by federal antitrust regulators on agreements with competitors limiting solicitation and hiring

Warner Chilcott settles Ovcon litigation with the states

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2007

On April 16, 2007, Warner Chilcott announced a tentative settlement in the antitrust litigation brought against it by, among others, 34 states and the District of Columbia relating to Warner Chilcott’s oral contraceptive Ovcon

Courts split on whether to dismiss sham litigation antitrust claims

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 16 2010

Two federal district courts have recently ruled on the sufficiency of claims brought by parties alleging that brand name drug manufacturers brought "sham" patent infringement litigation against them in violation of antitrust laws, in order to forestall generic entry

Board of Dental Examiners teeth whitening goods and services

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2011

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a long history of challenging state licensing boards’ restrictions on non-professionals whose business poses a competitive threat to that of the boards’ members