Federal Court Rejects FTC Challenge to Hospital Merger in ...

Court Upholds FTC's Aggressive Position on Anti-Competitive ...

In 2014, following a bench trial, the trial-level district court found that the acquisition violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § ...

Hospitals and Clinics - Federal Trade Commission

On December 18, 2023 the FTC and California moved to dismiss their federal court case and the FTC dismissed its administrative challenge following John Muir ...

District Court Denies FTC Request to Block Novant's Purchase of ...

Providing a 55-page opinion, a U.S. District Court Judge denied the FTC's request for an injunction against a $320 million merger of ...

New Jersey hospitals appeal FTC merger challenge - Healthcare Dive

Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest health system in New Jersey, is appealing its case after a federal judge in the state ruled against ...

Anatomy of a Provider Antitrust Merger Challenge (Part 3) [Ober|Kaler]

Because the agencies have a tacit market-allocation agreement by which the FTC typically handles antitrust issues involving providers and the Division handles ...

Hospitals Defeat FTC Merger Injunction Request With a Version of ...

On June 5, 2024, Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denied the request of the ...

Court Refuses to Block Merger of Hospitals - LinkedIn

Court Refuses to Block Merger of Hospitals When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act1 became law in 2010, one of its major goals ...

Court denies FTC's attempt to stop Novant's purchase of two CHS ...

The acquisition is likely to increase competition against Atrium Health, which is building a new hospital, judge says. ... A federal judge has ...

Is the End Nigh? What Jefferson / Einstein Means for the FTC's ...

[iii] Press Release, Fed. Trade Comm'n, FTC Dismisses Complaint Challenging Merger of Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary's Medical ...

Court Denies FTC Attempt to Block Novant Health Acquisition

US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina denies Federal Trade Commission FTC petition to enjoin Novant Health ...

4 Issues To Watch In Philly FTC Hospital Merger Trial

It's worth noting that the FTC rarely challenges hospital mergers ... the almost immediate aftermath of a federal court crediting the weakened ...

Courts, FTC Should OK Health Mergers That Help the Underserved

... rejecting mergers, courts and the Federal Trade Commission should also consider the benefits and hold parties accountable to make certain ...

FTC Wins Reversal in Whole Foods - Crowell & Moring LLP

On July 29, the DC Court of Appeals handed the FTC a significant win by confirming a favorable standard for enjoining a merger under Section 13(b) of the FTC ...

Antitrust & Competition Healthcare Year in Review 2023 - Goodwin

In April 2023, the FTC challenged the acquisition of three hospitals in Louisiana, alleging the merging parties failed to abide by federal ...

Court Halts FTC's Bid to Block Chicago-Area Hospital Merger

As we have previously discussed, the FTC has been aggressive in policing hospital mergers, with challenges to the Penn State Hershey-Pinnacle ...

Federal Appeals Court officially ends FTC fight with Novant over ...

A two-sentence court order Wednesday officially ended the Federal Trade Commission's legal battle against Novant Health over the purchase of ...

FTC Dismisses Complaint Challenging Merger of Cabell Huntington ...

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss without prejudice its administrative complaint challenging the proposed merger between Cabell Huntington ...

Court sides with LCMC Health over FTC's antitrust challenge

A US district judge sided with LCMC Health and Louisiana's attorneys over the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a lawsuit pitting federal hospital merger ...

Federal Trade Commission Suffers Setback in Major Hospital ...

The FTC's recent losses may signal a shift in how courts view the government's arguments regarding harm to competition in health care merger ...

FTC dealt rare loss in Pennsylvania hospital merger case

In a setback to the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge denied a request to temporarily block the merger of Penn State Hershey Medical ...