Federal court rejects FTC challenge to health system merger

FTC Noncompete Ban Rule Survives Challenge in Pennsylvania ...

... Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final noncompete rule. The court in ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission rejected the ...

Advocate Health Care Network - Federal Trade Commission

The FTC issued an administrative complaint alleging that the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem will ...

New York Gains Clout as Antitrust Venue as Handbag Deal Crumbles

On Oct. 24, Judge Jennifer Rochon of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the FTC's motion for a preliminary ...

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Federal court rejects FTC challenge to health system merger. Dec 8, 2020. A federal district court in Pennsylvania rejected a legal challenge by the Federal ...

FTC wins appeal to halt Penn State Hershey/PinnacleHealth merger

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Penn State Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System to pause their merger as the ...

Judge rejects FTC's attempt to block Microsoft's $69 billion Activision ...

The Federal Trade Commission had asked the court to intervene in the deal after it brought an administrative lawsuit last year that alleged the ...

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 Center ( ...

FTC isn't backing down from PA hospital merger battle despite ...

Normally the FTC drops hospital merger challenges if it doesn't win an initial preliminary court injunction to temporarily block such a ...

The FTC is cracking down on big healthcare companies - PIRG

Preemptive review of potential mergers by the FTC or states' Attorneys General is essential. Hopefully, these new FTC guidelines will provide ...

Agencies' Aggressive Merger Approach Was Tested In 2023 | News

The FTC suffered a major defeat with a February ruling in California federal court that rejected the agency's challenge of Meta Platforms Inc.

FTC Loss in Hospital Merger Shows Failing Firm Defense is Alive ...

The FTC investigated and ultimately filed suit in January 2024 in federal court in North Carolina to enjoin the transaction pending a proceeding ...

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 ...

Judge Rejects F.T.C. Delay of $70 Billion Microsoft-Activision Deal

In a 53-page decision, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said the F.T.C. had failed ...

COPA-Approved Hospital Transaction Exempted from Federal ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued LCMC Health and HCA Healthcare in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an order ...

F.T.C. v. University Health, Inc., 938 F.2d 1206 - Casetext

The district court, according to the FTC, relied on legally insufficient factors to overcome the presumption that the proposed acquisition would ...

FTC wins preliminary injunction, stopping second hospital merger in ...

... Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal District Court Judge Kapala in the Northern District of Illinois granted the FTC's motion for a ...

Three recent merger enforcement decisions signal challenges for ...

On September 9, 2022, FTC Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell (ALJ) issued a nearly 200-page decision dismissing the FTC's complaint ...

Recent Ruling Shows Healthcare Private Equity Firms a Path ...

A federal court recently stopped the FTC's antitrust action that targeted Welsh Carson for the healthcare "roll-up" strategy of its practice ...

US: FTC will keep fighting Pa. hospital merger despite court loss

Earlier this week, a federal judge rejected the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction in the Pennsylvania case. Despite that decision ...

Geographic Market Definition Trips Up FTC As Federal Court ...

Geographic Market Definition Trips Up FTC As Federal Court Rejects Challenge To Advocate-NorthShore Hospital Merger.