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Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release highlighting recent and forthcoming actions by the FTC, Department of Justice (DOJ)...

As we advised in a prior alert, on April 23, 2024, the FTC issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule (the "Non-Compete Rule" or the "Rule") that bans non-compete agreements...

A small regional hospital’s antitrust suit alleging illegal exclusive dealing and attempted monopolization against its largest competitor will move forward...

Driven by a variety of factors, merger activity among hospitals has been robust over the last couple of years.

When the Federal Circuit resurrected Amarin's "skinny label" infringement claims against Hikma last month, it offered some important lessons for drug developers.

Earlier this week my colleagues, Bruce Sokler and Farrah Short published an alert detailing the FTC‘s creative solution to permit a presumptively anticompetitive merger for a financially failing medical practice.

Bruce Sokler discusses the Supreme Court’s first ever health care antitrust merger decision and its implications for the future.

In the last two months, two new antitrust actions have been filed against health insurers that raise interesting issues about an insurer's obligation to contract with a health care provider that it chooses not to deal with, and whether a refusal to do so can give rise to antitrust liability.

On April 30, 2012 Human Inc. announced that the U.S. Department of Justice had opened an investigation into it and its affiliates’ loans to physician practices and their coding of medical claims.

Dynamic changes in the nation’s health care delivery systems have been prompted, in part, by the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Rob McCann presented Minimizing the Risk of Antitrust Liability at the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Healthcare Provider Disputes.

On December 16, Verisk Analytics, a leading provider of data analytics and related services to the insurance industry, including rooftop aerial measurement products, announced that it was terminating its efforts to acquire EagleView Technologies, an aerial image provider whose product is utilized in rooftop aerial measurement products.

By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., Civil Action No. 12-1318-LPS (D.Del., July 12, 2016) (redacted), ...

Wisconsin lawmakers passed a bill in an attempt to limit the ability of "patent trolls" to file claims demanding patent licensing payments.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced a 25% tariff on certain Brazilian goods following a Section 301 investigation into unfair trade practices, digital commerce policies, and environmental concerns. The action includes specific product exemptions and will layer on top of existing tariffs before some expire, creating a complex compliance landscape for importers and businesses engaged in U.S.-Brazil trade.

This decision comes on the heels of another proposed class action that Starbucks defeated in January

A U.S. magistrate judge in the Southern District of Florida issued an order appointing a third-party vendor to search and identify the potentially-discoverable records/ESI of the offending party.

Last week, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against Aldi Inc. regarding certain Beaumont Coffee products sold in its stores.