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Carl Hittinger, Jeanne-Michele Mariani Examine Drug Price Spikes and Antitrust Laws

Photo of Carl HittingerPhoto of Jeanne-Michele MarianiBy Carl Hittinger and Jeanne-Michele Mariani on Posted in Uncategorized
Partner Carl Hittinger and Associate Jeanne-Michele Mariani authored an article published by The Legal Intelligencer on Nov. 30, 2018. The article, “Price Hikes and Spikes and the Antitrust Laws,” uses the well-known example of “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli and his company’s abrupt price hike for Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a pill to consider whether such price jumps should be necessarily … Continue Reading

BakerHostetler Lawyers to Present Webinar on Lessons Learned from FTC Investigations and Challenges of Healthcare Provider Transactions

Photo of Danyll FoixBy Danyll Foix on Posted in BakerHostetler, Events, Healthcare, Uncategorized
Members of BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition team will present a webinar on February 26, 2014 which takes an in-depth look at FTC investigations and challenges of hospital and physician transactions. The topics will include: Insights from a former FTC Commissioner involved in nearly 30 healthcare enforcement actions while at the Commission Latest statistics on FTC  … Continue Reading

FTC Investigations of Technology Transactions – Am I at Risk?

By Jonathan Lewis and Lee Simowitz on Posted in Government Investigations, Merger, Merger Review, Premerger Notification, Uncategorized
A recent article in the Antitrust Law Journal, “A Survey of Evidence Leading to Second Requests at the FTC,” by Darren S. Tucker, a FTC attorney advisor who reviewed non-public information on decisions to investigate proposed transactions for the period August 2008 to August 2012, sheds light on the types of evidence the FTC staff … Continue Reading

“Highly Unusual” Circumstances End FTC Challenge to Phoebe Putney Acquisition

By Jonathan Lewis and Lee Simowitz on Posted in Government Investigations, Healthcare, Merger, Merger Review, Uncategorized
After running the table in the Supreme Court with a unanimous decision, which we covered, and then convincing a district court judge in Georgia to halt further consolidation of Phoebe Putney Health System (“Phoebe Putney”) and Palmyra Medical Center (“Palmyra”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently agreed to settle its antitrust challenge of Phoebe Putney’s … Continue Reading

BakerHostetler Antitrust Lawyer Co-Authors Book on Price Fixing

Photo of Danyll FoixBy Danyll Foix on Posted in BakerHostetler, Sherman Act 1, Uncategorized
BakerHostetler Partner Lee Simowitz has co-authored The Executive’s Antitrust Guide to Pricing: Understanding Implications of Typical Marketing, Distribution, and Pricing Practices (Thomson Reuters/Aspatore 2013). Written as a practical guide for business professionals, the guide answers the most common antitrust pricing questions facing C-Level executives, marketing heads, and salespeople in straightforward, easy to understand language. The book … Continue Reading

Are Consummated Hospital and Physician Mergers Now in the FTC’s Crosshairs?

By Jonathan Lewis and Lee Simowitz on Posted in Government Investigations, Healthcare, Merger, Merger Review, Uncategorized
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”* Speaking at an American Bar Association symposium titled “Retrospective Analysis of Agency Determinations in Merger Transactions,” Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairwoman, Edith Ramirez, highlighted the FTC’s successful track record challenging transactions, but also noted “growing concern” that hospital acquisitions of physician groups are having a negative … Continue Reading

Court Approves $158.6 Million Settlement Obtained by BakerHostetler’s Antitrust Lawyers

Photo of Danyll FoixBy Danyll Foix on Posted in Antitrust Litigation, BakerHostetler, Class Action Litigation, Sherman Act 1, Uncategorized
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee granted final approval of the $158.6 million settlement in the ongoing Southeast Milk Antitrust Litigation lawsuit brought by BakerHostetler’s antitrust lawyers.  Judge J. Ronnie Greer’s May 17, 2013 order approved the third settlement in the case.  It was entered between plaintiffs and defendant Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and … Continue Reading
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