Throughout 2019, Antitrust Byte covered a variety of antitrust issues that should be top of mind for stakeholders in the health care industry. In case you missed any, set forth below are the top 10 issues of last year, with links to each of the related Antitrust Bytes:

  1. Not-for-Profit Hospitals and Enforcement of Section 5 of the FTC Act
  2. The Failing Firm Defense Is an Absolute Defense to an Otherwise Anticompetitive Merger
  3. Retrospective Antitrust Reviews Loom Over Vertical Health Care Transactions
  4. Another Important Voice in Support of Retrospective Antitrust Reviews
  5. State Attorneys General Look to Flex Antitrust Enforcement Muscle
  6. Are Efforts to Speed Up Antitrust Merger Reviews Working?
  7. FTC Submits Comments on Proposed “Information Blocking” Rule in Effort to Protect Market Competition
  8. The Benefits of an Effective Antitrust Compliance Program
  9. Seeking Opinions on Potential Conduct from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice
  10. Third Circuit Curtails FTC’s Ability to Seek Judicial Review of Past Antitrust Violations

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For additional information about the issues discussed above, or if you have any other antitrust concerns, please contact the Epstein Becker Green attorney who regularly handles your legal matters, or one of the authors of this Antitrust Byte:

E. John Steren
Member of the Firm
esteren@ebglaw.com

Patricia Wagner
General Counsel / Chief Privacy Officer
pwagner@ebglaw.com
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