Law360, New York (October 14, 2009, 4:01 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official on Wednesday told legislators considering a bill to end antitrust exemptions for health and medical malpractice insurers that the agency supports efforts to repeal such protections, though she refused to take a position on how or when Congress should do so.
The Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Christine Varney noted at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that "strong indications" exist that the reasons for giving insurance companies a broad antitrust exemption through the...
DOJ Doubts Need For Insurance Antitrust Exemption
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