The Long Arm Of The FTC Reaches Even Approved Deals
Law360 (December 8, 2010, 2:20 PM EST) -- The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative lawsuit seeking to undo Laboratory Corp. of America's acquisition of Westcliff Medical Laboratories Inc. According to the agency's Dec. 1 complaint, the merger will substantially lessen competition among providers of capitated clinical laboratory testing services to physician groups in southern California. The case represents the latest in a series of challenges to consummated transactions filed by the FTC during the past two years, keeping fresh the reminder that even closed deals are subject to agency review. It is also noteworthy because Westcliff had filed for bankruptcy protection and the sale to LabCorp had been approved by the bankruptcy court....
Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions.
