April 12, 2022
Both sides in a New Jersey hospital merger plan enjoined by the Federal Trade Commission have called on the agency to pull the plug on its review, arguing that a post-appeal termination of the deal has mooted the regulatory case and any need for further action.
August 26, 2021
Two New Jersey hospitals have decided to take their case to the Third Circuit after their merger was temporarily placed on hold amid a challenge from the Federal Trade Commission, a move that normally spells the end for a proposed transaction.
August 04, 2021
A New Jersey federal court on Wednesday granted the Federal Trade Commission's bid to pause the planned merger of two Bergen County hospitals the agency contends would unlawfully reduce competition for health care in the Garden State's most populated county.
June 02, 2021
Criticism of "flowery" language by the hospitals and skepticism of whether past mergers ever passed cost savings onto insurers helped define a New Jersey federal judge's approach Wednesday to closing arguments in a Federal Trade Commission challenge to a proposed deal between two Bergen County health care systems.
May 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission urged a New Jersey federal judge Monday to halt the proposed merger of two Bergen County hospitals during the agency's antitrust challenge, arguing that it is likely to prove the deal would unlawfully constrict competition in the Garden State's most populated county.
May 05, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission blasted two New Jersey hospitals seeking to derail the agency's bid to pause their merger, saying the institutions' claims that the agency overly restricts the market to just Bergen County "mischaracterize the FTC's market, the facts, and the law."
April 16, 2021
Hackensack Meridian and Englewood Healthcare have told a New Jersey federal court that the Federal Trade Commission's challenge of their planned merger is based around county lines drawn up in the 1800s, not the current reality of health care competition in the state.
March 08, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission wants a New Jersey federal judge to swat down a bid from two merging New Jersey hospital systems to depose FTC lawyers about why the agency thinks the deal would hurt competition.
March 03, 2021
New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery urged a New Jersey federal court to quash a subpoena it received over a New Jersey health system antitrust row it's not involved in, arguing it shouldn't be forced to share its records because it doesn't compete with the companies involved.