In the Matter of Illumina, Inc., & GRAIL, Inc.
District Court: FTC Administrative Court Status: Pending
In March 2021, the FTC filed a complaint against Illumina’s acquisition of Grail. The challenge is unique because the acquisition is a vertical merger. Illumina …
In re Matter of LCMC Health & HCA Healthcare
District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana Status: Decided
This action arises out of the FTC’s objection to LCMC’s acquisition of three hospitals owned by HCA Healthcare in Louisiana. LCMC, a nonprofit hospital that …
Uriel Pharmacy v. Advocate Aurora Health
District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin Status: Pending
Brought by Uriel Pharmacy, a self-insured employer, the federal lawsuit alleges Advocate forced insurers to enter all-or-nothing and anti-tiering and anti-steering contract terms. In addition, …
In re Mission Health Antitrust Litigation
District Court: Western District of North Carolina Status: Pending
Originally filed in federal district court by the city of Brevard, North Carolina (City of Brevard, North Carolina v. HCA Healthcare and Mission Health System), …
FTC v. RWJBarnabas Health & Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Decided
RWJBH is the largest academic health system in New Jersey with 12 hospitals and collaborates with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schools. Saint Peter’s Healthcare …
FTC v. HCA Healthcare & Steward Health Care
District Court: District of Utah Status: Pending
HCA Healthcare, the second largest health system with six hospitals in the Wasatch Front region of Utah, proposed to acquire five hospitals from Steward Health …
Saint Francis Hospital v. Hartford HealthCare
District Court: District of Connecticut Status: Pending
In February 2021, Saint Francis Hospital sued Hartford HealthCare, one of two major health systems in Connecticut, alleging that Hartford’s physician practice acquisitions and resulting …
Federal Trade Commission and State of Rhode Island v. Lifespan and Care New England Health
District Court: District of Rhode Island Status: Decided
Rhode Island’s two largest nonprofit hospital systems, Lifespan and Care New England, abandoned their merger plans in the face of a joint antitrust challenge from …
United States and State of Minnesota and State of New York v. UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare
District Court: District of Columbia Status: Decided
The DOJ, along with attorneys general of New York and Minnesota, filed a lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia to block UnitedHealth …
Pasadena Hospital d/b/a Huntington Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Health System v. California and Rob Bonta
District Court: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Status: Decided
Pasadena Hospital d/b/a Cedars-Sinai Health System (Cedars-Sinai) and Huntington Memorial Hospital (Huntington) announced their intended affiliation in March 2020. The California AG’s office was concerned …
Federal Trade Commission and State of Tennessee v. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Tenet Healthcare
District Court: Western District of Tennessee, Western Division Status: Decided
Joined by the Tennessee attorney general, the FTC filed in federal court for a preliminary injunction to block Methodist Le Bonheur’s proposed $350 million acquisition …
United States v. Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital
District Court: Middle District of Pennsylvania Status: Decided
In August 2020, the DOJ filed suit in the district court of Pennsylvania, challenging agreements that include Geisinger Health System’s bid to acquire 30% ownership …
Federal Trade Commission and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Thomas Jefferson University and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania Status: Decided
The FTC and the Pennsylvania AG filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to block the nearly $600 million merger deal between Jefferson …
Federal Trade Commission v. Hackensack Meridian and Englewood Healthcare
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Pending
Hackensack Meridian, the largest healthcare system in New Jersey, and Englewood Healthcare announced their plans to merge in October 2019. While the proposed transaction was …
Davis et al. v. HCA Healthcare and Mission Health System
District Court: North Carolina Superior Court (Buncombe County) Status: Pending
The class action lawsuit filed in North Carolina state court against HCA Healthcare and Mission Health alleges anticompetitive practices in violation of the North Carolina …
Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association v. Wolf
District Court: U.S. District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania Status: Decided