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Perspectives from the Federal Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

By Ashley Fischer, Jeffrey W. Brennan, Michelle Lowery & Stephen Wu on May 20, 2014
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At the recent Antitrust in Health Care conference in Arlington, Virginia, representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division discussed important health care and antitrust topics.  Speakers stressed that the Affordable Care Act is not an opportunity for anticompetitive consolidation and conduct.  Providers and payers alike should continue to analyze every acquisition, collaborative arrangement, contract or unilateral action under the traditional framework of antitrust law.

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Photo of Ashley Fischer Ashley Fischer

Ashley M. Fischer represents health care providers on a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters, including affiliations; collaborations; health reform initiatives and alignment strategies; joint ventures; and managed care contracting networks such as clinically integrated networks (CINs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs). …

Ashley M. Fischer represents health care providers on a wide range of corporate and regulatory matters, including affiliations; collaborations; health reform initiatives and alignment strategies; joint ventures; and managed care contracting networks such as clinically integrated networks (CINs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs). Her health antitrust practice includes assessing the implications of the formation and operation of competitor collaborations (CINs, ACOs, joint ventures), merger analysis and defense, compliance and ordinary course conduct. Read Ashley Fischer’s full bio.

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Photo of Jeffrey W. Brennan Jeffrey W. Brennan

Jeffrey W. Brennan (Jeff) has practiced exclusively antitrust law for three decades, including more than 20 years in private practice and nearly 10 years over two tours at the Federal Trade Commission, from 1985 to 1990 as a staff attorney handling mergers and…

Jeffrey W. Brennan (Jeff) has practiced exclusively antitrust law for three decades, including more than 20 years in private practice and nearly 10 years over two tours at the Federal Trade Commission, from 1985 to 1990 as a staff attorney handling mergers and from 2001 to 2006 as assistant director, then associate director, of the Bureau of Competition. His current practice includes merger clearance, antitrust litigation, investigations by the FTC, DOJ and state attorneys general, and counseling on competitor collaborations and many other antitrust compliance issues. Jeff’s clients cover many industries, with the highest number in the health care services and products sector. He is co-chair of the Firm’s Health Antitrust affinity group. Read Jeff Brennan’s full bio.

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Photo of Michelle Lowery Michelle Lowery

Michelle S. Lowery focuses her practice on antitrust and competition. Michelle has experience in a broad range of antitrust litigation, transactional and counseling matters. Her practice focuses on complex litigation, government investigations, mergers and acquisitions, and counseling. Read Michelle Lowery’s full bio.

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Photo of Stephen Wu Stephen Wu

Stephen Wu focuses his practice on antitrust litigation, defending mergers and acquisitions before antitrust enforcement agencies and counseling clients on antitrust compliance issues. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries ranging from aerospace to consumer products and food, with a particular…

Stephen Wu focuses his practice on antitrust litigation, defending mergers and acquisitions before antitrust enforcement agencies and counseling clients on antitrust compliance issues. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries ranging from aerospace to consumer products and food, with a particular concentration on health care antitrust matters. He is co-chair of the Firm’s Health Antitrust Affinity Group. Read Stephen Wu’s full bio.

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    Antitrust, Competition and Trade
  • Blog:
    Antitrust Alert
  • Organization:
    McDermott Will & Emery
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