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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Mar. 26, 2014

Testing health care mergers: up or across?

St. Luke's Health System was recently ordered to unwind a merger with the Saltzer Medical Group - on a horizontal theory. By Thomas P. Brown, James F. Owens, MJ Moltenbrey, James Holden and Emily Dodds Powell


By Thomas P. Brown, James F. Owens, MJ Moltenbrey, James Holden and Emily Dodds Powell


On Jan 24, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho ordered St. Luke's Health System to unwind a merger with the Saltzer Medical Group, which had been challenged by various parties, including the Federal Trade Commission, under Section 7 of the Clayton Act. Federal Trade Commission v. St. Luke's Health System Ltd., No. 1:13-CV-00116-BLW (D. Idaho Jan. 24...

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