FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, INC. et al

  1. April 12, 2022

    NJ Hospitals Urge FTC To End Review Of Abandoned Merger

    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.

  2. August 26, 2021

    NJ Hospitals Taking Fight With FTC Over Merger To 3rd Circ.

    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.

  3. August 04, 2021

    FTC Gets New Jersey Hospital Merger Paused

    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.

  4. June 02, 2021

    NJ Hospitals Merger Met With 'Jaundiced Eyes' In FTC Suit

    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.

  5. May 10, 2021

    FTC Wants NJ Hospital Merger On Ice During Antitrust Row

    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.

  6. May 05, 2021

    New Jersey Hospital Merger Challenge Sized Right, FTC Says

    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."

  7. April 16, 2021

    NJ Hospitals Say County Line Doesn't Block Competition

    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.

  8. March 08, 2021

    Hospitals Can't Justify Push To Depose FTC, Gov't Says

    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.

  9. March 03, 2021

    NY Hospital Fights Subpoena In Health System Merger Row

    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.