Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

HAWAII

– Attorneys, Haw. proposal to broaden practice of law definition criticized by DOJ and FTC, 94:111
– Ships and shipping, Oahu stevedoring firm many amend predatory hiring claim (D. Haw.), 94:646

HEALTH CARE

– Australia clears merger of medical imaging firms, In Brief, 94:331
– Boycott, chiropractic groups, boycott of health plan challenged (FTC), 94:251
– Certificates of need

– – Barriers to entry of facilities, FTC and DOJ call Ill. plan anticompetitive, 95:268
– – Opening or expanding facility, FTC supports Fla. plan to curtail, 94:423

– Clinical integration of health care providers, FTC workshop scheduled, In Brief, 94:298
– Conflicts of interest, Lyme disease guidelines to be reviewed, 94:498
– Dental care

See DENTAL CARE

– Discovery, civil investigative demand documents not shielded in private actions (Tex. Ct. App.), 95:385
– False advertising

– – Airborne Health tablet makers settle charges (C.D. Cal.), 95:192
– – Author motion to restrain consumer protection officials denied (N.D.N.Y.), 94:250
– – Herbal colon cleansing program marketers barred (C.D. Cal.), 94:217
– – Hormone replacement products, online marketer settles efficacy claims (FTC), 94:47
– – Medical claim processing marketers settle charges (N.D. Ohio), 94:255
– – Water treatment device (U.S., rev den), 94:423

– France fines doctors unions for cartel conduct, 94:377
– Fraud case involving radiology practice, discovery of nonparty financial data denied (S.D.N.Y.), 94:464
– Home care providers, Ohio order likely to be determined anticompetitive, 94:186
– Limited-service retail clinics, FTC workshop held, 94:493
– Mergers

– – Evanston Northwestern/Highland Park Hospital, class challenge not time-barred (N.D. Ill.), 94:619
– – Group Health/HIP, city that sued to enjoin merger need not produce irrelevant documents (S.D.N.Y.), 95:386
– – Inova/Prince William Health Sys., merger plan dropped, 94:599
– – Pearson/Harcourt Assessment, clinical test marketers, divestitures required, 94:76
– – UnitedHealth Group/Sierra Health Services, divestitures required (D.D.C.), 94:209

– Monopolization

– – Appellate brief failed to address market or injury, B&H Med. sanctioned (6th Cir.), 94:489
– – Athletic trainers, manual therapy market sustains monopoly claim (N.D. Tex.), 95:285
– – Diagnostic imaging, claims against Portland hospitals dismissed (9th Cir.), 94:574
– – Hospital and associated rehabilitation clinic, monopoly and boycott claims (E.D. Ark.), 94:5
– – Human papilloma virus test kit patent holder defeats antitrust counterclaims (W.D. Wis.), 94:103
– – Nephrology practice, physician exclusivity claims dismissed (D. Colo.), 94:315
– – Surgical products purchased through distributor, hospital may not sue manufacturer (9th Cir.), 94:465
– – Urological catheters, exclusive contracts claim may proceed (E.D. Mo.), 94:127; hospital may serve as class representative, 95:290

– Monopsony, oncology providers may proceed with claim against large market share insurer (W.D.N.C.), 95:313
– Price bias, Or. bias question certified for review (9th Cir.), 94:163
– Price fixing

– – P.R. provider collective bargaining plan opposed by FTC, 94:139
– – Tex. specialty doctors group, horizontal price fixing finding upheld (5th Cir.), 94:515

– Privacy issues and electronic records discussed, 94:494
– Restraints of trade

– – Birthing group unlikely to prove hospital/midwife conspiracy (D. Or.), 95:189
– – Certificate of need laws, FTC urges Alaska to reconsider, 94:188
– – Deposition subpoena need not be served in person to nonparty witness (S.D.N.Y.), 95:212
– – Doctor claims against prior practice may proceed (N.D. Miss.), 94:215
– – Noncompetition pacts between doctor and medical group valid (Ind.), 94:326
– – Nonrenewal of staff privileges, bias claim fails (10th Cir.), In Brief, 94:576
– – Pediatrician denied intensive care unit services, timely issues survive dismissal (N.D. Cal.), 95:311
– – Per se claims of physician may not be converted into rule of reason claims (N.D. Cal.), 95:139
– – Radiologists case, prior lawyer now representing adverse party not disqualified (S.D.N.Y.), 94:417
– – Retail clinics may injure competition, FTC warns Ill. lawmakers, 94:577
– – Sleep mask maker, exclusive dealing claims dismissed (N.D. Ohio), 94:369

– Trends in health care services, FTC workshop planned, In Brief, 94:274

HOUSEHOLD GOODS

– Furniture, resale price maintenance claims against Herman Miller settled (S.D.N.Y.), 94:374
– Linens, group boycott case lacked identifiable market (N.D. Cal.), 94:498

HUMAN RESOURCES

– Attorneys, in-house, may not sue employer under whistleblower law (Minn. Ct. App.), 94:602
– Health care

See HEALTH CARE

– Internet employment site, Monster.com data breach, FTC closes probe, 94:212
– Italy, job promotion, EU seeks return of state aid, 94:171
– Maritime industry

See SHIPS AND SHIPPING

– Union antitrust exemption inapplicable to alleged job conspiracy (1st Cir.), 95:157

HUNGARY

– Electricity, state aid to power generators must be recovered, 94:583
– Export credit guarantees barred by EU, 94:428
– Oil and gas, state aid for IBIDEN Hungary rejected, 94:450
– Tax benefit for steel maker to be probed, In Brief, 94:431