Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Index-Summary

HAWAII

– Attorneys, definition of law practice, FTC and DOJ criticize draft rule, 96:432
– Health care, pending appeal by doctors in state court monopoly suit precludes finding of res judicata in federal suit (D. Haw.), 96:67

HEALTH CARE

– Consolidation, MedPAC provides report on competitive effects, 97:426
– Cooperatives, FTC staff warns of negative effects of Minn. antitrust exemption legislation, 96:299
– Data, FTC proposes new breach notification rule, solicits comments, 96:370; final rule issued, 97:196
– Dentistry, FTC urges rejection of La. bill to restrict in-school care for children, 96:462
– Dialysis center fails to plead market, monopolization claims dismissed (D. Colo.), 97:257
– Dietary supplements

See VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

– France

– – Dental group fined for boycott of insurer, 96:166
– – Health care networks, no opposition to limits on membership with transparent criteria, 97:370

– FTC action results in lower costs and increased innovation, official tells Senate panel, 97:62
– Generic drugs

See GENERIC DRUGS

– Government restrictions at state level raise prices, study finds, 97:387
– H1N1 flu virus, FTC and FDA warn of online scams, 96:460
– HIPAA violations found in CVS disposal of patient information (FTC), 96:158
– Hospitals

– – Cardiologist who lost privileges does not prove relevant market, cannot show injury to competition (S.D.N.Y.), 96:450
– – Cardiothoracic surgeons challenging anticompetitive acts by private group working for state hospital reinstated (2d Cir.), 97:41
– – Catheter maker, group cannot show sales practices caused injury (E.D. Mo.), 97:381
– – Clinical integration program, FTC advisory opinion states plan unlikely to trigger antitrust action, 96:376
– – County-run district immune from antitrust liability (W.D. Wash.), 97:454
– – Facilities need not be shared with competitor (10th Cir.), 97:386
– – Group purchasing organizations, Senate panel seeks financial data, 97:198
– – Joint purchasing agreement will not draw DOJ challenge, 97:293
– – Merger review and challenge, FTC official explains factors to conferees, 96:135
– – Nurses

– – – Inadvertent production of wage data memo does not waive attorney-client privilege (E.D. Mich.), 96:293
– – – Wage suppression, common questions do not predominate, class not certified (N.D. Ill.), 97:353

– – Physician privileges, review board rescission without hearing entitled to immunity (4th Cir.), 96:400
– – Tying claims may proceed (Cal. Ct. App.), 96:20

– Insurance

See INSURANCE

– Medical billing work-at-home scheme, marketer settles charges (S.D.N.Y.), 96:481
– Medical board claims time-barred (C.D. Cal.), In Brief, 96:512
– Medical devices

– – Electrical muscle stimulation devices, replacement electrodes are relevant market in monopoly analysis (E.D.N.Y.), 96:131
– – Eye surgery, equipment maker fails to satisfy flexible plausibility pleading standard (S.D.N.Y.), 96:212
– – Nuclear medical devices, pleadings in tying counterclaims lack sufficient detail (D. Utah), 97:144
– – Pulse oximetry, jury verdict on bundled discounts properly dismissed (9th Cir.), 97:473

– Mergers and acquisitions

See MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

– Pediatrics, pending appeal by doctors in state court monopoly suit precludes finding of res judicata in federal suit (D. Haw.), 96:67
– Pharmaceuticals

See PHARMACEUTICALS

– Pharmacy, staffing firm and owners plead guilty to fraud charges re VA and SBA (N.D. Ill.), 96:296
– Physicians, non-risk-sharing contracts negotiation process is anticompetitive (U.S., rev den), 96:184
– Radiology, health care network and parent are not monopoly, summary judgment affirmed (Tex. Ct. App.), 96:622
– Sweden, pharmacy monopoly to end, 96:195; legislature passes privatization bill, 97:50
– Vision aids manufacturer settles deceptive “Made in the U.S.A.” claims (FTC), 97:88

HOME BUSINESSES

– Cal., sellers must comply with Seller Assisted Marketing Plan Act, language not unconstitutionally vague (Cal. Ct. App.), 96:92
– Medical billing work-at-home scheme, marketer settles charges (S.D.N.Y.), 96:481

HOSPITALS

See HEALTH CARE