CRA experts provided testimony on behalf of NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly Evanston Northwestern Healthcare) in the FTC’s challenge of its acquisition of Highland Park Hospital. CRA analyses demonstrated that post-acquisition price increases at the hospitals could not be linked to the FTC’s claims of market power enhancement. The FTC ultimately chose not to order divestiture of the acquired hospital
An economic approach could curb broad antitrust classes
On July 16, a federal court certified the “Cattle Plaintiffs Producer Class” in In Re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, a case alleging that Cargill, JBS,...