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  • District Of Columbia Holds Later Complaint In Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge MDL Not Time-Barred
     
    07/06/2023

    On June 21, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied defendant railroads’ motion to dismiss an allegedly time-barred complaint brought by a single plaintiff in a multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to increase the price of rail freight transport.  In re:  Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation (No. II), 20-mc-00008-BAH, ECF No. 916, (D.D.C. June 21, 2023) (the “Opinion”).
  • Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Antitrust Claims Against Hospital And Insurance Provider
     
    07/28/2022

    On July 15, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a magistrate judge’s conclusion that a health clinic, located within an Illinois hospital, did not suffer a cognizable antitrust injury by a hospital and insurance provider for agreeing to in-network status. Marion HealthCare, LLC v. Illinois Hosp. Servs., No. 20-1581, 2022 WL 2763502 (7th Cir. July 15, 2022).
  • Fourth Circuit Affirms Lower Court’s First Of Its Kind Divesture Order In Private Challenge To Merger
     
    03/02/2021

    On February 18, 2021, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in relevant part a district court’s divestiture order in a Clayton Act challenge to a consummated merger by a private party.  Steves & Sons, Inc. v. JELD-WEN, Inc., No. 19-1397, 2021 WL 630521 (4th Cir. Feb. 18, 2021).  The divestiture order appears to be the first time that an appellate court has affirmed a post-consummation divestiture order of an acquired company in response to a Clayton Act challenge to a merger or acquisition by a private party.
     
  • Eastern District Of Pennsylvania Allows Hospital Merger To Proceed
     
    12/22/2020

    On December 14, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal.  Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Thomas Jefferson University, et al., 2:20-cv-01113 (E.D. Pa.  Dec. 14, 2020).  The decision comes after the district court, on December 8, denied the FTC’s request to enjoin Jefferson Health from acquiring Albert Einstein Healthcare Network.  The FTC has appealed the December 8 decision and sought an injunction pending that appeal to prevent the acquisition from going forward on December 15 in accordance with the stipulated terms of a prior temporary restraining order entered in the case.  The Court denied the FTC’s motion, explaining that the emergency motion—rather than maintaining the status quo—would alter the parties’ circumstances by imposing an injunction where there was none.