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Health Care Antitrust Weekly: FTC Eyes Improperly Listed Patents in Orange Book; New Illinois Law Expands Targets Health Care Provider Consolidation

FTC set to issue statement on improperly listed patents in FDA’s Orange Book. The commission will consider whether to issue a policy statement regarding patent listings in the Orange Book at an open meeting tomorrow. We highlighted a report on the impacts of patent gaming on inhaler markets last week. Inhalers are a type of […]

Sep 13, 2023 Read Now >

Khan Outlines FTC Support for Employees to Report Harassment Following Allegations Against Wright

This article has been updated slightly for clarity. FTC Chair Lina Khan, in the wake of allegations made against former Commissioner Joshua Wright, outlined steps this week that agency employees can take to report sexual harassment. In a memo yesterday to agency staff and her fellow...

Aug 16, 2023 Read Now >
Microsoft/Activision Blizzard: Novel Move Could Open Path for Clearance After Final Report That Avoids Independent Inquiry

The Competition and Markets Authority’s likely clearance of Microsoft’s (MSFT) proposed $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard takeover could open a new route for companies to receive approval for their deals by reversing a “final” prohibition and avoiding an independent group’s...

Jul 18, 2023 Read Now >
Zynex: Company’s Accounting Practices Raise Red Flags, According to Accounting Experts

The accounting practices of Zynex (ZYXI), a manufacturer of electrotherapy devices for pain management, are raising red flags with finance experts who questioned how the company is accounting for adjustments, allowances, and nonpayment of the claims it submits to insurers. According to...

May 24, 2023 Read Now >
Congressional Committee, Regulators Question Cigna System that Lets Its Doctors Deny Claims without Reading Patient Files

This article is published in partnership with ProPublica. A key congressional committee asked insurance giant Cigna on Tuesday to provide corporate documents so that lawmakers can examine the company’s practice of denying health care claims without ever opening a patient file. House...

May 16, 2023 Read Now >
CFPB March Complaint Data: Total Monthly Complaints Hit 12 Month High as Bureau’s Policy Statement on Abusive Acts or Practices Appears to Signal Paradigm Shift, Prioritizing Fair Dealing Over Consumer Sovereignty

Total monthly complaints submitted by consumers to the CFPB rose to 112,600 in March 2023, reflecting an approximately 30% increase from February and the highest total number of complaints over the past twelve-month period, as measured by The Capitol Forum. The categories with the largest...

Apr 20, 2023 Read Now >
The Antitrust Agenda: Keeping Score as Antitrust Legislation Heads to Senate Floor; Subscription Offerings May Enjoy Break from Apple/Google App Store Taxes; Agency Funding Update

Senate floor time for antitrust bill means likely passage into law. Axios reported May 19 that Senate Majority Leader is telling colleagues that he will allow for a Senate floor vote on antitrust legislation in early summer. A source close to the legislative process explained that, to...

May 23, 2022 Read Now >
Merger Monthly: Delrahim’s Pre-Election Remedies Manual Revision Could Undercut DOJ Change Healthcare Case; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Microsoft/Activision, Norton/Avast, and II-VI/Coherent

Just two months before the 2020 election, Trump administration DOJ antitrust division head Makan Delrahim issued a revised merger remedies manual that upended the existing debate about whether—and when—the U.S. agencies would accept private equity divestiture purchasers. Not only...

Apr 06, 2022 Read Now >
II-VI/Coherent: SAMR Weighs Behavioral Remedy Proposal to Address Industry Excimer Laser Supply Concerns

Case handlers at China’s antitrust authority are evaluating whether a behavioral remedy package that optical components maker II-VI (IIVI) proposed in an effort to clinch its $6.8 billion bid for Coherent (COHR) is sufficient to address industry competition concerns with the tie-up,...

Mar 18, 2022 Read Now >
APA Corp.: Entity Operating APA Legacy Assets Appears to Overstate Revenues and Understate Retirement Costs, Investigation Shows; Securities May Not Shield APA from Liabilities

The entity created in a bankruptcy reorganization to operate and fund the retirement of APA Corp’s (APA) legacy assets in the Gulf of Mexico may face more than $400 million in revenue shortfalls from lower-than-forecast production by 2025, according to The Capitol Forum’s...

Sep 14, 2021 Read Now >
TransDigm: Capitol Forum Analysis of Contract Data Indicates Prices Increase at a Higher Rate after TransDigm’s Acquisitions

Pricing Analysis In order to provide more insight into TransDigm’s acquisition strategy, we attempted to quantify how a company’s pricing for military spare parts changes after TransDigm acquires the company. Using contract data from Haystack Gold and a sample of 2,156 parts (as well...

Feb 03, 2017 Read Now >

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Health Care Antitrust Weekly: FTC Eyes Improperly Listed Patents in Orange Book; New Illinois Law Expands Targets Health Care Provider Consolidation

Khan Outlines FTC Support for Employees to Report Harassment Following Allegations Against Wright

Microsoft/Activision Blizzard: Novel Move Could Open Path for Clearance After Final Report That Avoids Independent Inquiry

Zynex: Company’s Accounting Practices Raise Red Flags, According to Accounting Experts

Congressional Committee, Regulators Question Cigna System that Lets Its Doctors Deny Claims without Reading Patient Files

CFPB March Complaint Data: Total Monthly Complaints Hit 12 Month High as Bureau’s Policy Statement on Abusive Acts or Practices Appears to Signal Paradigm Shift, Prioritizing Fair Dealing Over Consumer Sovereignty

The Antitrust Agenda: Keeping Score as Antitrust Legislation Heads to Senate Floor; Subscription Offerings May Enjoy Break from Apple/Google App Store Taxes; Agency Funding Update

Merger Monthly: Delrahim’s Pre-Election Remedies Manual Revision Could Undercut DOJ Change Healthcare Case; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Microsoft/Activision, Norton/Avast, and II-VI/Coherent

II-VI/Coherent: SAMR Weighs Behavioral Remedy Proposal to Address Industry Excimer Laser Supply Concerns

APA Corp.: Entity Operating APA Legacy Assets Appears to Overstate Revenues and Understate Retirement Costs, Investigation Shows; Securities May Not Shield APA from Liabilities

TransDigm: Capitol Forum Analysis of Contract Data Indicates Prices Increase at a Higher Rate after TransDigm’s Acquisitions

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