January 25, 2016
Four Chicago-area health care providers asked an Illinois federal court on Friday for leave to intervene in a Federal Trade Commission suit opposing the merger of two other area hospitals, saying their confidential information is at risk if they don't step in.
January 19, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission should be forced to hand over the calculations it used when it objected to the merger of two Chicago-area hospitals before trial in order to allow the hospitals to properly defend themselves, they told an Illinois federal court Friday.
January 12, 2016
Two Chicago-area hospitals fighting the Federal Trade Commission's push to block their merger told an Illinois federal court Monday that the commission's complaint is "fundamentally flawed" and reflects a "misguided" application of antitrust laws.
December 18, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday it will move to block the merger of two Chicago-area hospitals in an effort to protect health care competition in the suburbs north of the city, an action the hospitals said they will fight.