Federal Trade Commission et al v. Advocate Health Care Network et al

  1. March 16, 2017

    Judge Sets Out Reasons For Barring Chicago Hospital Merger

    An Illinois federal judge on Thursday laid out his reasons for entering the injunction that killed a proposed merger between two Chicago healthcare systems last month, borrowing much of the Seventh Circuit's analysis of the Federal Trade Commission's case to conclude that the combined systems would monopolize the city's northern suburbs.

  2. March 07, 2017

    Chicago Hospitals Cancel Merger After Loss To FTC In Court

    Chicago hospital systems Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System say they are walking away from a proposed merger after an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday stopped them from finalizing the deal at the request of the Federal Trade Commission.

  3. December 15, 2016

    Hospitals Emphasize Cost Cuts In Renewed FTC Merger Fight

    A pair of Chicago health care systems battling the specter of a Seventh Circuit loss maintain their proposed merger would lead to price decreases, pressing an Illinois district judge Wednesday to again lift the order preventing them from closing on the merger during the course of a Federal Trade Commission suit.

  4. November 16, 2016

    Hospitals Press Forward With Merger After 7th Circ. Loss

    A pair of Chicago-area health care systems said Wednesday that they are moving ahead with plans to merge in spite of continued opposition by the Federal Trade Commission and an unfavorable ruling handed down by the Seventh Circuit a few weeks ago.

  5. August 15, 2016

    FTC Tells 7th Circ. Hospital Monopoly Test Is Sound

    The Federal Trade Commission told the Seventh Circuit that a district court wrongly discounted the agency's approach to evaluating competition among hospitals when the court blocked the FTC from halting a Chicago-area hospital merger, saying Friday that the "hypothetical monopolist test" is a rigorous standard.

  6. August 09, 2016

    AHA Attacks FTC's Hospital Monopoly Test At 7th Circ.

    The Seventh Circuit should reject the Federal Trade Commission's too-narrow standard for evaluating competition among hospitals, the American Hospital Association said Monday in the government's challenge of a decision blocking an agency attempt to halt a Chicago-area hospital merger.

  7. July 25, 2016

    11 States Back FTC's Ill. Hospital Merger Challenge In 7th Circ.

    Eleven state attorneys general filed an amicus brief Friday supporting the Federal Trade Commission's recent push in the Seventh Circuit to block the merger of two Chicago health care systems.

  8. June 22, 2016

    Ill. Hospitals Request Expiration Date On Merger Injunction

    Two Chicago hospitals whose proposed merger is being fought by the Federal Trade Commission and the state on Tuesday asked a district court to narrow an injunction blocking the merger to limit its duration to one specific appeal by the government to the Seventh Circuit.

  9. June 20, 2016

    FTC Failed To Define Market In Hospital Merger Case: Judge

    The Federal Trade Commission didn't properly define the geographic market affected by a proposed Chicago hospital merger, an Illinois federal judge said in an opinion unsealed on Monday, amid the FTC's appeal to the Seventh Circuit while the transaction remains on hold.

  10. June 17, 2016

    Chicago Hospital Merger Put On Ice While FTC Appeals

    An Illinois federal judge Friday pulled back on a decision that would have allowed two health care behemoths in the state to close their merger, ruling that the entities would have to await the completion of the Federal Trade Commission's Seventh Circuit appeal before taking any further action.