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FTC announces 2022 HSR thresholds

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By Robin Adelstein (US), Amanda Wait (US), Vic Domen (US) & Gerald Stein (US) on January 27, 2022

On January 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced increased reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Most importantly, the minimum “size-of-transaction” threshold will be increased from US $92 million to US $101 million; acquisitions below…

FTC Submits Comment Supporting Telehealth Provisions in CMS Interim Final Rule

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By Amanda Wait (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on June 8, 2020

On June 2, 2020, the staffs of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, Bureau of Competition and Office of the General Counsel submitted a comment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

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COVID-19 Update: Coronavirus Designated a Pandemic by WHO

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By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on March 11, 2020

On Wednesday the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of…

FTC Advocates for Full Practice Authority for Advanced Practice Nurses in Kansas and Ohio

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By Chandra Westergaard (US), Kajon Pompey (US) & Gerald Stein (US) on February 11, 2020

Last month, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) staff submitted comments in support of proposed legislation in Kansas and Ohio that would expand the scope of practice of advanced practice registered nurses (“APRNs”) in those states. In Kansas, H.B. 2412 would permit…

DOJ announces Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud Task Force

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By Yvonne Puig (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US) on July 12, 2018

On July 11 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)  announced a new Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud.  The wide-ranging Task Force will be chaired by the Deputy Attorney General and work towards:

[T]he investigation and prosecution of

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FDA commissioner looks to curb tactics that restrict drug competition

Posted on November 13, 2017

On November 8, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb spoke as a keynote speaker at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) workshop, Understanding Competition in Prescription Drug Markets: Entry and Supply Chain Dynamics (“Workshop”) and called…

Company exec can face $18M in restitution for ignoring attorney warnings

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By Jim Wiehl (US) on March 21, 2016

On March 3rd, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president of Commerce Planet, Inc. could be held personally liable for violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) after he ignored warnings from his in-house counsel that…

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