On July 28, 2010, the FTC entered into a settlement agreement with Australian based Nufarm Limited (“Nufarm”) regarding its March 5, 2008 acquisition of all of the shares of United Kingdom-based A.H. Marks Holding Limited (“A.H. Marks”).
On June 14, 2010, Federal Trade Commission Chairman, Jon Leibowitz, gave a speech to the American Medical Association in Chicago amid ongoing tension between the two groups with respect to antitrust regulation in the medical industry. In an effort to address the AMA’s concerns, and to bolster a more productive relationship between the organizations, Leibowitz offered an explanation of the FTC’s position on antitrust in the medical arena as well as some promising options for the future of healthcare regulation.
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On June 15, 2010, Howard Shelanski, Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, appeared before the House Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy and delivered a prepared statement on behalf of the Commission. In his appearance, Mr. Shelanski requested legislative action in light of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Verizon v. Trinko and Credit Suisse v. Billing . Both of these recent cases have implications for bringing antitrust actions in federal court in regulated industries.
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