Antitrust safe harbor review
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Senate Judiciary/Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) indicates his support for reworking the federal health care antitrust guidelines in May 21 release announcing Hew Pate's appointment as DoJ Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust. Kohl and Subcommittee Chair Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) had requested DoJ and FTC reexamine the "antitrust safety zone" at a GPO hearing last April (1"The Gray Sheet" May 6, 2002, p. 9). "While the Federal Trade Commission has taken the lead in investigating this industry, the Antitrust Division's cooperation in revising the joint FTC/DOJ Health Care Guidelines will be essential to restoring competition to this vital sector," Kohl says...
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