FTC Approves Filing of Amended Complaint in Matter of Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., et al.; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Fresenius AG and American Renal Associates

Commission approval of amended complaint filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., et al. The original complaint in this case, announced earlier this month, charged the marketers of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know […]

FTC Challenges Illegal Agreement to Close, Acquire Dialysis Clinics

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent order settling charges that two dialysis clinic operators – American Renal Associates, Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. – unlawfully restrained competition in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act when ARA paid Fresenius to close clinics located near competing ARA clinics in Rhode Island […]

Commission Rules that Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp.s Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital Was Anticompetitive

In an administrative opinion and order made public today, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp.’s (ENH) acquisition of Highland Park Hospital (Highland Park) in 2000 was anticompetitive and violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act. The Commission opinion, authored by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, affirmed an October 2005 ruling by Chief […]