US Department of Justice (Antitrust Division)

Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Department of Health and Human Services Extend Comment Period on Public Inquiry into Impact of Corporate Ownership Trend in Health Care

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Health and Human Services are extending the comment period for the Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care Markets (RFI) by 30 days. The new deadline is June 5. In March, the agencies issued the RFI to understand how health care mergers

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The Justice Department Supports More Competition and Lower Prices for Communications from Jails and Prisons

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division today filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of efforts to lower prices and improve the quality of incarcerated people’s communications services (IPCS). “Telephone services are a lifeline between incarcerated people and the outside world,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.

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Justice Department and FTC Submit Joint Comment to FERC Explaining that Common Ownership by Investment Companies Can Raise Competition Concerns

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today jointly submitted a public comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging it to consider the competitive risks of common ownership when assessing acquisitions involving less than a controlling interest in competing firms. As the Justice Department and FTC’s joint comment explains, competition

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TopBuild Abandons Proposed Acquisition of SPI After Antitrust Division Concerns

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TopBuild Corp. announced its decision today to abandon its proposed $960 million acquisition of its rival, SPI Parent Holding Company (SPI). The abandonment comes after the department’s competition concerns. The Justice Department issued the following statement from Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Antitrust Division: “TopBuild’s proposed acquisition of SPI would have harmed competition

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Federal Agencies Launch Portal for Public Reporting of Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care Sector

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The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care practices that may harm competition. The online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, allows the public to report potentially unfair and anticompetitive health care practices to the Justice Department’s

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