Displaying 1 - 20 of 2285
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Appoints Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and JenaValve Technology, Inc., In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint to block medical device supplier Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s (Edwards) proposed acquisition of JenaValve Technology, Inc. (JenaValve) due to concerns that the acquisition would limit patient access to lifesaving medical devices used to treat a potentially fatal heart condition.
Caremark Rx, Zinc Health Services, et al., In the Matter of (Insulin)
The FTC filed a lawsuit against the three largest prescription drug benefit managers (PBMs)—Caremark Rx, Express Scripts (ESI), and OptumRx—and their affiliated group purchasing organizations (GPOs) for engaging in anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin drugs.
Statement of Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak Regarding Ryan, LLC v. FTC
Federal Trade Commission Files to Accede to Vacatur of Non-Compete Clause Rule
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding Gateway Pet Memorial Services/West Coast
Federal Trade Commission Issues Request for Information on Employee Noncompete Agreements
FTC Takes Action to Protect Workers from Noncompete Agreements
Gateway Pet Memorial Services
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Gateway Services and its subsidiary Gateway US Holdings, Inc., (collectively referred to as Gateway), which alleges that Gateway imposed noncompete agreements on almost all of its employees, which typically prohibited employees from working in the pet cremation service industry anywhere in the U.S. for one year after leaving Gateway.
Under a proposed FTC consent order, Gateway must, among other terms, immediately stop enforcing all existing noncompete agreements.