Anthem’s Scorched Earth Trial Strategy
Yesterday afternoon the Department of Justice and State Attorneys General responded to the Special Master’s recommendation that each side...
Merger Cases Should Be Decided Based On Merit, Not Deals With Health Insurers
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) recently expressed concerns that Aetna’s reevaluating its involvement in public exchanges was related to...
Anthem-Cigna Trial Scheduled for November 21st
Last Friday the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia held the scheduling conference for the proposed health insurance merger...
In Response: Major Parties Do Differ on Antitrust Policy
A brief article appeared in Lexology on Wednesday discussing the likely ramifications for antitrust enforcements after November’s...
Aetna-Humana Merger Trial Scheduled for December 5th
This morning the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia held the scheduling conference for the proposed health insurance merger...
Anthem’s Arguments At Trial Status Conference Fall Flat
Update: Judge John Bates announced today that he will keep the Department of Justice case against Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana,...
Aetna and Humana’s Divestiture “Solution” Is Nothing of the Sort. Here’s Why.
Remedies are unlikely to solve the competitive problems posed by the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers, as we discussed in a white...
Flashback: The Failed AOL-Time Warner Merger, and What It Tells Us About Anthem-Cigna
Every few years, merger mania sets in and large industries try to consolidate even further. Consumers can be forgiven for thinking that...
