The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently announced plans to hold a series of public roundtable discussions to analyze the relationship between competition and regulation, and its implications for antitrust enforcement policy.
As the DOJ’s Antitrust Division continues to scrutinize the healthcare industry, these roundtables may give a window into the Division’s current thinking about mergers and acquisitions and contracting practices in the industry. The roundtable series starts on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, with a focus on antitrust exemptions and immunities, including a focus on the appropriate role of the state action doctrine.
The roundtables will include perspectives from various industry participants as well as “academics, think tanks, and other interested parties to discuss the economic and legal analyses of competition and deregulation.”
The second roundtable will be held on April 26, 2018, and will focus on consent decrees. The third roundtable will be held on May 31, 2018, and will analyze the consumer costs of anticompetitive regulations. The DOJ will accept public comments (not to exceed 20 pages) in advance of each of the roundtables.
The federal antitrust agencies often hold public events of this nature to further inform the public of their antitrust enforcement agendas. It will be interesting to see if this roundtable series results in any major enforcement policy changes for the Antitrust Division, which is now under the leadership of Assistant Attorney General, Makan Delrahim.
Full Content: National Law Review
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