FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE

No. 15 C 11473.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION and STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiffs, v. ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE, ADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, and NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY ). HEALTHSYSTEM, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, represented by James Thomas Greene , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Alexander James Bryson , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Anthony Roderick Saunders , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Charles Earl Dickinson , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Christopher John Caputo , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Daniel John Matheson , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Daniel Zach , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Emily Catherine Bowne , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, James Davis , Federal Trade Commission, Jamie Elizabeth France , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Jennifer Milici , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Kevin Hahm , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Michael J. Bloom , Federal Trade Commission, Sean Pugh , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice, Sophia Vandergrift , Federal Trade Commission, pro hac vice & Timothy Clarke Carson, Il , Federal Trade Commission.

State Of Illinois, Plaintiff, represented by Blake Lee Harrop , Attorney General's Office & Robert W. Pratt .

Advocate Health Care Network, Defendant, represented by John Robert Robertson , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Robert Walter Mccann , Drinker Biddle & Reath, Daniel J. Delaney , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, John Leroy Roach , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Jonathan Harold Todt , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Kenneth Mark Vorrasi , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Kimberly D. Rancour , Hogan Lovells US LLP, pro hac vice, Leigh L. Oliver , Hogan Lovells Us Llp, pro hac vice & Robert Frederick Leibenluft , Hogan & Hartson LLP, pro hac vice.

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, Defendant, represented by John Robert Robertson , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Robert Walter Mccann , Drinker Biddle & Reath, Daniel J. Delaney , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, John Leroy Roach , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Jonathan Harold Todt , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Kenneth Mark Vorrasi , Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp, Kimberly D. Rancour , Hogan Lovells US LLP, pro hac vice, Leigh L. Oliver , Hogan Lovells Us Llp, pro hac vice & Robert Frederick Leibenluft , Hogan & Hartson LLP, pro hac vice.

Northshore University HealthSystem, Defendant, represented by Dan K. Webb , Winston & Strawn LLP, David Edward Dahlquist , Winston & Strawn LLP, Conor Adams Reidy , Winston & Strawn LLP, Laura Beth Greenspan , Winston & Strawn LLP, Laurie Taylor Curnes , Winston & Strawn Llp, Mark William Lenihan , Winston & Strawn Llp & Michael S. Pullos , Winston & Strawn LLP.

Astellas US LLC, Movant, represented by Scott T. Schutte , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Aon plc, Movant, represented by Amanda P. Reeves , Latham & Watkins LLP, pro hac vice, Mary Rose Alexander , Latham & Watkins LLP & Meghan M. Hansen , Latham & Watkins LLP.

The University of Chicago Medical Center, Intervenor, represented by David L. Hanselman, Jr. , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Ashley E. Fischer , McDermott Will & Emery LLP & Kaitlin Patricia Sheehan , Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Intervenor, represented by David L. Hanselman, Jr. , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Ashley E. Fischer , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Kaitlin Patricia Sheehan , Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP & Scott David Stein , Sidley Austin LLP.

Presence Health Network, Intervenor, represented by David L. Hanselman, Jr. , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Ashley E. Fischer , McDermott Will & Emery LLP & Kaitlin Patricia Sheehan , Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP.

Rush University Medical Center, Intervenor, represented by David L. Hanselman, Jr. , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Ashley E. Fischer , McDermott Will & Emery LLP & Kaitlin Patricia Sheehan , Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP.

Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, represented by Helen E. Witt , Kirkland & Ellis LLP & Ian R. Conner , Kirkland & Ellis, pro hac vice.

Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, represented by Sallie Gamble Smylie , Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, represented by Jeffery John Lula , Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Swedish Covenant Hospital, Intervenor, represented by Laura Keidan Martin , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, David Luger , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP & Hannah Olivia Koesterer , Katten Muchin Rosenman Llp.

Alexian Brothers-AHS Midwest Region Health Co., represented by David B. Honig , Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C..

Alexian Brothers-AHS Midwest Region Health Co., represented by Jeffrey L. Rudd , Jackson Lewis P.C., Michael Ruede Greer , Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, pro hac vice, Natalie S. Federle , Jackson Lewis P.C. & William E. Berlin , Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C., pro hac vice.

Northwest Community Healthcare, Intervenor, represented by Matthew Ewan Albers , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, Amanda McMurray Roe , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, pro hac vice, Andrew Robert Greene , A & G Law LLC, Daniel Louis Lis , A & G Law LLC & James A. Wilson , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, pro hac vice.

Aetna, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Christina M. Egan , McGuire Woods LLP, Alyssa D. Shaughnessy , Mcguirewoods Llp & Benjamin James Christenson , McGuireWoods LLP.

Loyola University Health System, Intervenor, represented by David O. Krier , Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC & Laura A. Brenner , Reinhardt Boerner Van Dueren, S.C..

Waukegan Illinois Hospital Company, LLC, represented by David C. Van Dyke , Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC & Emily Elizabeth Bennett , Howard & Howard Attorneys, PLLC.

Bain & Company, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Stephen Yusheng Wu , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP & Lisa Nicole Haidostian , Mcdermott Will & Emery Llp.

UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Mark Joseph Botti , Squire Patton Boggs LLP, pro hac vice, Philip M. Oliss , Squire Patton Boggs LLP & Jeremy L. Johnson , UnitedHealthcare, pro hac vice.

Humana, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Elizabeth Gwynn Doolin , Chittenden, Murday & Novotny, LLC.

Multiplan, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Joshua Richard Diller , Katten & Temple, LLP & Mitchell Bruce Katten , Katten & Temple LLP.

Land of Lincoln Health, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Paul T. Olszowka , Barnes & Thornburg LLP.

Cardinal Health 200 LLC, Intervenor, represented by Jeremy John Gray , Jones Day.

CIGNA Corporation, Intervenor, represented by Brian D. Wallach , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel Joseph Neppl , Sidley Austin LLP & Scott David Stein , Sidley Austin LLP.

Cigna Healthcare of Illinois, Inc., Intervenor, represented by Brian D. Wallach , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel Joseph Neppl , Sidley Austin LLP & Scott David Stein , Sidley Austin LLP.


AMENDED1 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs have sued defendants to enjoin them from consummating their proposed merger pending completion of the FTC's administrative trial on the merits of plaintiffs' antitrust...

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