Zachary Johns is a partner with Morgan Lewis in their Philadelphia office. He represents US and international clients in a variety of high-stakes complex commercial matters with a focus on civil and criminal antitrust and class action litigation. He also counsels businesses on antitrust and litigation risks and advises on risk management strategies. He represents companies across a broad range of industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, food manufacturing, consumer products, aviation, and building products.
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A US district court judge, in a case of first impression, recently held that Louisiana Children’s Medical Center’s acquisition of three New Orleans–area hospitals from HCA Healthcare, Inc. was exempt from both the federal antitrust laws and the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger (...)
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The US Federal Trade Commission is suing US Anesthesia Partners Inc. and its private equity founder for allegedly enacting an anticompetitive scheme to gain market power through a series of roll-up acquisitions. FTC V. US ANESTHESIA PARTNERS INC. On September 21, 2023, the US Federal (...)
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NEW YORK STATE : HEALTHCARE ENTITIES MUST DISCLOSE CERTAIN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS* As part of the New York State budget for fiscal year 2023–2024, the New York State Assembly amended the New York Public Health Law to impose new notification requirements related to material transactions (...)
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is withdrawing three enforcement policy statements that provided important guidance on the exchange of competitively sensitive information through third parties. The guidance previously created a safe harbor for market benchmarking surveys (...)
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) on January 5, 2023, that would ban employers from entering into and maintaining noncompete clauses with their workers. With this potential ability for workers to change jobs more freely, employers will become (...)
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently voted to withdraw its approval of the Vertical Merger Guidelines (the 2020 VMGs), which, as we covered in the past, the FTC and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued over a year ago on June 30, 2020. The vote on September 15, 2021 to rescind the (...)
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A recent BASF jury verdict highlights the breadth of the Sherman and Clayton Acts—particularly the remedies available to plaintiffs involved in the manufacturing of goods—if supply agreements are found to hinder marketplace competition. The verdict serves as an important reminder for (...)
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On December 8, 2020, Judge Gerald Pappert in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) to preliminarily enjoin a proposed merger between Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and (...)
