Illinois Antitrust News Today

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Jan. 19 in a case involving three staffing firms, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and now state attorneys general, have set their sights on staffing companies in their evolving efforts...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and now state attorneys general, have set their sights on staffing companies in their evolving efforts to examine...

During the past year, a number of states have enacted antitrust legislation relating to healthcare entities, which, once effective, will implement a dedicated health care transaction...

Starting January 1, 2024, healthcare facilities and provider organizations engaging in certain transactions in Illinois, such as mergers and acquisitions...

In their latest condemnation of labor market restrictions, state and federal enforcers, in two recent friend-of-the-court filings, urged the 2nd Circuit to reverse the dismissal of a...

Illinois House of Rep passed HB 2222 to increase oversight of mergers combinations for healthcare facilities unlike Hart Scott Rodino Illinois healthcare transactions law requires notice to federal antitrust agencies for any transaction value threshold intrastate covered transactions

On March 24, 2023, the Illinois House of Representatives passed legislation (HB 2222) that, if passed by the Illinois Senate and signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, would increase...

If we were to tell you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) “Regarding Information...

In this week’s article, we examine the recent case of VBR Tours, LLC [VBR] v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. [Amtrak] and Yankee Leisure Group, Inc. [Yankee], 2015 WL 5693735 (N.D. Ill. In this week’s article, we examine the recent case of VBR Tours, LLC [VBR] v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. [Amtrak] and Yankee Leisure Group, Inc. [Yankee], 2015 WL 5693735 (N.D. Ill. 2015) in which VBR, a tour operator, sued Amtrak and Yankee, a competing tour operator, alleging, inter alia, “a co...