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The FTC has sued U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its creator, private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.

James J. Calder devotes his practice to antitrust and competition law. He is cohead of the firms Antitrust and Competition Practice.

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-- we are in the middle of trials. criminal trials with respect to price fixing and market allocation. we have the ongoing matter involving exclusionary conduct in the google case. we are looking -- we have investigations and attention in many areas from healthcare to agriculture to allocations within labor markets. >> you talk about the criminal cases. given the antitrust agency authority to seek substantial civil fines for sherman act violations helping enforces deter anti-competitive conduct? would civil fines be helpful? >> yes. having the ability to seek civil fines as well would be helpf...

0 about a conversation that i'm not -- >> i'm stunned that you can't recall that. so let's talk about afghanistan. the secretary -- undersecretary for defense policy, mr. kael says, isis-k poses a short term external threat al qaeda could launch attacks outside afghanistan within a year or two. do you agree with that? >> i agree that al qaeda has always presented and continues to present a persistent threat to the united states homeland. >> the question is what's changed? you say always. has any recent event changed the likelihood of an attack? >> i don't know. >> you don't know that we withdr...