FTC Attacks Toothless Regulation of Dentists

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard argument in a case of national importance to health professions and the state boards that regulate them.  The case, North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, addresses the question whether a state dental board can be guilty of antitrust violation. Remember …

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SIXTH CIRCUIT KNOCKS DOWN HAIL MARY PASS

Usually it’s the play-by-play announcer—not the scorekeeper— calling it a Hail Mary pass, and what he means is that it’s a desperate, pretty-near hopeless, last-ditch effort.  So yesterday when the Sixth Circuit Court used the term to describe a ProMedica argument, it was clear that the FTC had won the …

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