Third Circuit Court Of Appeals Ruling In Federal Trade Commission V. Penn State Hershey/Pinnacle Health System Hospital

On September 27, 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FTC had a high likelihood of prevailing in its effort to block a proposed hospital merger between Pennsylvania-based Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Pinnacle Health System. The appeals court ordered the district court to enter a preliminary injunction blocking the merger . . .