The client was describing a complicated scheme involving physician equity in an MSO, a “point system,” and what essentially sounded like paying the physicians for every patient referral. [read post]

On the merger front, for example, the DOJ has challenged Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster on the ground that the deal would supposedly reduce competition for publishing rights and suppress compensation paid to authors.17  The FTC has also had several recent high profile investigations and settlements of labor organizations, including the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama and the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. [read post]