FTC, DOJ Guidance Puts Health System Hiring Practices in the Crosshairs - McDermott Will & Emery

FTC, DOJ Guidance Puts Health System Hiring Practices in the Crosshairs

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Stephen Wu urged hospitals and health systems to focus on new federal guidelines indicating more scrutiny of no-poaching or wage-fixing agreements. “Such practices can constitute per se violations of the antitrust laws, meaning defendant employers cannot put on any defenses once the fact of an agreement to fix wages or not to recruit is established,” Mr. Wu said.