Total Credits: 1 including 1 CLE
Topics covered will include hospital mergers, physician practice group mergers, private equity and pre-merger notification issues.
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Bill Katz is a Partner in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Bill is a first-chair trial lawyer who focuses his practice on resolving complex disputes, particularly those involving antitrust issues and clients in the healthcare industry. In addition to counseling clients on a variety of antitrust issues, he represents clients before federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration panels and administrative agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Bill is a frequent speaker and author on antitrust, health care, class action, and other complex litigation issues. He has been recognized in the areas of antitrust law and commercial litigation in several legal directories, including The Best Lawyers in America® and Chambers USA, in which clients have described him as an “A+ litigator who would be on anyone’s list of lawyers if you had a problem.” Bill is an active member of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and currently serves as a Co-Chair of the Trial Practice Committee. Bill received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994 and his B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1991.
Mr. Racowski is a first-chair trial lawyer, well regarded for his success in the defense and trial of commercial disputes throughout the United States. His most recent trials have involved antitrust issues, including a three-week trial in federal court of a competitor action alleging group boycott and information exchange claims, and an eight-week trial against Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations of anti-competitive conduct. Mr. Racowski has two decades of experience representing public and private companies in class actions and other high-stakes commercial litigation. His experience spans a wide range of substantive areas, including antitrust, contract and business tort, government investigation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and securities and corporate governance matters.
As a trusted advisor to his clients, Mr. Racowski is regularly called upon to tackle companies' most critical legal challenges. In addition to litigation, he represents clients in response to government investigations by federal agencies and state attorneys general. Clients also seek Mr. Racowski's input on corporate compliance, internal investigations, media strategies, and negotiations with customers and suppliers. His clients include leading companies in the life sciences, technology, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, transportation and consumer products, among other industries.