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Proposed Merger of Aetna and Humana Enjoined

Proposed Merger of Aetna and Humana Enjoined

The court relied on the analyses and rebuttal critiques of Cornerstone Research experts and senior advisors, Professor Aviv Nevo and Ms. Christine Hammer, CPA. Retained by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Plaintiff States After a thirteen day trial, the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia enjoined the proposed merger of health insurers, Aetna and Humana. In accepting the plaintiffs’ arguments, the court relied on the analyses and rebuttal critiques of Cornerstone Research experts and senior advisors, Professor Aviv Nevo of the department of economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Christine Hammer, CPA. Following the ruling, the parties abandoned the merger. The court’s opinion relied on Professor Nevo’s testimony in multiple ar

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