title: Medical staff antitrust decisions examine defenses available to defendants.
abstract: The 1990 decisions reported on below concern defenses established by both legislation and judicial precedent. To the extent defenses preclude the need for a trial on the merits, the saving in time, effort and expense for the defendants can be considerable.
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004467:Economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010380:Peer Review; D014481:United States; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission