By David McLaughlin, Bloomberg News
The Justice Department is open to hearing settlement offers from Anthem Inc. to resolve an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the insurer’s $48 billion takeover of rival Cigna Corp., a government lawyer said.
“We’re always willing to hear any proposals the defendants have,” Jon Jacobs, a lawyer for the Justice Department, said at a court hearing on Friday in Washington.
It’s common for the government to express a willingness to entertain settlement offers, and Jacobs’s remarks are no guarantee that an agreement can be reached.
“Of course the DOJ is going to always be willing ...
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