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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Christine L. White to its New York office as a member of the firm's Antitrust and Health Care groups. White joins from Bingham McCutchen LLP, where she helped found and co-chair the firm's Healthcare Industry Group. White is also a former staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she investigated and prosecuted mergers, joint ventures, and conduct cases involving health care entities. White's extensive experience in antitrust counseling and litigation will augment the firm's premier Health Care and Antitrust groups.

"Chris offers clients the in-depth experience that comes from working as both a government antitrust enforcer and trusted advisor to many of America's leading health care providers and payors. The combination of her public and private health care antitrust experience positions her to handle critical transactions and represent clients in government investigations and complex private litigation," said John T. Brennan, Jr., chair of Crowell & Moring's Health Care Group.

White concentrates her practice on antitrust counseling, antitrust civil litigation, and trade regulation matters. She provides counseling on a range of antitrust issues, including mergers, joint ventures and other collaborations among competitors in diverse industries. She has represented corporate, trade association and health care industry clients, such as local and national health care systems, multi-institutional systems, hospital districts, third party payors, provider network organizations, physician groups, and long-term care facilities. She also has represented medical device and pharmaceutical companies.

"Crowell & Moring offers my clients the opportunity to draw from among the largest and most esteemed health care and antitrust legal practices in the country. Health care clients require highly focused counsel from a
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