Monthly Archives: February, 2021

California Supreme Court Turns Down Opportunity to Hear Prop 22 Challenge

On Wednesday, California’s high court decided not to hear a union-backed lawsuit challenging Proposition 22, the gig-work ballot measure that maintains the independent contractor...

Judge Overrules Evidentiary Defenses in Battery Case Against Medical Practice

On Thursday, the court issued a memorandum opinion and order in a case brought against Spring View Physician Practices LLC et al. The...

Pennsylvania Healthcare System and Hospital Sued Over No-Poach Agreement

Three registered nurses have filed an antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday in the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Geisinger Health (Geisinger) and Evangelical Community Hospital...

EPA Will Not Appeal Michigan DTE Energy-Sierra Club CAA Settlement

According to a press release put out yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Biden Administration has decided not to contest a district...

Class Action Claims Crop Input Companies Breached Antitrust Laws

A farmer filed a class-action complaint on Tuesday in the Southern District of Illinois against major agriculture chemical companies including Bayer, Corteva, Cargill, BASF,...

Juul Asks Court to Enforce Subpoena on Competitor in ENDS Marketing Lawsuit

Juul Labs, Inc. initiated a lawsuit on Wednesday asking the New York Southern District to require Logic Technology Development LLC to respond to a...

Former Employee Alleges UnitedHealth Subsidiary Restrained Competition, Deflated Pay

A former employee of Surgical Care Affiliates, under a psuedonym, filed a putative class action complaint against his former employer and UnitedHealth, alleging that...

CEO Sentenced to 15 Years for Operating $150M Health Care Fraud Scheme

Henry McInnis, CEO of the Merida Group, a Texas-based group of hospice and home health provider entities, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15...