State Antitrust Cases in Health Care
State attorneys general often sue together over price-fixing, mergers and other antitrust problems. These are the cases they brought against drug makers, hospitals, pharmacies and other health-care companies.
160 multistate antitrust cases state attorneys general have brought against drug makers, hospitals, pharmacies, insurers' health plans and other health-care companies, from the National Association of Attorneys General's case database.
- Health-care cases: 160
- Pending: 13
- Since 2020: 14
- Linked to a company: 34
Cases per Year
By the year in the case's docket or summary; undated cases are left out.
How to read this
A hatched bar is a year that is not over, so its count covers only part of the year.
- Full year
- 2026 to date
By Industry
As NAAG tags each case; a case can have several.
- Hospitals44
- Pharmaceuticals39
- Physician services20
- Health care19
- Pharmacies6
- Dental services5
- Optometrists5
- Chiropractic services4
- Ambulance services4
- Ophthalmologists4
By Outcome
NAAG's resolution for each case.
- Settled110
- Pending13
- Consent decree9
- Assurance of discontinuance8
- Final judgment5
- Dismissed4
- Transaction abandoned2
- Not given1
Every Case
Newest first. Defendants are linked to their FDA records when we can match the name.| Companies | |||||
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| 2094 | Utah v. University of Utah, Civ No. 940901730M (Utah D. Ct., 3rd Dist., Salt Lake Cnty. filed 3/16/94).Utah entered into a settlement with the University of Utah for its alleged role in a conspiracy to fix the wages of registered nurses (RNs) in Salt Lake County, Utah and for alleged physician price-fixing. At the same time, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division entered into consent decrees… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 2033 | Massachusetts v. Partners Healthcare System Inc. et al., no. 14-2033 (Mass. Super. Ct. June 24 2014)State challenged by acquisition by Partners of South Shore, alleging that it would substantially lessen competition in portions of Eastern Massachusetts for the provision of general acute care inpatient health services in violation of state law. After extensive hearings, the Attorney General… | — | Hospitals | Transaction abandoned | 1 |
| 2026 | Plaintiff States and FTC v. CVET TOPCO, L.P. et al.In November 2026, thirteen states and the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint seeking to enjoin Covetrus Inc. and its owners, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC and TPG Inc. from acquiring MWI Veterinary Supply Inc. from its parent, Cencora Inc. The complaint alleges that the transaction would… | — | Medical equipment, Veterinary services | Pending | 13 |
| 2026 | Florida v. Prime Therapeutics LLC et alIn August 2026, the Florida Attorney General's Office brought a lawsuit against two pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs"), Prime Therapeutics LLC and Express Scripts Inc., alleging that the defendants had entered into an agreement to fix the price of reimbursement rates paid to retail pharmacies in… | — | Pharmacies | — | — |
| 2026 | United States and Ohio v. OhioHealth Corp.Ohio and the United States Department of Justice filed a complaint against OhioHealth Corporation in February 2026. The complaint states that OhioHealth is the dominant hospital system in Columbus and alleges its market power comes from its size, the location of its facilities, and its control of… | — | Health care | Pending | 1 |
| 2025 | Texas v. Epic Systems Corp.Texas brought a lawsuit against Epic Systems Corporation, which sells electronic health record (“EHR”) database software and related applications to health care providers, in December 2025. The complaint alleges that Epic Systems has engaged in monopolistic conduct by preventing challenges to its… | Health care, Software | Pending | 1 | |
| 2025 | United States and Plaintiff States v. UnitedHealth et al. (D. Md. 1:24-cv-03267-JKB)Four states and the U.S. Department of Justice brought a lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition of Amedysis, Inc. by UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The plaintiff states and DOJ alleged that the defendants are two of the largest home health and hospice service providers in the country and that their… | — | Home health care | Final judgment | 4 |
| 2023 | People v. Eli Lilly & Co. et al., No. 23STCV00719 (Super. Ct. L.A. Cty. Jan. 12, 2023)California sued the largest insulin makers and PBMs, alleging that they drove up the cost of the drug through unlawful, unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of Cal. Bus & Prof. Code 17200, et. seq. The three manufacturers named in the lawsuit produce over 90% of the global insulin… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | 1 | |
| 2023 | FTC and Plaintiff States v. Amgen, No. 23-CV-3053 (N.D. Ill. 06/22/23)Plaintiff states joined the Federal Trade Commission's suit against Amgen's planned $28 billion purchase of Horizon Therapeutics. The plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking Amgen Inc. and its subsidiaries from completing the proposed acquisition. Horizon… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | — | |
| 2022 | FTC and Rhode Island v. Lifespan Corp. and Care New EnglandIn February 2022, the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office denied the merger application of Lifespan Corporation and Care New England Health System (CNE), the state’s two largest healthcare providers. Lifespan and CNE filed their initial merger application with the Rhode Island Attorney General's… | — | Hospitals, Physician services | Merger abandoned | 1 |
| 2020 | Connecticut, et al. v. Sandoz, et al., Case No. 20-cv-3539 (E.D. Pa. June 10, 2020), MDL 2724 (E.D. Pa.)Plaintiff states filed a third lawsuit stemming from the ongoing antitrust investigation into a widespread conspiracy by generic drug manufacturers to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade for generic drugs sold across the United States. The… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | 49 | |
| 2020 | Attorney General v. Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, LLC (Fl. Cir. Ct., Leon Cty., Apr. 30, 2020)Florida reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with one of the largest oncology medical practices in Florida to resolve state antitrust and consumer protection concerns. The proposed consent decree with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC follows a civil antitrust investigation… | — | Physician services | Settlement | 1 |
| 2020 | FTC et al. v. Vyera Pharmaceuticals, No. 1:20-cv-00706 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 19, 2020)The FTC, New York and six other states filed suit against Vyera Pharmaceuticals, its parent company, Phoenixus, and its former officers, Kevin Mulleady and Martin Shkreli in 2020, alleging anticompetitive conduct in connection with Daraprim, the only FDA approved drug for the treatment of the… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Final judgment | 7 |
| 2020 | Colorado ex rel. Weiser v. Unitedhealth Group;UnitedHealth Group sought to acquire the physician practice group of DaVita Inc., which owned two large physician groups in Colorado Springs. UnitedHealthcare is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the region. The FTC investigated the merger but did not take any action with respect… | Health care | Settled | 1 | |
| 2019 | Michigan v. Express Scripts, Inc. et al.Michigan brought suit against two pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs"), Express Scripts, Inc. ("ESI") and Prime Therapeutics, alleging that the companies entered into an illegal horizontal price-fixing agreement. PBMs' clients are third-party payors, such as private insurance companies and large… | — | Pharmacy services | Pending | 1 |
| 2019 | Connecticut et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al., No. 2:19-cv-02407, (E.D. Pa. filed in MDL 05/30/2019)44 plaintiff states filed suit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers alleging a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs. The lawsuit… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | 44 | |
| 2019 | In the Matter of Investigation of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.. Assurance No. 19-156 Dec. 31, 2019)New York reached an agreement with Emergent BioSolutions, manufacturers of the opioid overdose reversal nasal spray NARCAN, to allow additional companies to gain access to the nasal spray delivery devices developed by Emergent. In February 2016, Adapt Pharma, Inc. launched a naloxone nasal spray,… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 2019 | Alabama et al. v. Endo International, No. 3:19-cv-04157 (N.D. Cal. July 19, 2019)Eighteen states reached a settlement with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. under which Endo paid $2.3 million to settle allegations it entered into a reverse-payment agreement to obstruct generic competition to Lidoderm, a pain relief patch frequently used to treat shingles. According to the complaint,… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 18 | |
| 2019 | State of California v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. et al., No. 2:19-cv-03281 (E.D. Pa. 2019)California agreed to four settlement agreements with pharmaceutical companies to resolve claims that they entered into collusive pay-for-delay agreements. The state argued that Teva delayed entry of generic competition through four pay-for-delay agreements that illegally maintained its monopoly… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 | |
| 2018 | Commonwealth v. Beth Israel Lahey Health, Inc. No. 2018-3703, Sussex Super. Ct., Mass Nov. 29, 2018)Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health System sought to merger to form the Beth Israel Lahey Health system (BILH). After a lengthy investigation, the Massachusetts Attorney General reached a settlement that permitted the merger while imposing a seven-year price cap and $71.6 million… | — | Hospitals | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 2018 | California et al. v. Teikoku Seikayu Co.(Lidoderm), No. 3:18-cv-00675 (N.D. Cal. 01/31/18)Plaintiff states alleged that defendant, the producer of Lidoderm (pain medication), paid or incentivized generic drug makers to delay entry into market to protect its monopoly on Lidoderm. ("pay for delay") The settlement agreement, which expires in twenty years, prohibits Teikoku from entering… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 23 |
| 2017 | In the Matter of the Idaho Attorney General's Investigation of Kootenai Hospital District et alIdaho resolved an investigation into two health care providers in Idaho County, Kootenai Health and Syringa, through a consent decree. Idaho found that in 2017, Kootenai Health and Syringa entered into a management agreement where Kootenai Health hired and paid Syringa's Chief Executive Officer,… | — | Health care, Hospitals | Consent decree | 1 |
| 2017 | Texas v. Henry Schein, Inc., No. D-1-GN-17-003749, (Travis.Cty. Dist. Ct., 261st Judicial Dist. Aug. 3, 2017)Plaintiff state reached a settlement with dental supply company concerning an illegal group boycott in the dental supply market. The settlement prohibits Henry Schein Dental from engaging in similar unlawful conduct. Texas settled a similar suit with Benco Dental Supply Company in 2015. The state’s… | Dental services | Settled | 1 | |
| 2017 | State of Washington v.Franciscan Health System et al, No. 3:17-cv-05690 (W.D. Wash.Aug. 31, 2017)Plaintiff state sought to enjoin two transactions. The first was the acquisition by CHI Franciscan, a health system on the Kitsap Peninsula, of WestSound, an orthopedic physician practice. The second was CHI's agreements with The Doctors Clinic (TDC), a multispecialty physician practice, under… | — | Physician services | Setttled | 1 |
| 2017 | State of California ex rel. Becerra v. Watson Laboratories, Inc., No. 17-cv-00562 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2017)Plaintiff state filed complaint alleging violations of the Sherman Act and Calforinia's Cartwright Act. the complaint alleged an anticompetitive pay-for-delay agreement with respect to the Lidoderm pain relief patch. According to the complaint, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. colluded with its… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 | |
| 2017 | FTC and Plaintiff States v. Mallilnckrodt Ard Inc. (formerly Questcor), No. 1:17-cv-00120 (D.D.C. Jan. 18, 2017)Four states and the FTC reached a $100 million settlement with Mallinckrodt plc and its US subsidiary, formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. resolving a lawsuit accusing Questcor of monopolizing the market for Achthar, the only adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) based therapeutic drug… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 5 |
| 2016 | State of Wisconsin et al. v. Indivior, No. 16-5073 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 22,2016)Plaintiff states alleged that the makers of Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, engaged in a scheme to block generic competitors and raise prices. Specifically, they are conspiring to switch Suboxone from a tablet version to a film in order to prevent or delay generic entry. The states… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | 43 | |
| 2016 | Connecticut et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals et al. Civ. Action No. (D.Conn. Dec. 15, 2016)45 states sued numerous companies in the generic pharmaceutical industry. The camended complaint, filed in 2019, alleged that the industry "has operated pursuant to an understanding among generic manufacturers not to compete with each other and to instead settle for what these competitors refer to… | Pharmaceuticals | Pending | 20 | |
| 2016 | New York et al. v. Cephalon, No. 2:16-cv-04234 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 4, 2016)In May 2015, the FTC settled a “pay-for-delay” suit against Cephalon for injunctive relief and $1.2 billion, which was paid into an escrow account. The FTC settlement allowed for those escrow funds to be distributed for settlement of certain related cases and government investigations. In August… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 49 | |
| 2016 | FTC and Pennsylvania v. Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 838 F.3d 327 (3d Cir. 2016)The FTC administratively challenged the combination of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System, alleging that the merger would substantially reduce competition for general acute care inpatient hospital services in the area surrounding Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, leading to higher… | — | Hospitals | Injunction granted | 1 |
| 2015 | United States and Michigan v. Hillsdale Community Health Center et al., No. 2:15-cv-12311 (E.D. Mich. June 25, 2015)The United States and Michigan filed suit in federal court against four Michigan hospital systems, alleging that for years they unlawfully agreed to allocate territories for marketing. The complaint alleged Hillsdale, Allegiance, Branch and ProMedica's Bixby and Herrick Hospitals, the only… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2015 | Texas v. Benco Dental Supply Company, No. D-1-GN-15-001386 (Travis Cty. Dist. Ct. April 9, 2015)Plaintiff state alleged that Benco, a dental supply company, and its competitors worked together to thwart the entry of a lower cost, online source of dental supplies provided by the Texas Dental Association. The State alleged that Benco and others colluded to discourage distributors and… | — | Dental services | Settled | 1 |
| 2014 | People of the State of New York v. Actavis, PLC et al., No. 14-CV-7473 (RWS)(S.D.N.Y filed Dec. 10, 2014)Plaintiff state sued pharmaceutical manufacturer Actavis plc and its New-York based subsidiary Forest Laboratories seeking an injunction to prevent them from withdrawing the Alzheimer�s drug Namenda from the market and switching patients to a once daily version, Namenda XR. Namenda�s patent… | Pharmaceuticals | Final judgment | 1 | |
| 2014 | Investigation Concerning an Agreement Between Competing Pharmaceutical companies to Not challenge Each Other's sole first to file Exculsivity, Assurance No. 14-034 (Feb. 19, 2014)Ranbaxy, a pharmaceutical company, was the first to seek to market a generic statin (atorvastatin calcium) equivalent to Lipitor. The FDA suspended scientific review of Ranbaxy drugs manufactured at certain facilities and Ranbaxy was concerned that it would not be able to market its generic… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 2014 | FTC and State of Idaho v. St. Luke's Health System, No. 1:13-CV-00116-BLW (Jan. 24, 2014, D. Idaho)The FTC and the Attorney General of Idaho filed suit to prevent the acquisition by St. Luke's Health System of Idaho's largest independent, multi-specialty physician practice group, Saltzer Medical Group. According to the joint complaint , the combination of St. Luke’s and Saltzer would give it the… | — | Health care | Final judgment | 1 |
| 2013 | In the Matter of the Proposed combintion of Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Assurance No. 13-489 (Dec. 11, 2013))The two acute care hospitals in the city of Utica sought to merge. Both are in a weak financial state and treat needy patients, most of whose care is covered by Medicaid or Medicare. The settlement includes provisions prohibiting the hospitals from requiring independent physicians to work… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2013 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Geisinger Health System Foundation et al., No. 1:13-cv-02647 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 25, 2013)Plaintiff state challenged a hospital merger that raised concerns about pricing and competition for residents of two counties in Western Pennsylvania. An eight-year agreement was reached under which 1) There will be no arbitrary price increases for hospital and physician services; 2) Lewistown… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2012 | Maine v. MaineHealth, No. BCD-CV-11-08 (Super. Ct. Cumberland Cty. Maine Jan. 13, 2012)Health system sought to purchase two cardiology practice groups in the Portland Maine area and employ them at its Portland hospital. On two previous occasions, the practice groups had sought to merge and the Attorney General had disapproved the transaction. The parties agreed to a settlement for a… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 2011 | FTC and State of Ohio v. Promedica health System, No. 3:11CV0047 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 7, 2011)State and FTC sought preliminary injunction in connection with an already consummated acquisition by Promedica of St. Luke's hospital. The complaint alleged that ProMedica’s acquisition of St. Luke’s eliminated significant price and non-price competition between the two firms in both the general… | — | Hospitals | Final judgment | 1 |
| 2011 | Pennsylvania v. Geisinger Medical Center, No. 344 MD 2011 (Pa. Comm. Ct. July 26, 2011)State challenged merger on the grounds that it could lessen competition for primary or secondary acute care hospital services sold to Medicare plans and primary and non-tertiary physician services in Northumberland County, PA. Parties entered into a settlement that the AG said seeks to preserve… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2011 | Federal Trade Commission and State of Georgia v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.,No. 1:11-cv-00058-WLS (M.D. Ga. Apr. 20, 2011)Georgia Attorney General’s Office filed a joint complaint with the FTC seeking to enjoin any transaction involving Phoebe Putney, the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County or Palmyra Park Hospital under which Phoebe Putney would acquire control of Palmyra Park Hospital’s operations, until… | — | Hospitals | Pending | 1 |
| 2011 | U.S. and Texas v. United Regional Healthcare System, No. 7:11-cv-00030 (N.D.Tex. Feb. 25, 2011)USDOJ and Texas reached a settlement with United Regional Health Care System of Wichita Falls, Texas, that prohibits it from entering into contracts that improperly inhibit commercial health insurers from contracting with United Regional's competitors. Plaintiffs alleged that United Regional… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2010 | State of Nevada v. Universal Health Services, Inc., Alan B. Miller, and Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., No. 2:10-cv-01984 (D.Nev. 2010)The Las Vegas area has a highly concentrated market for acute inpatient psychiatric services, whichinvolves the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients deemed, due to an acute psychiatric condition, to be a threat to themselves or others or unable to perform basic life functions. According to… | — | Hospitals, Psychiatric | Settled | 1 |
| 2009 | Louisiana v. Amgen, No. 08-0373 (Louisiana, Civ. Dist. Ct. for Parish of Orleans, 2009)State parens patriae action, wholly under state law, alleging anticompetitive tying and pricing. The tying product was White Blood Cell Growth Factor, in which Amgen had a monopoly position, according to the complaint. The tied product was Red Blood Cell Growth Factor. Amgen's product, Aranesp,… | Pharmaceuticals | Dismissed | 1 | |
| 2009 | FTC and California ex rel. Brown v. Watson Pharmaceuticals No. CV-09-00598 (C.D. Cal Feb. 12, 2009)Plaintiff State and the FTC challenged so-called "reverse payment" agreement between Solvay Pharmaceuticals (patent holder) and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Par Pharmaceuticals and Paddock Laboratories that delayed the entry of a generic substitute for Androgel, a testosterone-replacement drug. State… | Pharmaceuticals | Dismissed | 1 | |
| 2009 | Texas v. Memorial Hermann Healthcare Systems, Inc., No. 2009-04609, 281st Judicial District Court, Harris County, TexasPlaintiff state alleged that In late 2005, Houston Town and Country Hospital and other physician-owned hospitals attempted to enter the market for hospital services in Houston, where Memorail Hermann was the largest competiitor. According to the state, Memorial Hermann systematically discouraged… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2008 | Connecticut v. Connecticut Chiropractic Ass'n et al. (Conn. Super. Ct. Hartford March 25, 2008)State alleged that members of both trade groups, spurred on by their leadership, illegally agreed to boycott Anthem Health Plans, Inc.'s intention to form a new network for chiropractic services that would be administered by American Specialty Health Networks, Inc. (ASH). Hirtle (longtime counsel… | — | Chiropractic services | Settled | 1 |
| 2008 | In re UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Sierra Health Services, Inc., No. 2:08-CV-00233 (D. Nev. 2008)Coordinated US DOJ and Nevada Attorney General investigations of health insurance merger, results in separate settlements filed in separate courts. Both settlements require divestiture of business division. Nevada Attorney General provides additional relief including a $15 million charitable… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 2007 | Florida et al. v. Abbott Laboratories et al., No. 1:08-cv-00155-SLR (D.Del. 2007)States allege Abbott Laboratories; Fournier Industrie Et Sante and Laboratoires Fournier, S.A., blocked competition from less expensive generics by continuously making minor changes in the formulations of TriCor to prevent therapeutically equivalent generic substitutions. The states allege that the… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 24 | |
| 2007 | People ex rel. Madigan v. Carle Clinic Association, P.C., No. 07h115 (Champaign Cty. 6th Jud. Dist. 2007)State alleged two clinics conspired to boycott Medicaid patients by adopting identical policies through which they refused to accept Medicaid patients: (1) who were not already registered with the clinic or (2) who had not seen a clinic physician for at least three years. They allegedly sought to… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 2007 | In re: K-Dur Litigation (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Schering Plough), D.N.J. Civ. No. 01-1652Pennsylvania Attorney General's office filed an action against Schering-Plough, ESI Lederle and Upsher-Smith alleging that Schering had entered into agreements settling patent litigation over Schering-Plough's K-Dur 20, potassium chloride tablets, which violated the federal antitrust laws. This… | Pharmaceuticals | Dismissed | 1 | |
| 2006 | Maryland v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 2:06-cv-01298-JP (E.D.Pa Mar. 27, 2006)States alleged that SmithKline Beecham, manufacturer of the anti-depressant Paxil, had filed patents for allegedly different fomulas of essentially the same product. The states alleged that the defendant filed a series of meritless infringement lawsuits against generic manufacturers. Generic entry… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 51 | |
| 2005 | State of Colorado et al v. Warner Chilcott, 1:05-cv-02182 (D.D.C.2005)34 states filed suit alleging that Warner Chilcott entered into an illegal agreement with Barr Pharmaceuticals to raise the prices of Ovcon, an oral contraceptive. The lawsuit alleged that after Barr Pharmaceuticals publicly announced that it planned to have a generic version of Ovcon on the market… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 35 |
| 2005 | Pennslyvania v. Conemaugh Memorial and UPMC Lee (Jul. 2005)Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General filed a complaint and consent decree, allowing Conemaugh Health System’s purchase of UPMC Lee’s assets. The consent decree requires Conemaugh to negotiate contracts for its inpatient and outpatient hospital services in good faith; provide access and equal… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2005 | In the Matter of Medical Transportation Management, Inc.,–Letter Agreement from Missouri AG, Sept. 21, 2005)In the summer of 2004 a new market entrant was awarded the state contract for the provision of brokering of non-emergency transportation services under state-wide contract (a service required under federal Medicaid regulations). The bid was set aside following a protest by the incumbent broker.… | — | Medical transportation | Settled | 1 |
| 2005 | California v. DaVita Inc., CV 05-7190 RSWL (C.D. Cal. 2005)California sought to enjoin Defendant DaVita from acquiring Defendant Gambro because it was alleged that the merger would substantially reduce competition for the provision of renal dialysis services and create a monopoly. Defendants agreed to the entry of a consent decree and judgment which… | — | Kidney dialysis | Settled | 1 |
| 2005 | West Virginia ex rel. McGraw v. Abbott Labs and Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 05-C-180 (Cir. Ct. Wyoming Cty. 2005)The brand name maker of the prescription drug Hytrin, Abbott, entered into an agreement with Geneva to keep Geneva's generic version of Hytrin off the market. Geneva was paid a substantial amount of money by Abbott while Abbott continued to collect monopoly profits on its name brand drug. Because… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 | |
| 2004 | Maryland et al. v. Perrigo Company, No. 1:04CV01398 (D.D.C. Aug. 17, 2004)The FTC and states alleged that the companies had entered into a "pay-for-delay" arrangement, whereby Perrigo paid Alpharma to withdraw its generic version from the market for Children't ibuprofen.According to the complaint, in June 1998, Perrigo and Alpharma signed an agreement allocating to… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 50 | |
| 2004 | Attorney General of Florida v. ASAP Meds No. 04-16032 (09) (Fl. Cir. Ct., Broward Cty. Oct. 27 2004)State brought price-gouging action against distributor of flu vaccine during a flu vaccine shortage. The distributor's prices were allegedly 1000 percent of the actual price of the vaccine. Defendant agreed to consent order enjoining it from sales of the vaccine and turned its supply of vaccine… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 |
| 2004 | Texas et al. v. Organon (Remeron), No. 04-5126 (D.N.J. 2004)Plaintiff states settled with drug maker Organon USA, Inc. and its parent company, Akzo Nobel N.V., resolving antitrust claims involving the antidepressant drug Remeron between June 2001 and October 2004. The states' complaint alleged that Organon unlawfully extended its monopoly by improperly… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 54 | |
| 2004 | Pennsylvania v. Altoona Hospital and Bon Secours Holy Family Regional Health System (Oct. 2004)Consent agreement entered into by Pennsylvania Attorney General, Altoona Hospital, and Bon Secours Holy Family Regional Health System. The consent decree requires the merged hospital system to accept applications for privileges from doctors in most specialties and to allow doctors with existing… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2004 | Maine v. Rite-Aid Corp./Community Pharmacy, No. CV-04-273 (Kennebec Super. Ct. Nov. 17, 2004)Consent Decree signed with Rite Aid and Community Pharmacy on Nov. 17, 2004 related to Rite Aid’s acquisition of several competitor drug stores owned by Community Pharmacy. Rite Aid agreed to restrictions, including limiting non-compete provisions and to payment of a civil penalty for failing to… | Pharmacies | Settled | 1 | |
| 2004 | West Virginia ex rel. McGraw v. GlaxoSmithKline, PLC et al., No. 04-C-254M (Cir. Ct. Marshall Cty. 2004)order to settle the lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, PLC, and SmithKline Beechham Corporation, the manufacturers of the prescription drugs, Paxil, Augmentin, and Relafen. Paxil is commonly prescribed for anxiety and depression, Augmentin is an antibiotic, and Relafen is a non-steroidal pain… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 | |
| 2003 | Maine v. Maine Health Alliance, No. CV-03-135 (Kennebec Super Ct. 2003)Complaint, parallel to FTC action against same Defendants, charges that PHO engaged in price-fixing and concerted refusals to deal in contracting with managed care payors. Consent Decree requires Defendants to refrain from group contracting unless advance notice to state and FTC that PHO intends to… | — | Physician services | Consent decree | 1 |
| 2003 | Florida v. HCA, No. 03-V-177-FtM-29DNF (M.D. Fl. April 18, 2003)State alleged that defendants had unlawfully allocated geographic and product markets among themselves. Markets included acute care hosptial services, open heart surgery, and health facilities in several Florida counties. The state alleged that the market allocation had the effect of raising prices… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2003 | In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation 99-MD-1278 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 29, 2003), 332 F.3d 896 (6th Cir. 2003)Plaintiff States sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Aventis, maker of Cardizem CD paid its competitor Andrx almost $90 million to refrain from introducing its generic version of Cardizem CD. The complaint alleged that Andrx gained preliminary approval from the FDA to introduce its… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 50 |
| 2003 | California v. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, No. CV-03-1358 MMM (C.D. Cal. 2003)Joint investigation with Federal Trade Commission into the merger of two clinical laboratories in California. | Clinical laboratories | Settled | 1 | |
| 2002 | District of Columbia v. CVS Corporation et al. (not reported)CVS and Anchor each operated pharmacies in the Palisades section of northwest Washington, DC. In March of 2002, CVS acquired Anchor's customer prescription lists (and certain other assets) and secured Anchor's agreement to exit the market and refrain from further competition for a number of years.… | — | Pharmacy services | Settled | 1 |
| 2002 | Ohio, et al, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al.(D.D.C. 2002); see also In re Buspirone Antitrust Litigation,Case No. 01 CV 11401, MDL 1410, MDL 1413 (S .D.N.Y.)On June 4, 2002, Plaintiff States filed a complaint against Bristol-Myers Squibb, alleging that BMS excluded generic competition for the cancer fighting drug Taxol, by seeking enforcement of Taxol-related patents that were obtained by fraud on the Patent and Trade Office (PTO). By filing for such… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 56 | |
| 2001 | Pennsylvania v. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh/UPMC (Oct. 2001)Pennsylvania Attorney General entered into consent decree with the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC Health Systems. The merger agreement between the Children's Hospital and UPMC ensures that the Children's Hospital and UPMC will offer medically necessary services to children regardless of… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2001 | In re: Buspirone Antitrust Litigation,Case No. 01 CV 11401, MDL 1410, MDL 1413 (S .D.N.Y.) (see also Ohio v. Bristol Myers SquibbIn December, 2001, Plaintiff States filed an action against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS). The Plaintiff States sought civil penalties, damages and injunctive relief from BMS for violating federal and state antitrust laws, consumer protection laws and unfair competition laws. The complaint alleged… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 39 | |
| 2001 | Wisconsin v. The Wisconsin Chiropractic Ass'n , Case No. 01CV3568, Circuit Court Dane County (December 2001)The State of Wisconsin alleged that WCA and Leonard orchestrated a conspiracy among WCA members to increase prices for chiropractic services and to boycott third-party payers to obtain higher reimbursement rates. The result was higher prices for consumers of chiropractic services. The settlement… | Chiropractic services | Settled | 1 | |
| 2000 | Maine v. Bridgton Hospital, MMC, No. CV-00-87 (Kennebec Super. Ct. 2000)According to the complaint, a 1997 newspaper advertising campaign by MaineHealth sought to lure patients away from Northern Cumberland Memorial Hospital, but MaineHealth stopped the advertising when Northern Cumberland, located in Bridgton, complained. That agreement, according to the complaint,… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 2000 | Connecticut v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc. (In re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation), MDL No. 1290 (D.D.C. June 15, 2000) 205 F.R.D. 369 (D.D.C. 2002); No. 98 CV 3115 (D.D.C. 2000) – complaintPlaintiff States complaint against Mylan sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Mylan conspired with manufacturers of the active ingredient of the anti-anxiety drugs Lorazepam and Clorazepate to monopolize the market through long-term exclusive contracts. The Plaintiff States asserted… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 34 | |
| 2000 | New York v. St. Francis Hospital, 94 F. Supp.2d 399 (S.D.N.Y. 2000), No.98-Civ. 0939In a complaint filed in 1998, the State of New York sued the two hospitals in Poughkeepsie, New York, arguing that their practice of jointly negotiating prices with health insurers and jointly deciding which services the hospitals would offer was illegal price-fixing and market allocation. In April… | — | Hospitals | Summary judgment | 1 |
| 1999 | Maine v. Maine Chiropractic Association , Inc., No. CV-99-135 (Kennebec County, June 1999)Suit alleged that between early 1998 and the spring of 1999 the Association fixed prices charged by competing chiropractors in the context of negotiations with managed care companies. Additionally, on one occasion, the Association instigated a group boycott of a managed care company in order to put… | — | Chiropractic services | Settled | 1 |
| 1999 | Connecticut v. American Medical Response, Inc., No. CV-99-589962-S (CT Super. Ct., Hartford Dist. 1999)After investigation, plaintiff state reached settlement with AMR, largest ambulance service provider in Connecticut. AMR was required to divest 30 ambulance licenses to its competitors, and made available 20 ambulances to be sold to competitors at fair market value. Additionally, the ambulance… | Ambulance services | Settled | 1 | |
| 1999 | U.S. and Florida v. Morton Plant Health System Inc., No. 94-748-CIV-T-23E (M.D. Fla. 1999)A consent decree allowing formation of a Morton Plant Mease partnership was entered in 1994 after Florida and the U.S. Justice Department charged that a proposed merger between Morton Plant Hospital and Mease hospitals in would violate antitrust law. Included in the consent decree was a requirement… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1999 | California v. Sutter Health, et al. No. 3:99-cv-03803-MMC(N.D. Cal., 1999)Plaintiff State sought to block the merger of two hospitals in the East Bay area. The Attorney General's investigation concluded the Sutter-Summit merger would create an unacceptable concentration of hospital ownership in one health care organization. Among other things, the two medical centers… | — | Hospitals | Injunction denied | 1 |
| 1999 | U.S. and Texas v. Aetna, Inc. and The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. 99CV1398-H (N.D. Tex. 1999)The State of Texas and Department of Justice filed joint suit to enjoin the acquisition by Aetna of Prudential which the state and DOJ alleged would substantially lessen competition for the development, marketing and sale of HMO and HMO-based POS health plans in the Houston and Dallas Areas. Aetna… | — | Hmo health plans | Settled | 1 |
| 1998 | Ohio v. The Frederick C. Smith Clinic, Inc., et al., No. 98 CV 0033 (Oh. Ct. Comm. Pleas 1998)State of Ohio filed suit to preclude the merger of Marion General Hospital and MedCenter Hospital. Concern centered on competition in the market for outpatient services. Case settled. Defendants were: prohibited from discriminating against physicians who invest in a competing outpatient facility;… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1997 | Missouri v. Cox Health Systems, No. 197-CC-3469, Green County Circuit Court (1997)Agreement reached that addressed concerns that hospital referring patients to home health care providers was steering patients to its affiliated home health provider and not providing patients with any competing choices. Cox Hospital owned Oxford HealthCare. Under agreement, hospital staff… | — | Home health care | Settled | 1 |
| 1997 | FTC and Puerto Rico v. College of Physician-Surgeons of Puerto Rico, No. 971 0011(D.P.R. Oct. 2. 1997)FTC and Commonweatlh of Puerto Rico alleged that the College of Physician-Surgeons of Puerto Rico ("College") and three physician groups collectively demanded price-related changes under Puerto Rico's government managed care plan for the indigent. The complaint charged the defendants with violating… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1997 | Wisconsin v. Marshfield Clinic, No. 97C-0418 (W.D. Wis. June 19, 1997), 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,855 (W.D. Wis. 1997)State sought to enjoin the merger between Marshfield Clinic and Wausau Medical Center, S.C., alleging that the merger would substantially impair the competition for health care services in the Wausau, Wisconsin area. In order to consummate the merger, the parties entered a consent decree requiring… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1997 | Washington v. Washington Dental Service, 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,716 (King County Super. Ct. 1997)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Washington Dental Service (WDS) maintained "Most Favored Nation Clauses" in its dentist agreements which require that a participating dentist's fee for any given procedure used as a basis for payment of WDS claims shall not exceed… | — | Dental services | Settled | 1 |
| 1996 | Maine v. Central & Western Maine Regional PHO, Inc., 1996 WL 157202 (Me.Super.), 1996-1 Trade Cases P 71,320Complaint under state Hospital Cooperation Act regarding merger of 4 physician-hospital networks into regional network to jointly negotiate with managed care. Consent Decree enjoined merged entity from operating an exclusive network; implementing right-of-first-refusal policies, pressuring… | — | Physician services | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1996 | Maine v. Maine Heart Surgical Associates, P.A., 1996-2 Trade Cas. 71,654 (1995)According to the state, the merger could have lessened competition by limiting competition among the surgeons, increasing the likelihood of collusion among them, and helped them to resist efforts by managed care companies to negotiate reduced rates. To settle the suit, the surgeons, who together… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1996 | Washington v. Larson, 199602 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71, 475 (Wash. Super. Ct. 1996)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant pharmacies conspired to fix the price of prescription drugs and agreed not to deal with insurers and other third-party payors. As a result of the litigation, the parties entered a consent decree in which Defendants were enjoined… | — | Pharmacies | Settled | 1 |
| 1996 | Tennessee v. Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations, 1996-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,614 (Tenn. Ch. Ct. 1996)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants, Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations, Association of Mental Health Centers and Tennessee Mental Health Center Corporation conspired to set the prices of mental health services which were provided by the members of… | — | Mental health services | Settled | 1 |
| 1996 | Wisconsin v. Kenosha Hospital and Medical Center and St. Catherine's Hospital, 1996 WL 784584 (E.D. Wis.), 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) P 71,669Wisconsin's agreement with the two Kenosha hospitals, Kenosha Hospital and Medical Center and St. Catherine's Hospital, provided that in exchange for the Attorney General's agreement not to challenge the proposed merger between the hospitals, the hospitals committed to return millions in savings to… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | In the Matter of Harvard Communicty Health Plan, Inc. and Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., No. 95-0331 (Mass. Super. Ct., Suffolk Cty., Jan. 18, 1995)State concerns about proposed merger of two large HMOs in eastern Massachusetts were resolved by Assurance of Discontinuance which provided: 1) $2.5 million in expenditures for violence prevention, health care for the homeless and AIDS education programs; 2) $750,000 program to held pay health care… | — | Hmo health plans | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 1995 | U.S. and Connecticut v. Healthcare Partners, Inc., No. 3:95CV01946 (D. Conn. 1995)After joint investigation,United States and Connecticut alleged that sole hosptial in Danbury Connecticut conspired with physicians to preclude entry of managed care plans into the market. Consent decree was entered. The decree prohibited the hospital from, among other things, discouraging… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | Maine v. Rite-Aid Corp., 1995-2 Trade Cas. 71, 148 (Kennebec Super. Ct. Sept. 25, 1995)Joint merger investigation with FTC into acquistion by Rite-Aid of Brooks Pharmacies in Maine. Settlement required divestiture of up to five pharmacies and prior notification of Attorney General if Rite-Aid acquired any additional pharmacies in specified communities in the next 10 years. | Pharmacies | Settled | 1 | |
| 1995 | In the Matter of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, No. 95-3591A (Mass. Super. Ct. Suffok Cty. June 22, 1995)Plaintiff state alleged that Blue Cross Blue Shield solicited or agreed to solicit a boycott of Hillcrest Hosptial in Pittsfield, Massachusetts while negotiating with another Pittsfield hospital, Berkshire Medical Center. Under the terms of the assurance of discontinuance, Blue Cross is barred from… | — | Health care | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 1995 | Maine v. Omsberg, Kennebec Superior Court, May 27,1995State's Complaint alleged that Dr. Eric P. Omsberg, a Waterville neurosurgeon, had solicited another neurosurgeon in the Waterville-Augusta area to agree not to participate in a managed care plan because joining managed care plans would reduce the reimbursement which neurosurgeons receive for… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | Virginia v. Physicians Group, Inc., 1995-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,236 (W.D. Va 1995)Virginia sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants conspired with other physicians to determine terms, conditions or requirements upon which any physicians will or will not deal with any third-party payor, or to discuss or collectively determine the fees which any physicians… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | Pennsylvania v. Capital Health System Services and Polyclinic Health System, 1995-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,205 (M.D. Pa. 1995)Pennsylvania sought to enjoin the merger between Defendants, Capital Health System Services and Polyclinic Health System, alleging that the merger would substantially lessen competition in the market for hospital services by eliminating an effective competitor. In order to consummate the merger,… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | Missouri v. Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc., 1995-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,206 (Mo. Cir. Ct. 1995)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants, Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc., along with several individual physicians, conspired to steer prescription drug and other ancillary medical goods and services business to themselves in order to monopolize the business. In… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1995 | Texas v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, No. 9504873 (345th Jud. Dist. Ct., Travis Cty. 1995)The State of Texas and Federal Trade Commission filed separate suits alleging the acquisition of Healthcare, Inc. the Hospital Company by Columbia Healthcare Corporation would substantially lessen competition for acute care hospital services in Denton, Texas. Cases settled with Defendant agreeing… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1994 | Minnesota v. Children's Health of St. Paul, No. 4-94-CV-513 (D. Minn. 1994), | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1994 | In the Matter of Baycare Health Partners, Inc., No. 94-5653 (Superior Court of Mass., Suffolk Cty., Oct. 4, 1994)State was concerned about contractual provisions in proposed Phyisician Hospital Organization (PHO) which would require participating physicians to bring new contract opportunities with health plans to the PHO first. Assurance of Discontinuance required that this language be removed from the… | — | Health care | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 1994 | In the Matter of Tri-County Hospital and Wadena Med. Center, No. C4-94-11900 (Ramsey Cty. Cr. Minn., Nov. 30, 1994)State alleged hospital and large clinic sought to allocate the markets for x-ray equipment and colposcopy equipment. The parties agreed that they will not allocate services between them, and will pay the state $10,000 (Tri-County) and $5,000 (Wadena Med. Center) | — | Hospitals | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 1994 | In the Matter of Addison Gilbert Hospital, No. 9403286E (Mass. Super. Ct. Sufflok Cty. June 15, 1994)Addison-Gilbert Hospital is located on the Cape Ann peninsula and Beverly Hospital is the closest competitive provider of hospital services. The Attorney General's office was concerned that the merger might result in price increases at Addison-Gilbert. To address the concern, the hospitals entered… | — | Hospitals | Assurance of discontinuance | 1 |
| 1994 | U.S. and Florida v. Morton Plant Health System, No. 94-748-CIV-T-23E (M.D. Fla. 1994)The two hospital systems, Morton Plant Health System Inc. and Mease Hospital, are the two largest hospitals in the St. Petersburg area. Under the terms of the settlement, the hospitals may form a joint venture to provide services for which there are numerous competitors or for which patients might… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1994 | Pennsylvania v. Providence Health System, Inc., et al., 1994-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 70,603 (M.D. Pa. 1994)Pennsylvania sought to enjoin the merger between Providence Health System Inc. and North Central Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Attorney General's office"s proposed consent decree was approved by a federal court in Harrisburg. The consent decree permitted the creation of an alliance among… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| 1993 | Maine v. Aloupis, Benoit, Harris, Lebowitz, Solomon, CV-93-73 (Kennebec Superior Court, 1993)Five ob-gyns allocated the operating room time at a hospital. The state alleged that the agreement amounted to a restraint of trade by restricting the ability of new physicians to increase the amount of their operating room time. The five physicians entered into consent decrees requiring defendants… | — | Physician services | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1993 | In re Central Massachusetts Health Care, Inc., 1993-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 70,186 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1993)CMHC, which serves approximately 88,000 subscribers, is the sixth largest HMO in Massachusetts. CMHC allegedly had a policy and practice of depriving optometrists of membership and participation in CMHC provider networks, solely because they were optometrists and not because of individual skills,… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 1992 | Maine v. Cardovascular & Thoracic Associates, PA; 1992 WL 503594 (Me. Super. Sept. 2, 1992)Maine challenged merge of cardiac surgery practices. Complaint was resolved by Consent Decree requiring defendant cardiac surgeons to do business with managed care on terms no less favorable than those for other cardiac surgeons or general surgeons and liit fee increases and tie them into rate of… | — | Physician services | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1992 | New York v. Brooks Drug, Inc, et al., 90 Civ. 4330 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)The defendant pharmacies agreed to boycott New York State's prescription program for state employees. The 1992 settlement agreements with Carl's Drug Company, the Pharmaceutical Society of the State of New York, Rite Aid Corporation, Fay's Incorporated, Kinney Drugs, and Mellville Corporation… | — | Pharmacies | Settled | 1 |
| 1991 | Ohio v. Ohio Vision Service et al.State of Ohio sued the Ohio Vision Service under the Sherman Act for unlawfully price fixing and devising a scheme to boycott competitors. Case ended in settlement. No money was exchanged but OVS agreed to reform their business practices and allow the Attorney General to inspect the company’s books… | — | Optometrists | Settled | 1 |
| 1991 | Texas v. Allen Anderson et al. , 1991-2 CCH (Trade) Cas. 69,412 (Travis County Texas 1990)State of Texas filed suit against defendants for civil penalties, injunction and attorney fees, alleging defendants conspired to restrain trade in the provision of otolaryngology physician services in San Angelo, Texas & conspired to boycott a San Angelo otolaryngologist. The case settled with… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1991 | In re Clozapine Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 874 (N.D. Ill. 1991)Plaintiff States' complaint alleged that Sandoz unlawfully required purchasers of its schizophrenia drug, Clozapine, to also purchase distribution and patient monitoring services from Caremark. The Plaintiff States further alleged that this illegal tying arrangement led to higher prices of… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 33 |
| 1991 | Minnesota v. Mid-Minnesota Associated Physicians, 1991-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 69,531 (Minn. Dist. Ct. 1991)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Mid-Minnesota Associated Physicians, negotiated contracts on behalf of their physician members having the effect of collectively refusing to deal with third-party payors unless the payors formed an integrated joint venture. In… | — | Health care | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1991 | Maine v. Alliance for Healthcare, Inc., 1991-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 69,339 (Me. Super. Ct. 1991)State sought an injunction, alleging that Defendant, Alliance for Healthcare, Inc. conspired to interfere with free competition by entering into agreements with Alliance members to deal with third party payors on collectively determined terms. In order to resolve the dispute without further… | — | Health care | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1989 | Washington v. Becton Dickinson Corp. (settlement 1989)University Of Washington sought bids for medical equipment from a variety of vendors. Those vendors all submitted proposals which included Becton Dickinson medical equipment. The highest bidder complained to Becton that VWR and others had submitted a bid discounting Becton equipment. Becton then… | Medical equipment | Settled | 1 | |
| 1988 | Washington v. Wenatchee Valley Clinic, 1988-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 68,118 (E.D. Wash. 1988)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant health care providers conspired to fix the price for the delivery or sale of emergency medical services or other health care services. Further, the Plaintiff State alleged that Defendants allocated the markets for the sale of… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| 1986 | Washington v. Grays Harbor Medical Bureau, 1986-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 66,979 (Wash. Super. Ct. 1986)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Grays Harbor Medical Bureau conspired with other health care providers to agree upon fees for reimbursement for services to be offered or provided to Defendant's subscribers, or the territory or area within which Defendant offers… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1986 | Connecticut v. Connecticut Oxygen Corp., 1986-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 66,951 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1986)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Connecticut Oxygen Corporation, fixed the prices and exchanged pricing information for medical gas supplies. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, Defendant was permanently enjoined from fixing prices and… | — | Medical gas | Settled | 1 |
| 1986 | Arizona v. M.D. Optical Co., 1986-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 67,346 (Ariz. Super. Ct. 1986)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, M.D. Optical Co. established bylaws that set the prices for which ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians sold their goods and provided their services. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, Defendant… | — | Ophthalmologists, Opticians, Optometrists | Settled | 1 |
| 1986 | Arizona v. Arizona Pre-Paid Eye Care, Inc.; 1986-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 67,345 (Ariz. Super. Ct. 1986)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Arizona Pre-Paid Eye Care established bylaws that set the prices for which ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians sold their goods and provided their services. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation,… | — | Ophthalmologists, Opticians, Optometrists | Settled | 1 |
| 1985 | Arizona v. Chiropractic Association of Arizona, 1985-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 66,737 (Ariz. Super. Ct. 1985)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Chiropractic Association maintained a code of ethics provision restricting members form of advertising and solicitation of patients. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, the parties entered a consent decree… | — | Chiropractic services | Settled | 1 |
| 1983 | Iowa v. Iowa Optometric Association, 1983-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 65,483 (Iowa Dist. Ct. 1983)State sought an injunction, alleging that Defendant, Iowa Optometric Association participated in agreements, understandings, plans or courses of conduct with the foreseeable affect that optometrists could jointly refuse to provide optometric services to Medicaid recipients or refuse to participate… | — | Ophthalmologists, Opticians, Optometrists | Settled | 1 |
| 1982 | Ohio v. Mahoning County Medical Society, 1982-1 Trade Cas. (CCH 64,557 (N.D. Ohio 1982)State sought permanent injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Mahoning County Medical Society entered into agreements among physicians to suppress HMOs by refusing to grant them discounts or other terms of assistance to a prepaid plan. In order to resolve the dispute without further… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| 1982 | Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society, et al., 457 U.S. 332 (1982)State petitioned for Summary Judgment, alleging that Defendant members of the Maricopa County Medical Society (Maricopa) made agreements with competing member physicians to set maximum fees that physicians could claim in full payment of health services provided to policyholders. The Supreme Court… | — | Physician services | Partial summary judgment | 1 |
| 1980 | New York v. New York State Society of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Inc., 1980-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 63,074 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1979)Plaintiff State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, New York State Society of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Inc., boycotted eyeglass lens and frame manufacturers that participated in pre-paid vision care plans. In response to the State's allegations, the parties entered a final… | — | Ophthalmologists, Opticians, Optometrists | Settled | 1 |
| 1980 | Michigan v. Warner-Universal Ambulance Service, 1980-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 63,536 (Mich. Cir. Ct. 1980)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants conspired with one another to collectively refuse to participate in or collectively refuse to withdraw from the Michigan Medicaid Program. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, the parties entered a Consent… | — | Ambulance services | Consent decree | 1 |
| 1980 | Massachusetts v. Massachusetts Nurses Association, 1980-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 63,304 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1980)Massachusetts sought an injunction, alleging that Defendant, Massachusetts Nurses Association conspired to fix the rates to be paid for private duty nursing services and implemented rate schedules for private duty nursing services. Defendant agreed to permanently refrain from all alleged conduct. | — | Nursing | Settled | 1 |
| 1979 | State v. Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., Index No. 83-2613 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Onondaga County)Eastern Ambulance service controlled 90% of the private ambulance service market. TLC controlled 50% of the private wheelchair transportation services market. Beginning in 1979, Eastern, TLC and various other ambulance service providers entered into market allocation agreements. In one such… | — | Ambulance services | Settled | 1 |
| 1977 | New Jersey v. Nurses Private Duty Registry, Inc., 1977-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 61,809 (N.J. Super. Ct. 1977)State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Nurses Private Duty Registry, Inc., established fee schedules and fixed the prices of private duty nursing services. In response to the State's allegations, the parties entered a final judgment enjoining Defendant from… | — | Nursing | Settled | 1 |
| 1976 | Ohio v. Alliance Dental Society, 1976-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 60,944 (Ohio Ct. of Common Pleas 1976)State sought damages and permanent injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants, Alliance Dental Society and its member doctors, entered agreements to create or carry out restrictions in the trade and commerce of providing dental service to persons receiving assistance from the Ohio Department of… | — | Dental services | Settled | 1 |
| 1974 | In re Antibiotic Antitrust Actions, 410 F. Supp. 669, 1974 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9407 (D. Minn. 1974)Plaintiff States sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that, beginning in 1953, Defendant companies conspired to and did monopolize the manufacture, sale, and distribution of broad spectrum antibiotics and antibiotic products (BSA). Plaintiff States further alleged that Defendant companies… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 6 |
| — | Washington v. DaVita et al.Washington brought a lawsuit against DaVita and Fresenius concerning the defendants' practice of requiring nephrologists that serve as medical directors of their dialysis centers to agree to noncompete covenants. The complaint states that medical directors are part-time independent contractors that… | — | Kidney dialysis | Pending | 1 |
| — | California ex rel. Becerra v. Sutter Health, No. 18-565398State sued Sutter Health, the largest hospital system in northern California, alleging that Sutter engaged in anticompetitive behavior in violation of the Cartwright Act by 1) establishing, increasing and maintaining Sutter's power to control prices and exclude competition; 2) foreclosing price… | — | Hospitals | Pending | 1 |
| — | United States and North Carolina v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Carolinas Healthcare SystemNorth Carolina and USDOJ filed suit alleging that Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System illegally reduced competition in the health care market in Charlotte and limited consumers' ability to shop around for better deals on health care. Atrium is based in Charlotte and… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | FTC and North Dakota v. Sanford HealthThe FTC and the state of North Dakota filed suit seeking to block Sanford Health's proposed acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic, alleging that the deal would violate antitrust law by significantly reducing competition for adult primary care physician services, pediatric services, obstetrics and… | — | Physician services | Transaction abandoned | 1 |
| — | FTC and Illinois v. Advocate Health Care NetworkThe FTC administratively challenged the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem, alleging it would create the largest hospital system in the North Shore area of Chicago. According to the complaint, the combined entity would operate a majority of the… | — | Hospitals | Appellate decision | 1 |
| — | In the Matter of Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc.'s Acquisition of St. Mary's Medical Center, No. 15-C-542, Cabell Cty. Ct., WVThe attorney general reached an agreement with two hospitals in the Huntington WV area who were merging. The agreement requires, among other things 1) that St. Mary’s Medical Center will be maintained as a free-standing, general acute care, faith-based organization for the seven-year period;2)… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | In re North Shore Health System and Long Island Jewish HospitalState and two hospitals agreed that the merged hospitals would, for a period of five years, pass on $100 million of cost savings to consumers, in the form of new or incremental services, including early detection and screening, increasing services to underserved populations, improvements of health… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Geisinger Health System Foundation et al., No. 4:CV-12-1081 (M.D. Pa.State alleged that the the acquisition of Bloomsburg Hospital by Geisinger Heath System Foundation may substantially lessen or eliminate competition in the region. Geisinger is a non-profit parent of four hospitals, including its flagship Geisinger Medical Center which is located only 10 miles from… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | In re DDAVP Antitrust Litigation33 states investigated "pay for delay" allegations relating to DDAVP, a drug used to alleviate bed-wetting. States alleged that Aventis, holder of the patent for the medication, engaged in a scheme to delay the regulatory approval and sale of a generic version of DDAVP, in violation of state and… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Consent decree | 33 |
| — | U.S. and Montana v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, No.USDOJ and Montana sued to prevent agreement between BCBS of Montana and New West, two of three competitors in the Montana health insurance market. Five of the six hospital owners of New West had agreed to purchase health insurance from Blue Cross exclusively for six years. once the five hospital… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Kansas v. Meds-Stat ( | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Minnesota v. Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 08 cv 6381, D.Minn.Minnesota and the FTC filed companion cases in federal court, alleging that Ovation monopolized the market for drugs to treat PDA, a heart ailment in newborns. The complaint alleged that Ovation acquired the rights to the only two drugs used to treat PDA. Patents were expiring on the first drug,… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Dismissed | 1 |
| — | Arizona v. Arizona Hospital and Healthcrae AssociationPlaintiff state and USDOJ filed suit against AzHHA, a trade association that represents more than 100 Arizona hospitals and health systems. and Its subsidiary, AzHHA Service Corporation, which operates the AzHHA Registry Program. This registry contracts with nursing agencies to provide temporary… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| — | Pennsylvania v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (W.D. Pa)UPMC sought to acquire Mercy Medical System, another hospital system in Western Pennsylvania. The parties agreed to a consent decree to resolve antitrust issues. Under the degree, UPMC must 1) extend existing health plan contracts and their pricing with Mercy for eight years; 2) negotiate in good… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Maryland v. Rite-Aid Corp.Rite Aid sought to acquire the assets of Canadian company Jean Coutu, which owned the Eckerd and Brooks retail pharmacy chains. Parties agreed to divest 26 stores in seven states. | Pharmacies | Settled | 7 | |
| — | Connecticut v. HealthDrive CorporationProvider of allied healthcare professional services (dental, optometric, audiological, podiatric) to long-term care facilities and their residents settled Attorney General's claims of unlawful tying (of podiatric services to dental services) via entry of an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, which… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| — | In re Healthcare Research and Development Institute LLCHRDI is a national group of leading hospital and health care system executives that provides health care consulting services to vendors of health care related products and services. Vendors pay an annual fee for membership privileges in HRDI. CT alleged that membership in HRDI provided vendors with… | — | Health care | Settled | 2 |
| — | Florida v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, Healthtrust, Inc., Memorial Health Systems, Inc. and Halifax Hospital Medical CenterAs part of a negotiated settlement, the State of Florida and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought to enjoin the merger of defendant hospital facilities, alleging that such acquisitions would result in a substantial reduction of competition in the marketplace for medical care. In order to… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | In the Matter of GlaxoSmithKline, PLC (Augmentin)A class action litigation alleged and the states investigated claims that GlaxoSmithKline fraudulently obtained patent protection for Augmentin and unlawfully excluded generic competition through sham patent litigation against generic manufacturers. Through this conduct, GlaxoSmithKline unlawfully… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 51 |
| — | In Re Relafen Antitrust LitigationThe state settlement followed a proposed class action settlement in the Relafen Antitrust Litigation, C.A. No. 01-12239 (WGY) (D. Mass.), which was in turn premised on a patent litigation victory at trial by the generic manufacturers. Class counsel, seeking to represent most end users of… | — | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 50 |
| — | In the Matter of Memorandum of Understanding with : Sisters of Providence and Health, Hospital ServicesSisters of Providence, owner of St. Joseph Hospital, entered into an agreement to purchase St. Luke's Hospital. The two hospitals located in Bellingham represent the only inpatient facilities located in Bellingham or Whatcom County. The merger was allowed with conditions as to service and… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Washington v. Providence/Everett General: Everett General, a large non-profit hospital, merged with Providence Hospital operated by Sister of Providence. A settlement agreement was negotiated which tied price increases to inflation and included non-discrimination clauses. | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | In the Matter of Sisters of Mercy Health SystemState was concerned that the hiring of physicians and acquisition of physician practices in the Springfield area could reduce competition in some physician specialties. The out-of-court agreement restricted for three years the hiring of physicians in nine specialties who practice in defined service… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| — | U.S. and Arizona v. Delta Dental Plan of ArizonaPlaintiff state and US DOJ filed complaint against Delta Dental, Arizona's largest dental care insurance company, alleging that Delta's enforcement of its "Most Favored Nations" (MFN) pricing policy was effectively forcing Arizona dentists to stop offering discounts and innovative dental plans to… | — | Dental services | Settled | 1 |
| — | In the Matter of Sacramento Ambulance CompaniesPlaintiff state charged five defendants, Metropolitan, Superior, Sacramento and Foothill Ambulance Service and 9-1-1 Emergency Services, with violating California's antitrust law by unlawfully agreeing on customer allocation and pricing of ambulance transport services over a long period. The… | — | Ambulance services | Settled | 1 |
| — | Merger of Leominster and Burbank Hospitals–MassachusettsThe proposed merger of Leominster Hospital in Leominster and Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg raised antitrust concerns that the hospitals could raise prices while consumers would be left with no alternative hospital in the area to which they could turn. In an agreement between the Attorney General… | — | Hospitals | Settled | 1 |
| — | Washington v. Surgical Specialists of Yakima, PLLC et al.,Defendants allegedly formed Sugical Specialists of Yakima as a vehicle primarily for jointly negotiating fees for most of the general surgery services in Yakima, WA. They refused to negotiate individually. The physicians did not use SSY to otherwise integrate their offices or operations. Prices for… | — | Physician services | Settled | 1 |
| — | Minnesota v. Southern Minn. Health Alliance, C0-90-766 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Blue Earth County)The State alleged three corporations, Southern Minnesota Health Alliance, Southern Minnesota Physicians, P.A., and Hospitals of Southern Minnesota, Inc. were illegally formed by most of the doctors and all of the hospitals in the Mankato area, including St. Peter and St. James, to maintain their… | — | Health care | Settled | 1 |
| — | Florida v. Abbott Laboratories and Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.The brand name maker of the prescription drug Hytrin, Abbott, entered into an agreement with Geneva to keep Geneva's generic version of Hytrin off the market. Geneva was paid a substantial amount of money by Abbott while Abbott continued to collect monopoly profits on its name brand drug. Because… | Pharmaceuticals | Settled | 3 |
Health care here means NAAG's industry tags for pharmaceuticals, pharmacies and pharmacy services, hospitals, physician, dental and eye-care services, home health, nursing, mental health, labs, dialysis, medical equipment and ambulances. A case's year comes from its docket or summary, so a few are undated. Read through NAAG's public API. Refreshed weekly. National Association of Attorneys General, Multistate Antitrust Litigation Database