Tevra Brands LLC v. Bayer HealthCare LLC, et al

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Case Number:

5:19-cv-04312

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Judge:

Beth Labson Freeman

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  1. January 22, 2025

    No New Trial For Tevra's Flea, Tick Meds Suit Against Bayer

    A California federal judge refused to give Tevra Brands LLC a do-over on allegations that Bayer used exclusive contracts to anticompetitively lock up the market for flea and tick treatments for dogs, finding the veterinary drugmaker was just rehashing previously rejected arguments attacking a key expert witness.

  2. August 01, 2024

    Calif. Jury Clears Bayer In Flea And Tick Med Antitrust Suit

    A California federal jury on Thursday cleared Bayer of allegations that it owes millions for cutting anticompetitive deals with pet product retailers to undermine competition from generics makers of flea and tick treatments for dogs.

  3. July 22, 2024

    Tevra Says Bayer Owes Millions As Antitrust Trial Opens

    Tevra Brands LLC told a California federal jury during antitrust trial openings Monday that Bayer owes millions of dollars for allegedly cutting anticompetitive deals with retailers to undermine competition from anti-flea-and-tick treatment generics, while Bayer defended its "reasonable" and optional retailer discounts and criticized Tevra's "astronomical" damages demand.

  4. May 01, 2024

    Bayer Can't Scratch Off Antitrust Suit Over Flea, Tick Meds

    A California federal judge has largely declined Bayer's bid to dismiss generics competitor Tevra's pet medication antitrust suit, saying in an order released Wednesday that there are factual disputes about whether Bayer's exclusivity deals with distributors and retailers significantly foreclosed Tevra's potential sales in the market.

  5. May 03, 2021

    Bayer Wants To Shake Off Flea & Tick Drugs Antitrust Suit

    Bayer HealthCare LLC and a former subsidiary are seeking to escape pet medication company Tevra Brands LLC's $114 million antitrust suit for flea and tick treatment products, arguing that Tevra's proposed market argument is "fatally flawed because it fails to include all reasonably interchangeable products."

  6. July 30, 2020

    Bayer Antitrust Judge Fears Opening Discovery 'Floodgates'

    A California federal judge expressed "a lot of concerns" Thursday about the adequacy of Tevra Brands LLC's $114 million pet medication antitrust complaint against Bayer, saying she's hesitant to "open up the floodgates of what will be enormously expensive discovery."

  7. June 23, 2020

    Bayer Foe Blocked From Serving Docs Via Email Amid Virus

    A California federal judge overseeing a $114 million antitrust case against U.S.-based Bayer HealthCare LLC ruled Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic isn't enough reason to allow the generic pet medication company that brought the suit to serve Bayer's German parent company via email.

  8. June 01, 2020

    Bayer Slams Pet Med Co.'s Bid To Serve Docs Via Email

    Bayer HealthCare urged a California federal court against allowing a generic pet medication maker to flout international protocol for how to serve documents in a $114 million antitrust case, saying the company is trying to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a scapegoat for its own delays and errors.

  9. May 18, 2020

    Bayer Foe Says Emailing Arnold & Porter Counts As Service

    A California federal court has been urged to allow German-based Bayer AG and a subsidiary to be served documents for an antitrust suit over medication for fleas and ticks via email and through U.S.-based Bayer HealthCare LLC's attorneys at Arnold & Porter, due to service hiccups caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

  10. April 06, 2020

    Bayer Looks To Scratch Antitrust Suit Over Flea, Tick Med

    Bayer HealthCare has urged a California federal judge to jettison a competitor's antitrust suit, saying the action can't prove Bayer unlawfully dominated sales of a topical flea and tick medication through exclusivity deals, because the arrangements don't lock rivals out of the market.

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