UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. ANTHEM, INC. et al
Case Number:
1:16-cv-01493
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker Botts
- Baker & Hostetler
- Bass Berry
- Boies Schiller
- Bramnick Rodriguez
- Brownstein Hyatt
- Bryan Cave
- Charis Lex
- Chittenden Murday
- Clifford Chance
- Crowell & Moring
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- DLA Piper
- Fenwick & West
- Freshfields
- Greenberg Traurig
- Groom Law Group
- Hall Render
- Hancock Daniel
- Hinckley Allen
- Holland & Knight
- Hueston Hennigan
- Jones Day
- KaiserDillon
- King & Spalding
- Latham & Watkins
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Milberg Coleman
- Nelson Mullins
- Nixon Peabody
- Paul Weiss
- Perkins Coie
- Potter & Murdock
- Ropes & Gray
- Roth Jackson
- Stevens & Lee
- Troutman Pepper
- White & Case
- Williams & Connolly
- Williams Mullen
- Willkie Farr
- Wilson Elser
- Woods Rogers
Companies
- Aetna Inc.
- Aon PLC
- Ascension Health Inc.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Blue Shield of California
- Bon Secours Health System Inc.
- Buck Global LLC
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Centene Corp.
- Centra Health Inc.
- Centura Health Inc.
- Concord Hospital Inc.
- ConnectiCare Inc.
- DaVita Inc.
- EmblemHealth Inc.
- Geisinger Health Plan Inc.
- Hartford HealthCare Corp.
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
- HCA Healthcare Inc.
- Healthscope Benefits Inc.
- Humana Inc.
- Indiana University Health Inc.
- Intel Corp.
- Kaiser Permanente
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Minuteman Health Inc.
- MVP Health Care Inc.
- Northeast Georgia Health System
- Northwell Health Inc.
- Piedmont Healthcare Inc.
- Sentara Healthcare Inc.
- Sharp HealthCare
- Sutter Health
- The Cigna Group
- Trustmark Corp.
- Tufts Associated Health Plans Inc.
- UCHealth
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- Willis Towers Watson PLC
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December 21, 2016
Anthem, Cigna Discord Could Give DOJ Edge In Merger Trial
Cigna Corp.'s seeming lack of enthusiasm about its $54 billion merger with rival Anthem Inc. has given the U.S. Department of Justice a leg up in an ongoing trial in D.C. federal court over claims the deal will harm competition, experts say.
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December 20, 2016
Anthem Tries To Raise Bar For DOJ In $54B Merger Trial
Anthem Inc. urged a D.C. federal judge Monday to raise the Department of Justice's burden of proof in an antitrust trial over its $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp., saying the agency must show that the deal will make certain medical providers unprofitable.
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December 14, 2016
DOJ's Case 'Internally Tortured,' Anthem Says At Merger Trial
The Department of Justice's admission that a $54 billion merger between Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. would cut provider rates is proof that the government's case to block the deal is "internally tortured," Anthem told a D.C. federal judge at the start of the trial's second phase Wednesday.
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December 13, 2016
Anthem's Defense In $54B Merger Trial Met With Skepticism
A D.C. federal judge appeared dissatisfied with the evidence Anthem Inc. has put forth to show that its $54 billion proposed merger with Cigna Corp. wouldn't harm competition during a rare session in an antitrust bench trial Tuesday.
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December 12, 2016
Aetna Execs Say ACA Flight Not Spurred By Humana Merger
Top Aetna Inc. executives on Monday denied that the health insurer's decision to withdraw from various Affordable Care Act exchanges is meant to evade antitrust scrutiny surrounding its $37 billion merger with Humana Inc., testifying in D.C. federal court that the individual health plan markets are simply too risky a venture.
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December 08, 2016
Anthem Loses Bid To Call Back Expert In $54B Merger Trial
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday rejected Anthem Inc.'s bid to recall its key expert witness in an ongoing antitrust trial over its $54 billion proposed merger with Cigna Corp., finding the economist had plenty of time to address arguments from his counterpart retained by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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December 08, 2016
DOJ Fights Anthem's Bid To Recall Witness At Merger Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice fired back Wednesday against Anthem Inc.’s bid to recall its key expert witness in an ongoing antitrust trial over its $54 billion proposed merger with Cigna Corp., saying the economist already addressed the proposed “rebuttal testimony” his first time on the stand.
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December 07, 2016
Anthem Seeks To Call Back Expert In $54B Merger Trial
Anthem Inc. asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday for permission to call its key expert witness back to the stand in an ongoing antitrust trial over its $54 billion proposed merger with Cigna Corp., saying the U.S. Department of Justice's expert raised issues for the first time on rebuttal.
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December 02, 2016
DOJ Expert Defends Analysis Of Anthem-Cigna Harms
The U.S. Department of Justice's key expert witness in a challenge to Anthem's Inc.'s proposed $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. fended off criticism to his economic analysis finding the deal harms competition, testifying at trial Friday that his methods were more accurate than those used by Anthem's experts.
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December 01, 2016
Economist Rallies To Defense Of $54B Anthem-Cigna Deal
An economist hired by Anthem Inc. assured a D.C. federal judge Thursday that the health insurer's $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. would generate $2.4 billion in cost savings that will benefit customers, providing a key defense to a U.S. Department of Justice suit claiming the deal is anticompetitive.