SmileDirectClub, LLC v. Tanja Battle, et al
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July 20, 2021
Full 11th Circ. Rejects Ga. Dental Board's Immunity Arguments
The full Eleventh Circuit ended a circuit split Tuesday over so-called state action safeguards protecting government agencies from antitrust suits, reversing a 1986 ruling giving agency members who were denied that protection immediate appellate rights, and sending members of Georgia's dental board back to face SmileDirectClub LLC's competition lawsuit.
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February 23, 2021
Full 11th Circ. Hears Immunity Arguments In SmileDirect Case
Georgia's solicitor general told the full Eleventh Circuit Tuesday that the governor bears ultimate responsibility for a dental board rule being challenged by SmileDirectClub, immunizing the regulation from the teeth-aligner company's antitrust claims.
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February 05, 2021
Ga. Dental Board Seeks Immunity In SmileDirect Antitrust Suit
Members of Georgia's dental board fighting SmileDirectClub's antitrust suit over teledentistry restrictions in the state told the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday that an order denying so-called state-action immunity is appealable, calling it a legal conclusion that doesn't favor the facts of the case.
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February 03, 2021
FTC Dodges Ala. Dental Board's Bid To Block Investigation
An Alabama federal court tossed a lawsuit Wednesday from the state's dental board that sought to stop the Federal Trade Commission from investigating a rule teledentistry company SmileDirectClub has been challenging as anti-competitive.
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January 25, 2021
Ga. Board Can't Claim Immunity In SmileDirect Case, Feds Say
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission argued Monday that Georgia Board of Dentistry members cannot escape SmileDirectClub's antitrust suit over board rules restricting the company's teledentistry business, urging the full Eleventh Circuit bench to find that an interlocutory order denying so-called state-action immunity is not appealable.
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January 05, 2021
Ga. Board Pushes 11th Circ. For Immunity From SmileDirect
Members of Georgia's dental board pushed the full Eleventh Circuit on Monday to shield them from a SmileDirectClub antitrust lawsuit over board rules that restrict the company's teledentistry business, arguing the suit should be dead on arrival and that they're allowed to appeal an order to the contrary.
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December 08, 2020
Full 11th Circ. To Rehear SmileDirect's Ga. Dental Board Case
The Eleventh Circuit issued an order Tuesday calling for an en banc rehearing on a bid from members of Georgia's dental board to claim immunity from an antitrust suit lodged by SmileDirectClub over board rules that restrict the company's teledentistry business.
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August 11, 2020
Split 11th Circ. Says Ga. Dental Board Must Face Antitrust Suit
Georgia's dental board members can't claim state action immunity to shield themselves from an antitrust suit lodged against them by SmileDirectClub, a split Eleventh Circuit declared Tuesday in a ruling that included a separate opinion from each judge on the panel.
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May 20, 2020
Ga. Board Faces 11th Circ.'s 'Real Doubts' In SmileDirect Fight
Georgia's dental board faced an at-times contentious Eleventh Circuit panel in oral arguments Wednesday as it fought to assert immunity for its members facing a SmileDirectClub lawsuit over a state rule that restricts the company's teledentistry business.
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April 30, 2020
11th Circ. OKs FTC Intervention In SmileDirect Antitrust Case
The Eleventh Circuit said Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission can participate in oral argument to help make SmileDirect's case against Georgia's dental board over a state rule that restricts the company's teledentistry business.