Jeffrey Sulitzer, et al v. Joseph Tippins, et al

  1. March 17, 2022

    9th Circ. Partially Revives SmileDirect's Dental Board Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived some of SmileDirectClub's suit claiming members of the Dental Board of California purposely harassed its clinics because its business model poses a threat to traditional dentistry, saying the company has sufficiently alleged there was an anti-competitive agreement but hasn't tied it to all the defendants.

  2. July 26, 2021

    SmileDirect Tells 9th Circ. Dental Board Fears Shakeup

    SmileDirectClub LLC told a Ninth Circuit panel during oral arguments Monday that the company is being harassed by members of California's dental board because its business model poses an existential threat to traditional dentistry.

  3. May 25, 2021

    DOJ Wants Time During SmileDirect's Calif. Dental Board Args

    The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking permission from the Ninth Circuit to participate in oral arguments set for late July in SmileDirectClub's appeal in its case accusing members of California's dental board of orchestrating a harassment campaign to keep it from operating in the Golden State.

  4. April 09, 2021

    SmileDirect Tells 9th Circ. 'Harassment' Continues In Calif.

    SmileDirectClub is defending its request for the Ninth Circuit to take judicial notice of several rejected applications to operate locations of the teeth alignment business, saying the rejections indicate that California's dental board is continuing to harass SmileDirect as the company tries to revive its suit against the board members.

  5. January 28, 2021

    9th Circ. Urged To Toss SmileDirect Harassment Suit

    Members of California's dental board on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower court decision that dismissed SmileDirectClub's suit accusing them of anti-competitive harassment, claiming the teeth aligner company's "wildly implausible" antitrust accusations make a "mountain-out-of-a-molehill" and do not posit "any real injury."

  6. December 03, 2020

    DOJ Backs SmileDirect's Calif. Dental Board Case At 9th Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice supported SmileDirectClub's appeal to the Ninth Circuit in an amicus brief on Wednesday arguing that California's dental board members should not be immunized yet from the teeth aligner company's harassment allegations.

  7. November 25, 2020

    SmileDirect Tries To Save Calif. Dental Board Suit At 9th Circ.

    SmileDirectClub has told the Ninth Circuit that a California federal court was wrong to find that what the company calls a harassment campaign by the state's dental board was instead a proper exercise of its regulatory authority.