USA v. MANAHE et al
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March 23, 2023
Juries Not Buying DOJ Antitrust Labor Push As Losses Mount
The U.S. Department of Justice's third trial loss in a criminal case alleging employers agreed to fix wages or not hire each other's workers shows that prosecutors continue to be haunted by dubious jurors and ambiguous facts, experts say.
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March 22, 2023
Home Health Execs Acquitted In Latest DOJ Antitrust Loss
A Maine federal jury on Wednesday acquitted four operators of home health agencies of conspiring to fix caretakers' wages as the pandemic took hold, marking the latest loss for antitrust enforcers from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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March 13, 2023
Home Health Wage-Fixing Trial Halted After 4 Jurors Get Virus
A high-profile trial in Maine federal court of four home health agency operators on wage-fixing charges was halted for a week beginning Monday after four jurors came down with COVID-19.
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February 27, 2023
Home Health Owners Can't Try To Justify Fixing Wages At Trial
A Maine federal judge granted on Monday the government's bid to exclude certain evidence in an upcoming criminal wage-fixing trial, ruling that the operators of home health care agencies can't try to back their conduct with a procompetitive benefits argument.
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February 23, 2023
Prosecutors Need Judge OK To Mention WhatsApp Encryption
A Maine federal judge ruled that if the government wants to use the fact that messages between co-defendants were encrypted as evidence in an upcoming criminal wage-fixing trial against operators of home health care agencies, they'll have to first approach the bench for a ruling.
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January 23, 2023
PPP Loans Irrelevant In Wage-Fixing Trial, Court Told
Several operators of home health care agencies facing criminal wage-fixing charges requested Monday that prosecutors not mention at their upcoming trial that they received Paycheck Protection Program loans or used encrypted messaging, arguing that doing so would prejudice and confuse the jury.
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January 02, 2023
Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023
The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.
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August 22, 2022
Pandemic Wage-Fixing Trial Is Pushed To December
A federal judge in Maine pushed back a slated trial over objections from the government in a criminal case accusing operators of several home health care agencies of conspiring to fix pay rates to avoid competing with each other for workers during the pandemic.
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June 22, 2022
DOJ Fights Bid To Duck Pandemic Wage-Fixing Charges
The U.S. Department of Justice is contesting a dismissal bid by operators of four Maine home health care agencies who were indicted on allegations that they conspired to fix pay rates in order to avoid competing with each other for workers during the pandemic.
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January 28, 2022
Feds Say Health Care Execs Fixed Wages Amid Pandemic
Operators of four Maine home health care agencies were indicted Friday on allegations that they conspired to fix pay rates in order to avoid competing with each other for workers during the pandemic.