Rheumatology Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc et al v. Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company

  1. August 13, 2015

    Judge OKs Quest Deal In Test Pricing Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday greenlighted Quest Diagnostics Inc.'s settlement with medical-testing lab Rheumatology Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. and others accusing it of violating antitrust laws by selling lab tests below cost, putting an end to the claims against Quest just days ahead of a scheduled trial.

  2. June 10, 2015

    Quest's Test Pricing In Antitrust Suit Will Go Before Jury

    A California federal judge Wednesday refused to rule that Quest Diagnostics Inc. violated antitrust laws by selling lab tests below cost, saying the lawsuit didn't identify which tests were underpriced and that ruling in the plaintiff labs' favor wouldn't streamline their August trial.

  3. February 07, 2014

    Quest Can't Dodge Calif. Law Claims In Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday tossed the competition claims from a suit accusing Quest Diagnostics Inc. of offering insurers unlawful incentives to reject its rivals, but he let the case proceed in a narrower form, leaving intact allegations that Quest engaged in predatory pricing.

  4. February 05, 2014

    Conspiracy Claims Against Quest, Insurers Face Dismissal

    A California federal judge said Wednesday that he's inclined to throw out the bulk of an antitrust suit alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. illegally offered insurers incentives to spurn its competitors, saying the amended complaint was unsuccessful in showing that insurers agreed to go along with any conspiracy.

  5. June 26, 2013

    Quest, Health Insurers Escape Monopoly Plot Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday said four medical testing labs' antitrust suit alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. offered insurers incentives to spurn its competitors lacked evidence of a coordinated plot and of a Quest monopoly, leading him to dismiss the claims.

  6. April 29, 2013

    Blue Shield, Quest Say Lab Monopoly Suit Doesn't Hold Water

    Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Co. and Quest Diagnostics Inc. urged a California federal judge Monday to toss claims that the companies conspired to create an illegal diagnostic-test monopoly, arguing that the plaintiffs haven't plausibly argued that the companies' relationship harms competition.  

  7. March 28, 2013

    Blue Shield Says Lab Testing Monopoly Suit Falls Short

    An antitrust suit accusing Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Co. of engaging in a scheme to allow Quest Diagnostics Inc. to monopolize certain diagnostic testing services fails to allege a plausible conspiracy, Blue Shield told a California federal court Wednesday.

  8. March 08, 2013

    Clinics Dispute Quest's Claims In Lab Testing Monopoly Suit

    Four diagnostic clinics on Thursday fired back at a bid by Quest Diagnostics Inc. and two insurers to dismiss a California federal suit accusing them of conspiring to allow Quest to monopolize certain diagnostic testing services, saying the defendants' claims that their actions were pro-competitive were disingenuous.