Advising healthcare provider clients on antitrust issues arising during contract and joint venture negotiations.

U.S., et al. v. Anthem, Inc. and Cigna Corp.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Lead trial attorney for the United States in 20-day bench trial, successfully challenging Anthem’s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corporation. 236 F.Supp.3d 171 (D.D.C. 2017), aff’d 855 F.3d 345 (D.C. Cir. 2017).*

U.S. v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. and PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Lead attorney for the United States in case challenging merger of two health insurance companies.*

U.S. v. Mercy Health Services and Finley Tri-States Health Group, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Member of trial staff for the United States in case challenging hospital merger in Dubuque, Iowa. 902 F.Supp. 968 (N.D. Iowa 1995).*

U.S. v. Morton Plant Health System, Inc. and Trustees of Mease Hospital, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Case challenging hospital merger in Pinellas County, Florida.*

Lead attorney for the United States in numerous investigations of other hospital and health insurance mergers, as well as investigations of health insurers’ use of Most Favored Nations clauses.*

*Prior experience.