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In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, Adrian Perez undergoes dialysis at a DaVita Kidney Care clinic in Sacramento, Calif.
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A massive Denver-based dialysis provider and its former CEO were indicted Thursday on charges that they colluded with a competitor and agreed not to recruit each other’s top executives.
The indictment names both Davita Inc. and former CEO Kent Thiry, along with competitor Surgical Care Affiliates and a related entity. Davita and Thiry are charged with “participation in two separate conspiracies to suppress competition for the services of certain employees,” according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
DENVER (AP) â A federal grand jury has indicted Denver-based dialysis firm DaVita Inc. and former chairman and CEO Kent Thiry on charges they conspired with competitors not to hire certain employees, in violation of labor law.
The indictment alleges that both conspired with Illinois-based Surgical Care Affiliates LLC not to hire each other s senior-level executives between 2012 and 2017, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. A second count alleges they conspired with another health care company, which the department didn t identify, to not hire DaVita employees from 2017 to 2019.
The alleged actions deprived workers of free-market opportunities and mobility, Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the departmentâs Antitrust Division said in a statement.
DaVita, former CEO Kent Thiry indicted on 2 counts of conspiracy by federal grand jury
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DENVER â DaVita Inc. and its former CEO Kent Thiry are accused of conspiring with rivals in the health care industry to not solicit each otherâs employees, according to a federal grand jury indictment filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado on Thursday.
DaVita and Thiry are charged with two counts of conspiracy of trade to allocate employees, a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, according to the documents. A court appearance is scheduled for July 20 at 2 p.m. in Denver.
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DaVita Investor Attys Score $40.5M In Fees From Settlement
Law360 (July 15, 2021, 8:13 PM EDT) The law firms that represented investors in a case against health care company DaVita Inc. were awarded $40.5 million Thursday for their work on a $135 million class-action settlement of claims that shareholders were hurt when it was revealed that the company pressured patients to enroll in high-cost, private insurance plans.
U.S. District Judge William Martinez of the District of Colorado awarded attorney fees of 30% of the settlement fund as well as reimbursement of $547,409.27 in litigation expenses and $10,000 in representative rebates after the lead plaintiffs requested it.
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