Law360, New York (January 10, 2011, 4:13 PM ET) -- The Seventh Circuit on Monday affirmed a summary judgment ruling for UnitedHealth Group Inc. and PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., defeating Omnicare Inc.'s competition suit claiming the merging insurers' decision to recognize a contract less favorable to the pharmacy was unlawful.
Omnicare failed to present evidence of an anti-competitive agreement between UnitedHealth and PacifiCare, according to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and therefore the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled correctly that Omnicare failed to...
7th Circ. Upholds Omnicare Antitrust Suit Dismissal
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