November 27, 2018
Arizona’s attorney general pressed a New Jersey federal court to reject a planned settlement between physicians and the American Osteopathic Association over a policy tying board certification to membership, arguing that the deal should allow prospective class members to opt-out.
November 20, 2018
A group of doctors urged a New Jersey federal judge to accept their $84 million antitrust settlement with the American Osteopathic Association, arguing that a group of attorneys general who have stepped in at the last minute to oppose it are misinterpreting U.S. Supreme Court precedent and that no actual class members have objected.
November 14, 2018
Attorneys general from five states are allowed to file briefs challenging an $84 million class action settlement they say denies doctors the ability to pursue individual monetary damages over an American Osteopathic Association policy that ties board certification to membership, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday.
October 09, 2018
A group of physicians challenging an American Osteopathic Association policy that they said tied its board certification to being a member asked a New Jersey federal judge for final approval of a deal to end the suit, saying that when all the settlement terms are taken together it is worth around $84 million.