February 22, 2019
A former employee of UnitedHealth unit Optum Inc. can continue his role with a health care startup created by Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan after a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that Optum had not shown the two companies are likely to be rivals anytime soon.
February 20, 2019
A Boston federal judge expressed doubt Wednesday that UnitedHealth unit Optum Inc. has made its case that a former employee should be prevented from working at a health care startup created by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan, given that it is not clear the startup is a direct competitor with Optum.
February 08, 2019
A former executive for UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum Inc. told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday that he should be allowed to keep working for a health care startup created by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase as the First Circuit mulls his motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit accusing him of stealing trade secrets and bringing them to his new job.
February 05, 2019
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday paused a UnitedHealth subsidiary's lawsuit accusing an executive of stealing trade secrets and bringing them to his new job at a startup health-care venture pending the First Circuit's review of a motion to compel arbitration.
January 31, 2019
A top executive at the Boston-based health care startup by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway told a Massachusetts federal court Thursday that the company is not a competitor to Optum Inc., a UnitedHealth unit that accused an employee of stealing secrets and taking them to his new job with the startup.
January 30, 2019
A Boston federal judge considered whether to grant a temporary restraining order Wednesday to a UnitedHealth subsidiary that says an executive stole trade secrets from the company and brought them to his new job at a startup health care venture created by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.