November 15, 2017
A proposed class of patients accusing Quest Diagnostics Inc. of maintaining a lab services monopoly told an appellate panel Wednesday that a lower court incorrectly acted as "a gatekeeper" by dismissing its suit, prompting a Ninth Circuit judge to lament the U.S. Supreme Court's "de facto different standard for antitrust cases."
December 11, 2015
Medical patients on Friday said they are appealing to the Ninth Circuit after a California federal judge dismissed their proposed class action alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. monopolized diagnostic services by paying kickbacks, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors.
November 25, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. monopolized diagnostic services in California by paying kickbacks, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors, saying that their allegations of monopoly overcharging don't have factual support.
September 09, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday said he's likely to dismiss a proposed class action alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. monopolized diagnostic services in California by paying kickbacks, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors, saying the plaintiffs haven't shown Quest set anti-competitive prices.
June 09, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed a putative class action alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. monopolized diagnostic services in California by paying kickbacks, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to properly allege they were injured by Quest's practices.
March 17, 2015
A proposed class action alleging Quest Diagnostics Inc. monopolized diagnostic services in California by paying kickbacks, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors "recycles antitrust claims that this court dismissed three separate times," the company told a California federal court Tuesday.
January 29, 2015
A putative class of patients filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics Inc. Thursday, alleging the company monopolized outpatient diagnostic services in Northern California by paying kickbacks to medical providers, colluding with insurers and acquiring competitors.