January 31, 2017
A North Carolina federal judge on Monday denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit against the North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board accusing it of trying to stifle competition from physical therapists, saying the therapists' antitrust claims were sufficient to proceed.
October 23, 2015
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that state professional regulatory boards are not inherently shielded from antitrust challenges, a number of suits have piled into federal courts across the country, arguing that everything from rules requiring background checks for taxi app service drivers to disciplinary actions over dog vaccine doses thwart competition. Here are a few cases to watch as district courts begin to analyze those issues.