April 10, 2026
Applied Medical Resources Corp. has urged a California federal court to reject Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch its roughly $382 million antitrust trial loss, arguing that Medtronic is simply repeating "erroneous legal arguments this court already rejected."
March 16, 2026
Medtronic has urged a California federal judge to scrap its nearly $382 million trial loss to rival Applied Medical over Medtronic's bundling practices that a jury found suppressed competition for advanced bipolar devices, arguing the verdict is an "extreme outlier" in antitrust law that can't survive.
February 05, 2026
A California federal jury on Thursday ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical for antitrust violations, finding the medical device giant illegally used its monopoly power to crush competition in the market for a type of surgical instrument called an advanced bipolar device.
February 04, 2026
An attorney for Applied Medical told a California federal jury Wednesday during closing arguments in an antitrust trial against Medtronic that internal documents from the medical device giant show it played illegal "war games" against his client and should pay up to $381 million.
February 03, 2026
A University of Chicago economics professor testified Tuesday in a California federal trial over antitrust claims against Medtronic, saying its practice of bundling its advanced bipolar devices for sales with other products isn't anticompetitive but is actually a very common American practice used by the likes of McDonald's and Costco.
January 27, 2026
A vice president in charge of sales at Applied Medical testified Tuesday in a California federal trial over his company's antitrust claims against Medtronic, and said the overwhelmingly positive feedback Applied received from surgeons who used its advanced bipolar devices often didn't result in sales.
January 21, 2026
An executive at Applied Medical Resources Corp. on Tuesday told a California federal jury considering antitrust claims against Medtronic Inc. that a surgical device his company introduced a decade ago had great success in Europe but was "blocked" in the U.S. by Medtronic's practice of "bundling" products.
August 02, 2023
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to throw out a medical device maker's antitrust claims against Medtronic Inc., finding that Applied Medical Resources Corp. has adequately alleged antitrust injury and exclusionary conduct in its suit accusing its rival of illegally hindering competition in the market.
July 03, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission has urged a California federal court to reject the "erroneous assertions and mistaken legal points" from Medtronic Inc. in its attempt to get Applied Medical Resources Corp.'s antitrust suit against it dismissed, according to an amicus brief filed with the court Monday.
June 27, 2023
Applied Medical Resources told a California federal court that its case accusing Medtronic Inc. of blocking competition for a type of surgical device is not an attack on low prices as Medtronic contends, but is instead an effort to stop the company's anti-competitive conduct.