UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. AETNA INC. et al

  1. January 03, 2018

    Biggest Competition Cases Of 2017

    The U.S. Department of Justice went on a winning streak last year that included successful merger challenges across a range of industries, while sprawling civil litigation involving pharmaceuticals and electronics saw major developments. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest competition cases from 2017.

  2. June 21, 2017

    Aetna, Humana, States Reach Deal Over Costs In Merger Fight

    The District of Columbia and eight states that joined the U.S. Department of Justice's fight against the now-failed merger of insurance giants Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. urged a D.C. federal judge on Wednesday to approve the parties' deal over the states' attorneys' fees and costs in the suit.

  3. January 23, 2017

    Aetna's ACA Vendetta Gets Called Out In Merger Ruling

    Aetna didn't just see its $37 billion merger with Humana blocked on Monday — a D.C. federal judge also accused the insurance giant of abandoning Affordable Care Act marketplaces to wound the Obama administration and evade antitrust scrutiny.

  4. January 23, 2017

    Appeal Of Aetna-Humana Merger Loss Would Face Long Odds

    Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. are mulling an appeal of a D.C. federal judge's Monday order preliminarily enjoining their $37 billion merger, but experts said the judge's airtight opinion leaves little room to pursue such a bid and the Trump administration may not want to interfere.

  5. January 23, 2017

    DOJ Wins Bid To Block $37B Aetna-Humana Merger

    A District of Columbia federal judge on Monday sided with the U.S. Department of Justice in the government's suit to block the proposed $37 billion merger between health insurance giants Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc.

  6. December 21, 2016

    DOJ Case Against Aetna-Humana Deal Probed Over Gov't Role

    The Justice Department fielded questions about the basic assumptions of its efforts to block the $37 billion merger between Aetna and Humana Wednesday, as the presiding federal judge probed whether competition with Medicare and regulations of the combined entity’s Medicare Advantage plans upend normal antitrust review.

  7. December 19, 2016

    Economist Throws Weight Behind $37B Aetna-Humana Deal

    A well-known economist took the stand in D.C. federal court Monday in defense of Aetna Inc.'s $37 billion planned merger with Humana Inc., fighting government claims that the deal will stifle competition in the health insurance industry.

  8. December 16, 2016

    Aetna Takes On Key Obamacare Admin In $37B Merger Trial

    Aetna Inc. grilled a top Affordable Care Act administrator Friday about the "death spiral" facing insurance carriers participating in the health law's public exchanges during an antitrust trial over Aetna's $37 billion merger with Humana Inc.

  9. December 15, 2016

    DOJ Pounces On Molina Emails At Aetna-Humana Merger Trial

    The U.S. Department of Justice took aim Thursday at emails purportedly showing Molina Healthcare's wariness of assuming $400 million in health plans Aetna and Humana want to sell off in order to tie up a $37 billion merger between the companies.

  10. December 14, 2016

    DOJ Fears About Aetna-Humana Divestiture 'Silly,' Exec Says

    The CEO of Molina Healthcare dismissed as "silly" Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that the company won't be able sustain $400 million worth of private Medicare contracts purchased from Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. before their proposed merger, rebuffing one of the government's principal arguments in an antitrust trial seeking to block the $37 billion Aetna-Humana deal.