UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED et al

  1. March 21, 2023

    DOJ Vowed 'Difficult Cases.' It Still Bowed To UnitedHealth

    The U.S. Department of Justice decision to give up on getting the D.C. Circuit to revive its challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare Inc. has observers wondering if there are limits to Biden-era promises to bring the most difficult cases.

  2. March 20, 2023

    DOJ Quietly Abandons UnitedHealth Merger Appeal

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday gave up on getting the D.C. Circuit to revive its challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare Inc., summarily dropping the case after four months of docket silence and six months after a D.C. federal judge rejected the lawsuit.

  3. November 23, 2022

    4 Firms, 2 Years, 1 Suit And, Finally, A Done UnitedHealth Deal

    Attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP knew from the beginning that UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare was likely to draw antitrust pushback and potentially a direct U.S. Department of Justice challenge.

  4. November 21, 2022

    UnitedHealth Closes Merger But DOJ Keeps Fighting

    The U.S. Department of Justice has given notice it will appeal a D.C. federal judge's rejection of its challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare Inc., an aggressive move in line with the Biden administration pledge to pursue difficult cases.

  5. November 18, 2022

    DOJ Will Ask DC Circ. To Block UnitedHealth-Change Deal

    The U.S. Department of Justice, along with New York and Minnesota, filed a notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit on Friday after losing their challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s planned $13.8 billion purchase of Change Healthcare Inc.

  6. September 30, 2022

    UnitedHealth Merger Loss Is One Step In DOJ's Long Game

    Although a federal judge's decision allowing UnitedHealth to carry out its $13.8 billion merger with Change Healthcare was a stinging loss for the U.S. Department of Justice, the battle wasn't a total defeat for the government, according to a source familiar with the litigation.

  7. September 21, 2022

    UnitedHealth-Change Judge Outlines Why DOJ Lost

    The U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion bid for Change Healthcare failed at almost every turn, leaving a D.C. federal judge unconvinced that United would "uproot" its business model or that a planned divestiture could not stand on its own, according to the opinion unsealed Wednesday.

  8. September 19, 2022

    Judge Won't Block UnitedHealth's Purchase Of Change

    A D.C. federal judge refused in a sealed opinion Monday to block UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion bid for Change Healthcare, rejecting a U.S. Department of Justice challenge alleging the deal creates a monopoly for key insurance claims-processing technology and gives United unit UnitedHealthcare too much data from rival insurers.

  9. September 08, 2022

    UnitedHealth Deal Is 'Not A Merger To Monopoly,' Judge Says

    The D.C. federal judge who will decide the fate of UnitedHealth's $13.8 billion bid for Change Healthcare challenged the U.S. Department of Justice during closing arguments Thursday on its assertions that the deal will create a monopoly for health insurance claims processing technology, repeatedly noting plans to divest the sole overlapping business unit.

  10. August 15, 2022

    UnitedHealth Can't Afford To Misuse Rivals' Data, Judge Told

    UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare won't be tempted to violate safeguards protecting rival insurers' data after their planned $13.8 billion merger, the companies' lead expert economist testified Monday in D.C. federal court, rebutting claims by the U.S. Department of Justice.