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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Sep. 17, 2019

Sutter Health faces antitrust trial with national implications

A legal showdown over a large Northern California health care nonprofit’s business practices, set to start jury selection next week in San Francisco County Superior Court, is expected to determine whether Sutter Health violated state antitrust law or has a legitimate business model that experts say would be adopted by other plans across the country if the defense wins.

A legal showdown over a large Northern California health care nonprofit's business practices, set to start jury selection next week in San Francisco County Superior Court, is expected to determine whether Sutter Health violated state antitrust law or has a legitimate business model that experts say would be adopted across the country if the defense wins.

A class action of 1,500 small employers and unions that pay for health care serv...

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