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US: DOJ hits back at Aetna, Humana with trial accusations

By  |  October 11, 2016

The DOJ did not mince words in calling the insurers’ request for sanctions “a transparent attempt to derail the United States’ merger challenge” and called their argument for sanctions “broad, unwarranted, and potentially preclusive of the public interests.”

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    At issue are documents the insurers argue are key in the two sides’ debate over how to define the Medicare Advantage market, which will determine much about the antitrust arguments against their merger.

    The DOJ, in response, said it has attempted to accommodate the “extremely burdensome discovery demand” from Aetna and Humana during the very accelerated discovery process.

    Full Content: National Law Journal

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