US drops antitrust case over healthcare hiring agreements

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Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss the government's prosecution of a UnitedHealth (UNH.N).

Group affiliate accused of unlawfully restricting employee mobility, marking a new setback in the government's push to apply criminal antitrust laws to labor markets...

U.S. prosecutors in a filing in Dallas federal court asked U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay to dismiss charges against Surgical Care Affiliates LLC and a related entity, SCAI Holdings LLC...

Surgical Care Affiliates and SCAI Holdings were charged in 2021 with violating U.S. antitrust law in an alleged conspiracy with industry rivals to not solicit each others' senior-level employees...

Justice Department antitrust division head Jonathan Kanter has touted the labor antitrust cases despite the court setbacks, noting that judges have allowed such claims to proceed to trial...

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