In a major antitrust case litigated for nearly five years, we developed and pled cutting-edge antitrust claims on behalf of a leading provider of travel nurses and other healthcare professionals. We acted as its lead counsel in the original proceedings in federal district court and also in the appellate proceedings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The case attracted keen interest among antitrust practitioners and healthcare staffing agencies. Indeed, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice intervened in the case to state its position on the controlling law. Its position exactly coincided with our own statement of the same points of law.
Although we did not prevail on our claims, we vindicated an important antitrust principle in a published appellate decision. That outcome helped our client in its future dealings. Perhaps even more important, the defendant reformed a key part of its challenged practices shortly after we filed suit.
In this case, we capably conducted a major antitrust litigation from start to finish, raising a serious antitrust challenge that resulted in two published decisions and confirmed our initial statement of the law on no-poaching agreements.
Case Name: Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. v. AMN Healthcare, Inc. (9th Cir. 2021, Case No. 20–55679). Redacted versions of our appellate submissions: Appellant’s Opening Brief and Appellant’s Reply Brief. These submissions are representative of the kind of work that we can perform in important antitrust disputes.
