Media Coverage
Source: Law360
Media Coverage
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
10.04.17
A Texas federal judge has allowed an antitrust suit brought by a remote allergy services provider against an allergy advocacy group and an allergy test maker to proceed to trial, ruling that the evidence did not support counterclaims or efforts to have the case tossed, Law360 reported.
United Allergy Services will be able to continue pursuing the case, which claims that Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics and allergy test maker Phadia US Inc. conspired with each other, allergist trade associations and others to keep UAS out of the market, after U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia denied attempts by AANMA and Phadia to toss UAS’ claims that they had violated the Sherman Act of 1890.
Groups including AANMA and Phadia were accused of organizing a boycott against UAS and other competitors among physicians, insurance companies and other health care groups.
Pillsbury Litigation partner Casey Low, an attorney for UAS, said he was pleased with the decision and praised the judge’s attention to detail in deciding the motions. He represents UAS along with Benjamin L. Bernell and Elizabeth Kozlow Marcum in Pillsbury’s Austin office.
The case is United Biologics LLC d/b/a United Allergy Services v. American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology et al., in the U.S. District Court for the Western District in Texas.