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APRIL 15, 2022

Denver jury acquits DaVita, former CEO, of all
costs in antitrust trial

After two days of deliberations, a Denver jury discovered DaVita and
former CEO Kent Thiry not responsible of all costs regarding costs
they conspired with rivals to not rent one another’s senior
managers. The Department of Justice argued the dialysis
supplier’s non-poaching settlement violated the Sherman
Anti-trust Act and regarded DaVita a take a look at case forward of different
potential legal costs in related cases. If convicted,
DaVita was going through a most penalty of a $100 million high quality on every
of three counts, whereas Thiry may’ve been fined $1 million on
every of three costs and despatched to jail for as much as 10 years.

Related:

Trade secrets and techniques/Non-compete quarterly
replace—Benesch Law
DaVita, ex-CEO Thiry acquitted of labor collusion
costs—Associated Press
DaVita, ex-CEO acquitted in antitrust no-poach
trial—Law360 (sub. rec.
DOJ vows to proceed antitrust scrutiny regardless of
DaVita verdict—Denver Business Journal (sub. rec.)
DOJ antitrust head: No ‘chickenshit membership’
regardless of losses—Law360 (sub. rec.)
UnitedHealth unit says DOJ losses bolster
dismissal bid—Law360 (sub. rec.)

SOURCE: Bloomberg Law (sub. rec.)

APRIL 12, 2022

Former normal counsel at Fresenius sues firm;
alleges retaliatory firing after reporting potential legal
exercise

Douglas Kott contends he was demoted and ultimately
terminated for informing senior executives at Fresenius about
potential misconduct and embezzlement on the firm. Kott was
normal counsel in 2019 when the dialysis supplier paid a
$231-million settlement to the DOJ and the SEC over allegations it
bribed overseas officers. Kott states he first alerted the previous
CEO of Fresenius’ U.S. subsidiary and the corporate’s
compliance division about “apparent misconduct” in
2014. Later, he claims he knowledgeable the corporate about potential
embezzlement and waste of company funds. His swimsuit states the
compliance division did not act on his 2014 grievance, whereas
following his subsequent studies, he says he was demoted from his
position as normal counsel. He was let go by Fresenius in Mar., which
Kott believes breached his employment contracts.

Related:

Fresenius former normal counsel recordsdata swimsuit
alleging retaliatory firing—Wall Street Journal (sub.
rec.)

SOURCE: Reuters

APRIL 5, 2022

Fresenius appoints Penn prof. as head of technique,
operations for firm’s Global Medical Office

Dr. Nwamaka Eneanya was most lately an
assistant professor of medication and epidemiology on the University
of Pennsylvania, in addition to the college’s director of well being
fairness, anti-racism and neighborhood engagement within the nephrology
division. As the top of technique and operations for Fresenius’
Global Medical Office, she’ll use her experience in well being
fairness, affected person-reported outcomes and social engagement in
healthcare and public well being to advance kidney care outcomes.

SOURCE: Fresenius Medical Care

APRIL 6, 2022

Fresenius providing as much as six weeks paid go away to
staff who donate organs, bone marrow

Fresenius notes that stay donors account for just one-fourth of
kidney transplants in America, with many potential donors scared
off as a result of damaging monetary implications related to the
surgical procedure and restoration. These can take 4-to-six weeks, with many
donors opting to make use of trip time or unpaid absences. To counter
this, staff on the dialysis supplier who donate organs or bone
marrow shall be entitled to as much as six weeks’ paid go away, which
ought to take away one of many impediments for potential stay organ
donors. Fresenius’ worker profit follows an analogous program at DaVita, by which staff can
obtain as much as 4 weeks of paid go away in the event that they’re an organ or
bone marrow donor.

SOURCE: Fresenius Medical Care

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