UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED and CHANGE HEALTHCARE, INC., Defendants., 630 F. Supp. 3d 118

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-The court rejected the government's request to enjoin the healthcare enterprise's proposed acquisition of a healthcare technology company under 15 U.S.C.S. § 18 because the government failed to meet its burden of proving that the transaction was likely to substantially lessen competition in the relevant markets, as divestiture of the enterprise's claims editing solution to an independent buyer would restore the competitive intensity lost because of the acquisition. The government also failed to show that the proposed merger was likely to substantially lessen competition under the data-misuse theory because it rested on speculation rather than real-world evidence that events were likely to unfold as the government predicted.