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The game-changing ballot measures soon to emerge | SONDERMANN
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There is only so much political oxygen. Around here, attention is currently consumed by the final weeks of the legislative session, along with the perpetual oxygen-sucking machines that go by names like Trump, Boebert, and Williams. While all those command the headlines and clicks, the developments and machinations with the most potential long-term consequence for…
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The game-changing ballot measures soon to emerge | SONDERMANN
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There is only so much political oxygen. Around here, attention is currently consumed by the final weeks of the legislative session, along with the perpetual oxygen-sucking machines that go by names like Trump, Boebert, and Williams. While all those command the headlines and clicks, the developments and machinations with the most potential long-term consequence for…
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The game-changing ballot measures soon to emerge | SONDERMANN
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There is only so much political oxygen. Around here, attention is currently consumed by the final weeks of the legislative session, along with the perpetual oxygen-sucking machines that go by names like Trump, Boebert, and Williams. While all those command the headlines and clicks, the developments and machinations with the most potential long-term consequence for…
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Federal judge advances class action lawsuit against DaVita for alleged wage violations
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A federal judge has permitted a class action lawsuit against Denver-based DaVita, Inc. to proceed, with allegations the kidney care company failed to compensate nurses and technicians for meal breaks as the law requires. Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang gave her preliminary approval to a class of DaVita workers who will…
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DaVita case heads to jury: ‘There’s not a bro code exception’
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Jurors will now decide whether Denver-based kidney care company DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, are guilty of violating a century-old federal antitrust law by conspiring to prevent DaVita employees from being recruited for other job opportunities. Prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice and defense attorneys for DaVita and Thiry delivered nearly…
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Jurors hear from victim of alleged corporate conspiracy in ongoing DaVita trial
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After a week of calling corporate executives to testify and airing communications between the enablers of an alleged white-collar conspiracy, the government’s attorneys on Tuesday closed their case by letting the jury hear from one victim of the scheme. Elliot Holder, a self-described mid-level employee of kidney care company DaVita, Inc., recounted his experience interviewing…
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Jurors in DaVita trial quiz FBI agent about investigation tactics
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Jurors expressed a keen interest on Monday in knowing the details of the federal government’s process for investigating, charging and prosecuting kidney care company DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, on white-collar criminal charges. As the second week of the trial began in downtown Denver, Special Agent Matthew Hamel of the Federal Bureau…
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DaVita criminal trial ends first week with executive hiring under microscope
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The criminal trial of kidney care company DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, ended its first week with a detailed look at the flow of DaVita employees to Radiology Partners, another healthcare company the government alleges was involved in a conspiracy to stifle competition in the labor market. Jurors heard from Rich Whitney,…
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Defense gets chance to clarify gentlemen’s agreements in DaVita criminal trial
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Defense lawyers sought to change jurors’ perception of the corporate pacts at the heart of the federal criminal trial of DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, by clarifying the intent directly with one of the men responsible for the agreements. Andrew Hayek, the former chief executive officer of Surgical Care Affiliates, said on…
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‘I’m not proud of this’: Jurors in DaVita hear from witnesses who carried out allegedly illegal agreements
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Jurors on Tuesday learned details about the alleged conspiracy to keep workers locked in their jobs by DaVita, Inc. and its former leader Kent Thiry, hearing directly from two people who enforced the terms of the agreements or understood the motivations behind them. A key government witness, Bridget “Bridie” Fanning, recalled how uncomfortable she felt…
