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White-collar DaVita trial kicks off with competing interpretations of corporate agreements
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Twelve jurors heard competing interpretations on Monday of the corporate agreements that are at the heart of a novel criminal trial based on an 1890 federal antitrust law. To the government, the agreements between kidney dialysis company DaVita, Inc. and three of its competitors represented an illegal scheme to restrict the movement of employees between…
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United States v. DaVita: Preview of groundbreaking white-collar trial in Denver
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The nearly three-week criminal trial of Denver-based DaVita, Inc. and its former leader, Kent Thiry, will begin on Monday morning, as prosecutors attempt to prove that a series of agreements between DaVita and its competitors are a novel violation of a century-old antitrust law. The government alleges there were high-level understandings that certain competitor companies…
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Parties argue over mundane, salacious issues as DaVita trial looms
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With weeks to go until the high-profile white collar trial, attorneys for the United States and for Fortune 500 company DaVita, Inc. clashed in a downtown Denver courtroom, arguing over the admissibility of expert testimony, the multimillion-dollar compensation for DaVita’s CEO-turned-defendant, and the government’s withholding of information. The parties on Thursday even disputed whether the…
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‘Keep Kent Thiry happy’: Prosecutors air statements of alleged DaVita conspiracy in court
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With a jury trial scheduled to take place in just over a month, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed in federal court on Thursday a catalogue of statements from co-conspirators in the alleged scheme by Denver-based DaVita, Inc. and its ex-leader, Kent Thiry, to unlawfully restrict the movement of employees between companies. Thiry and DaVita…
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Ex-DaVita CEO, federal prosecutors argue in court over groundbreaking antitrust case
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There were two things federal prosecutors and lawyers for kidney dialysis company DaVita Inc. agreed on: First, the criminal case involving DaVita’s agreement with competitors to not recruit each other’s high-level employees is one of the first of its kind brought under century-old antitrust laws. Second, both parties argued that a federal judge must decide…
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Denver’s DaVita spends big to defeat California dialysis measure
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By Sophia Bollag, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A ballot measure restricting profits at dialysis clinics has overtaken initiatives on the gas tax and rent control to become the most expensive California proposition this cycle. And Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita Inc. is spending tens of millions to dollars to help defeat the measure. Proposition 8…
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Denver’s DaVita to pay feds $270M over improper billing practices
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A unit of Denver-based health-care giant DaVita Inc. has agreed to pay $270 million to resolve allegations it provided inaccurate information to Medicare, federal prosecutors said Monday. DaVita Medical Holdings admitted to practices that caused incorrect diagnosis codes to be submitted in order to obtain inflated payments, according to the U.S. Justice Department. California-based HealthCare…
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Hickenlooper names 32 civic and business leaders as Governor’s Fellows
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The Quarterly Forum inducted 32 executives and community leaders on Friday who will make up the next class of Colorado Governor’s Fellows from across the state. The nonpartisan fellowship started in 2016 under Gov. John Hickenlooper with endorsements from former Govs. Bill Ritter and Bill Owens. The idea is to train leaders and cultivate their ideas…
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Lawmakers kick off Colo. anti-gerrymandering campaign, with gov. on board
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Senate President Kevin Grantham, a Republican, and House Speaker Crisanta Duran, a Democrat, signed resolutions Wednesday to ask voters to put more balance in how legislative and congressional districts are drawn. In November Coloradans will decide if independent commissions should do that job or leave the task to politicians and judges after the census every…
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Coloradans have shown they can answer the call to compromise
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If you turn on cable news or open your social media feed, you’re likely not to see much to cheer about. Our national politics have been consumed by division and conflict. While that’s true, it is also not the whole story. Despite our divisions, here in Colorado there have been times of compromise and progress…
