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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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‘Tell-your-boss’ mandate at center of witness testimony in DaVita trial
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Jurors learned that Kent Thiry, the former leader of DaVita, Inc., was the person who devised the unusual – and illegal, prosecutors say – requirement that DaVita’s senior employees tell their superiors that they were thinking of leaving before they could even be considered for positions at a competitor company. The “tell-your-boss” feature, as parties in the…
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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…
