Department of Justice Brings First Sherman Act Wage Case and Does So In Healthcare, A Primary Focus of the Department | Moore & Van Allen PLLC
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In December, the Department of Justice filed its first ever criminal case for price fixing of wages. DOJ indicted the owner of a physical therapist staffing company for instigating a conspiracy among physical therapy services to suppress competition and fix wages for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants. Neerha Jindal, whose former company operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was indicted in the Eastern District of Texas for violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. In Count One, DOJ alleges Mr. Jindal successfull...