Reply #18: COMPLAINT: three Ft Worth DoJ attorneys with antitrust expertise "dismissed" [View All]

[L. Coyote]

COMPLAINT for federal antitrust and state contract related claims.
http://www.medicalsupplychain.com/docs%5CMSC%20vs.%20Novation%20et%20al.doc

Medical Supply CHAIN, INC., Plaintiff, v. NOVATION, LLC, et.al
Case No. 05-0210-CV-W-ODS

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The Need For Private Antitrust Enforcement

95. At the close of the US Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee’s hearing entitled “Hospital Group Purchasing: How to Maintain Innovation and Cost Savings” on Tuesday, September 14, 2004, the subcommittee's chair suggested that the 1.8 trillion dollar market's anti-competitive behavior might be better corrected with private antitrust litigation than with new legislation.

i. The Limited Resources Of The US Department Of Justice

96. Two US Attorneys that appeared connected to the criminal investigation of Novation, LLC have died and three more in the Ft Worth office of the US Department of Justice with antitrust expertise have been dismissed.
97. The Ft. Worth US Attorney’s office has been at the epicenter of where civil antitrust actions by manufacturers foreclosed from group purchasing organization distribution systems have been litigated and is believed to have been the center of effort behind the government’s criminal investigation of hospital supply relationships.
98. On October 18, 2004 Leonard Senerote, A former U.S. Army Special Forces officer who was an expert in complex securities cases and an antitrust trial attorney, Michael Uhl and Michael Snipes, veteran prosecutors with expertise in white collar fraud and corruption were announced as separating from the Ft. Worth Office of the US Attorney.

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100. Medical Supply does not believe there is currently an active criminal investigation of the supplier side of hospital Medicare false claims.