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Jan. 14, 2022
Sutter Health antitrust trial won’t be heard remotely, judge rules
Defense lawyers from Jones Day argued remote jury trials are not authorized by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
A $400 million antitrust case cannot be heard remotely, a U.S. magistrate judge in San Francisco ruled Thursday, granting Sutter Health hospital system's request to delay by months a jury trial that is over nine years in the making.
Citing COVID-19 concerns and the need to have the trial in person, Jones Day lawyers representing Sutter Health said the case facing the health care system should not be heard virtually because remote jury tria...
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