Change Healthcare

Orders at several pharmacies have been delayed after a cyberattack was detected at UnitedHealth’s technology unit, Change Healthcare. The company said issues began Wednesday afternoon and some applications were unavailable. In a post later on Wednesday, Change Healthcare said it was experiencing network interruptions related to cybersecurity issues. Security experts “took immediate action” once the company was aware of the outside threat to protect the interests of its partners and patients. The…

WASHINGTON—A federal judge Monday ruled against a Justice Department antitrust challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $13 billion acquisition of health-technology firm Change Healthcare Inc., rejecting government claims that the deal would unlawfully suppress competition and limit innovation in health-insurance markets. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled for the companies in an opinion that he kept under seal for now because he said it “may contain competitively sensitive information.” The judge…

WASHINGTON—A federal judge grilled the Justice Department on Thursday over its antitrust claims that UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s UNH 1.12% $13 billion acquisition of health-technology firm Change Healthcare Inc. CHNG 2.34% would suppress competition and limit innovation in health insurance markets. During closing arguments, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols…

Two merger trials, each beginning Monday at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., will provide an early test for Biden administration antitrust enforcement and determine the fate of multibillion-dollar deals in the publishing and healthcare industries. The lawsuits are part of the Biden administration’s push to be more aggressive in bringing cases against deals that it believes will suppress competition. In the publishing case, the department argues the merger will hurt authors, especially bestselling ones, by…