Forbes September 9, 2025
Epic is the health data infrastructure for many hospitals and health systems in the U.S. A federal judge in New York has allowed an antitrust lawsuit against the company to move forward, ruling that healthcare data platform Particle Health presented enough evidence to pursue several claims. This decision may open the door for other solution providers to launch similar antitrust challenges.
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald issued an order that partially granted and partially denied Epic Systems’ motion to dismiss Particle Health’s lawsuit. The court dismissed Particle’s Section 1 Sherman Act claim (restraint of trade) and its defamation and trade libel claims, finding those allegations unsupported. But the judge allowed the core Section 2 antitrust claims—monopolization, attempted monopolization, and monopoly leveraging—to...
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