Steven Adler, Co-Chair of Healthcare Litigation, Employment Law and General Litigation at Mandelbaum Barrett PC, was featured in a recent Part B News article discussing a significant New Jersey lawsuit alleging that certain hospital management practices may constitute restraint of trade and interfere with patients’ rights to choose their physicians.
In the case brought by Salerno Medical Associates LLP against several RWJBarnabas Health hospitals, Steven shared legal insight into how New Jersey’s Antitrust Act and related case law recognize hospitals as quasi-public entities, giving the plaintiffs strong grounds for their claims.
“The New Jersey Antitrust Act and common law caselaw, which recognize hospitals as being quasi-public entities, and RWJB being a 501(c)(6) institution, gives our clients ample support to be successful on their claims,” he explained.
Steven also reflected on his past experience litigating similar restraint of trade cases involving hospital policies that limited independent physicians’ ability to practice.