Dental Supply Antitrust Lawsuit
Attention Dental Supply Purchasers: You may have been forced to overpay for your dental supplies due to illegal anticompetitive practices.
If you or your dental practice purchased supplies from one of the three main dental supply companies you may be eligible to participate in an antitrust lawsuit against these suppliers.
NastLaw antitrust lawyers are representing direct purchasers who purchased dental supplies from:
- Patterson Companies, Inc.
- Henry Schein, Inc.
- Benco Dental Supply Company
These three companies are the principle suppliers of dental supplies in the United States, controlling 80 to 90 percent of the market. If your practice purchased supplies anytime after January 20, 2012, contact our dental antitrust attorneys today to discuss the lawsuit.
Our attorneys, on behalf of our clients, are seeking to recover damages from years of overcharging as a result of the unlawful group boycotts and other anticompetitive practices.
Anticompetitive Practices in Dental Supply Industry
The lawsuit alleges that these suppliers violated United States antitrust laws by engaging in and/or threatening group boycotts to block the ability of lower cost rivals to compete in the dental market.
This misconduct permitted these companies to maintain their collective market power and to overcharge their customers for Dental Supplies. As a result, dentists and dental practices have paid more for dental supplies than they otherwise would have paid.
A History of Anticompetitive Dental Supply Practices
In April 2015, the Texas Attorney General alleged that Benco Dental Supply Company engaged in an unlawful boycott in response to a new online dental sales venture. Benco threatened to boycott various dental supplies manufacterers if they supported the new venture. As a result of the complaint, Benco agreed to pay $300,000 in legal fees and costs and agreed to substantial relief.
A similar complaint was filed in 2012 against Henry Schein, Inc. In the complaint, Schein is alleged to have pressured the American Dental Cooperative to revoke the membership of a sales agent and pressured various manufacturers to stop supplying the sales agent with products unless the sales agent agreed to fix their prices.
The Arizona Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission are also actively investigating the anticompetitive group boycotts from Patterson, Schein and Benco.
About NastLaw Antitrust Attorneys
Our attorneys, on behalf of our clients, are seeking to recover damages from years of overcharging as a result of the unlawful group boycotts and other anticompetitive practices.
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