DOJ and FTC back SmileDirectClub as Georgia dentistry board challenges ruling

Alex Wilts

26 January 2021

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The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have urged the full US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to rule that members of the Georgia Board of Dentistry are not entitled to state-action immunity in their defence against SmileDirectClub’s antitrust lawsuit.

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DOJ and FTC back SmileDirectClub as Georgia dentistry board challenges ruling

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