Omni Healthcare Inc. et al v. Health First, Inc. et al

  1. March 29, 2018

    Cohen Milstein Waived Right To Collect $600K: Magistrate

    A Florida magistrate judge recommended Wednesday that Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PPLC not be allowed to collect over $600,000 in attorneys' fees from a now-settled antitrust case against a hospital group, finding the firm had voluntarily withdrawn before trial and waived its right to compensation.

  2. October 17, 2017

    Cohen Milstein Forfeited Fees For Exiting Suit, Court Told

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC forfeited its right to any fees from a now-settled antitrust case against a hospital group when it opted to withdraw without facing circumstances in which staying in the case would be "legally impossible," the firm's former client told a Florida federal court Monday.

  3. September 11, 2017

    Cohen Milstein Wants Fees From $360M Hospital Antitrust Suit

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC asked a Florida federal court on Friday for $611,000 in attorneys’ fees from a former client representing doctors in a now-settled $360 million antitrust dispute with a hospital group, arguing that the doctors group can't cut it out of the settlement.

  4. August 25, 2017

    Cohen Milstein OK'd To Re-Enter $360M Doctor Antitrust Suit

    A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday that Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC can intervene in an already signed $360 million antitrust settlement between doctors and a hospital group to argue for a slice of counsel fees.

  5. July 31, 2017

    Judge Backs Cohen Milstein Intervention Bid In Doctor Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Friday said Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC should be allowed to intervene in an already signed $360 million antitrust settlement, calling the firm's bid to argue for a slice of plaintiffs counsel fees timely.

  6. March 31, 2017

    Cohen Milstein Says It Should Share In Deal In $360M Suit

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC asked Friday to intervene in a now-settled $360 million antitrust dispute between doctors and the Health First hospital group, arguing that the firm is owed a cut of attorneys' fees in the settlement because of its early work on the case.

  7. January 30, 2017

    Judge Rejects MDs' Dispute With Deal In Health First Suit

    A group of doctors who say they never consented to the settlement in a $360 million antitrust suit against the Health First hospital group lost their argument when a federal judge ruled the evidence suggested otherwise and the issue was not properly before the court anyway.

  8. November 22, 2016

    Whatley Kallas Wants Arbitration With Health First Trial Clients

    Whatley Kallas LLP told a Florida federal court Monday that the doctors who retained the law firm in a $360 million antitrust trial against Health First Inc. were now leveling gratuitous allegations against the firm and asked the court to compel arbitration with them.

  9. August 19, 2016

    Atty Fined For Using Internet During Health First Antitrust Trial

    A Florida federal judge Friday found an attorney in contempt and fined him $500 for violating his instructions against using the Internet during jury selection earlier in the week in a $360 million antitrust trial pitting a group of doctors against Health First Inc. and its co-founders.

  10. August 16, 2016

    Health First, Docs Settle $360M Antitrust Case

    Health First Inc. and its co-founders have reached a settlement with doctors accusing them in federal court of monopolizing regional health care in Florida, according to an order filed Tuesday dismissing the trebled $360 million suit on the second day of trial.