Leeds DDS v. Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama et al
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August 19, 2021
SmileDirect Settles Case Over Alabama Dental Board Rules
Teeth alignment company SmileDirectClub has reached a settlement resolving its case over rules imposed by Alabama's dental board requiring dentists to be physically on-site when imaging is performed, after the board's members lost an Eleventh Circuit appeal.
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December 07, 2020
Ala. Dental Board Gets SmileDirect, FTC Cases Combined
An Alabama federal judge has combined a pair of cases over state dental board rules that allegedly restrict competition from teledentistry services, allowing the board to simultaneously fight a Federal Trade Commission enforcement while also battling a case from teledentistry giant SmileDirectClub.
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April 18, 2019
SmileDirect Can Lodge Ala. Antitrust Fight In State Court
An Alabama federal judge has cleared the way for SmileDirectClub to retry its antitrust claims against the state's dental examiners board in state court.
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April 09, 2019
SmileDirect Wants Its Teeth Back In Tossed Antitrust Claims
A federal judge erred in tossing SmileDirectClub's antitrust claims against Alabama's dental examiners board with prejudice, the web-based business has told the court.
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April 03, 2019
Ala. Dental Board Can't Kill SmileDirect's Antitrust Suit
An Alabama federal judge has trimmed an antitrust suit lodged by web-based dentistry SmileDirectClub alleging the state's dental examiners board is illegally trying to shut it down, finding the board and its members were immune to some of the company's federal and state claims.
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January 25, 2019
Orthodontists' Group Blasted For 'Monopolistic Objective'
The American Association of Orthodontists is just trying to head off "serious competition" by backing Alabama's dental examiners board in an antitrust suit, according to a licensed dentist and a teeth aligning company that have sued the board for preventing them from doing business in the state.
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October 15, 2018
Dentist, Tooth Aligner Co. Hit Ala. Board With Antitrust Suit
A licensed dentist in Alabama and a company that makes teeth aligners have hit the Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama with an antitrust suit alleging it exceeded its authority and practiced protectionism when it ruled that the dentist and the company could not practice in the state.