Photo: Atstock Productions/stock.adobe.com DOJ Falls Short in First Criminal Wage-Fixing Antitrust Trial, Texas Jury Finds
Locke Lord attorneys Paul Coggins and Jennifer McCoy teamed with Tatianna Witter, Holly Atchley, Veronica Long, Brad Weber and Brendan Gaffney, all of Dallas.
April 15, 2022 at 03:44 PM
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A federal jury found the former owner of a physical therapist staffing company not guilty on two counts and guilty to a third count in the first-ever criminal wage-fixing and no-poach indictments.
Following a six-day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the jury declared in its verdict that Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a physical therapy staffing company, was not guilty of violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act. He was accused in United States v. Jindal of conspiring with competitors to lower pay for physical therapists.
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