Judge Refuses to Toss Shareholder Suit Against Clover Health

  • Mar 25, 2022

    Roughly a year after a highly critical report from an activist short seller cast a pall over Clover Health Investments Corp.’s debut as a publicly traded company, a federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a key shareholder lawsuit that accuses the Medicare Advantage startup of hiding critical information from investors.

    While the Feb. 28 ruling does not make any judgment about the merits of the allegations brought by shareholders Timothy Bond and Jean-Nicolas Tremblay, it is still noteworthy, one legal expert tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT.

    “Often these cases are filed but then they’re disposed of early on,” says David Kaufman, an attorney with Laurus Law Group LLC. “This case was not disposed of, so getting beyond the motion to dismiss is pretty significant, and it’s going to require substantial litigation from this point forward before it reaches any kind of decision.”

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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