Epic Systems Will Face Part of Health-Records Antitrust Suit

Epic Systems Corp. was unable to convince a federal judge to fully dismiss claims that the software giant used its power in the electronic health records market to harm a competitor.

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday partially granted and partially denied Epic’s motion to dismiss, saying plaintiff Particle Health Inc. sufficiently alleged antitrust harm on some of its federal antitrust and tort claims.

Buchwald allowed Particle’s claims under Section 2 of the Sherman Act—monopolization, attempted monopolization, and monopoly leveraging—and tortious interference with contract.

Claims under Section 1 ...