Tivity Health Investors Keep UHC Competition Case Class Status

Tivity Health Inc. investors can continue pursuing as a class their suit over a former customer’s transformation into a competitor after a federal judge in Tennessee rejected the company’s bids for decertification and an early win.

The health services company’s investors accused it of not telling them that one of its biggest clients, UnitedHealthcare, planned to offer new services that would directly compete with Tivity’s flagship program. The company hasn’t shown that investors already knew about the added competition, and there are still genuine disputes of material fact, the U.S. District Court for Middle District of Tennessee said.

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