Third Circuit Bars Natera False Ads, Rejects CareDx Damages Bid

Natera Inc. dodged a $45 million payout but still faces an injunction over false ads touting the superiority of its kidney-transplant tests in a dispute with CareDx Inc., after the Third Circuit affirmed a Delaware judge’s ruling that erased damages but kept liability intact.

“The District Court correctly concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable juror to find the challenged claims were literally false,” Judge Patty Shwartz wrote in an opinion issued Thursday by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The appeals court rejected both sides’ challenges to the district court’s ruling, holding CareDx hadn’t ...