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Vizient’s private label spans more than 14,000 line items. The antitrust case that ended on October 5 never examined it.Vizient's Novaplus private label spans more than 14,000 line items across 130 contracts. The antitrust case that ended on October 5 was told the label competes with the suppliers VLitigationMembershipFees & economicsSubscribersPremier and the Alliant lawsuits: where the record standsTwo federal cases and an arbitration, all on hold while the parties negotiate. The next report to the court is due by November 30. Here is what has been decided, what has not, and LitigationContracts & awardsSubscribersWhat Premier Actually Sold, and What It KeptTeardown 7 — What Premier Actually Sold, and What It Kept The agreement that priced the divestiture was never sealed and never fought over.LitigationM&AContracts & awardsSubscribersThe Escape Hatch: The Clause That Lets a Sponsor Walk Around Its Own GPOTeardown 1 — The Escape Hatch: The Clause That Lets a Sponsor Walk Around Its Own GPO Somewhere in your files is an agreement you signed with a GPO, and you believe you know what iLitigationContracts & awardsFees & economicsSubscribersThe August 17 Status Report: The Full AnalysisAlliant, Premier and OMNIA tell the court the talks are still going — and ask for fourteen more days Joint status reports landed in both Western District of Kentucky cases on AugusLitigationThe August 17 Status Report: What It SaysStill talking: Alliant, Premier and OMNIA ask the court for fourteen more days Joint status reports filed in both Western District of Kentucky cases on August 17 announce neither aLitigationContracts & awardsDo You Know Which GPO You're Actually Buying Through? These Two Companies Didn't Agree Either — and Now It's in Federal Court.Two lawsuits, one arbitration, three unsealed contracts, and a status report due to a federal judge by August 17. The whole story, sourced to the docket, in ten minutes.LitigationContracts & awardsFees & economics