Know Your Judge: Brian Cogan Looks at Trial in Dental Boycott Case

This week in Know Your Judge, we look at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York’s Brian Cogan, who is preparing to set a trial date in a simmering boycott case over dental supplies.

SourceOneDental Inc. sued the country’s largest dental supply distributors in 2015, alleging they colluded to stymie adoption of its electronic platform for group purchasing organizations in dental care. SourceOne said that Patterson Companies Inc., Henry Schein Inc., and Benco Dental Supply Co. control most of the market for dental supplies and equipment distribution, and that they boycotted dentists and manufacturers who agreed ...