The Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s decision allowing UnitedHealth’s $13 billion purchase of Change Healthcare to close.
The DOJ, joined by New York and Minnesota, filed a notice of appeal on Friday following U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ September ruling that dealt a blow to the department by greenlighting the UnitedHealth-Change deal.
UnitedHealth closed its acquisition of the health technology firm in October. As part of the closing, Change’s shares were delisted.