CZ Services, Inc. v. Express Scripts Holding Company

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 CZ SERVICES, INC., et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-04217-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE EQUITABLE CLAIMS

v.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING COMPANY, et al., 9 Defendants.

10 A long-running dispute between plaintiffs CZ Services, Inc. and CareZone Pharmacy LLC (CZ), and defendants Express Scripts Holding Company and Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI), was tried by a jury in February 2022. The jury found against CZ on all of its claims against ESI, namely defamation, violations of the Lanham Act, trade libel, intentional interference with prospective economic relations, and negligent interference with prospective economic relations. Dkt. No. 551. The jury found against ESI on all of its counterclaims against CZ and its CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, for breach of contract and promissory fraud. Id. In effect, the jury declared a plague upon both parties’ houses. The Court entered judgment on the verdict on March 22, 2022, and the time for appeal has passed. Dkt. No. 560. The verdict and judgment disposed of…