Gordon H. Copland

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Biography

Gordon Copland concentrates his practice in complex litigation and health care matters. He routinely represents clients before the Health Care Authority (HCA) and other state regulatory boards on certificate of need, licensure, and related health care matters. He has extensive experience in antitrust litigation and in intellectual property litigation, including patents and trademarks.

Representative Experience

Represented and defended hospitals in antitrust claims brought by physicians under state and federal law
Successfully represented clients in certificate of need matters in Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia, including acquisitions and sales, construction of new facilities, addition of services, and opposition to duplicative services
Provided regular advice on medical staff issues, including scope of physician rights and the public, quasi-public and private hospital distinctions and HCQIA immunity requirements
Defended credentialing claims (common law and antitrust) by physicians
Represented clients in Medicaid rate setting and disallowance of administrative proceedings for nursing facilities, at administrative and appeal levels
Advised clients on issues regarding hospital-related organizations on liability, antitrust and compliance issues
Represented client in a jury trial on antitrust claims under state antitrust statute and sales below cost statute against a national coal company
Defended a hospital on claims of antitrust violations (exclusive dealing and tying) arising from the exclusion of CRNA’s as a class
Acted as local counsel to a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in claims of legal malpractice by mishandling the defense of a case in state and federal antitrust claims
Represented a hospital in antitrust claims brought by a physician
Represented a chemical manufacturer in a case brought by an excluded piping contractor against area chemical plants involving numerous Sherman Act and West Virginia antitrust claims
Represented chemical company in defense of an antitrust case in West Virginia federal court
Represented numerous clients in antitrust investigations by the West Virginia Attorney General, including coal companies in the statewide investigation of alleged monopoly pricing
Defended a pharmaceutical company in monopolization and related antitrust claims

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Licensed In

West Virginia

Education

J.D. William & Mary Law School

B.A. Washington & Lee University

Memberships

Former Member, “Certificate of Need Panel,” West Virginia Health Care Task Force (Responsible for Drafting State Health Plan) (1992)
Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
Health Care Committee, American Bar Association
National Health Lawyers Association

Achievements

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Healthcare (2021-Present)
The Best Lawyers in America®, Antitrust Law (2008-Present), Commercial Litigation (2006-Present), Health Care Law (2003-Present), Litigation – Antitrust (2011-Present), Litigation – Banking and Finance (2011-Present), Litigation – Municipal (2011-Present)
Best Lawyers® 2024 Morgantown, WV, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers® 2019 Morgantown, WV, Health Care Law, Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers® 2016 Morgantown, WV, Litigation-Banking and Finance, Lawyer of the Year

Speaking Engagements

“Government and Antitrust Enforcement in the Health Care Market: The Regulators Need an Update,” West Virginia Law Review
“Advance Medical Directives in West Virginia, Part Two,” West Virginia Law Review

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