A veterinary company indicted by Chewy Inc. beat up the online retailer on Monday over an alleged scheme to redirect digital pet recipe sales for using a New York state lawsuit to stifle competition from traditional veterinary practices.
The motion by Maine-based Covetrus Inc. and its lawyers in Weil, Gotshal & Manges disproved Chewy's claims that it worked with a New York software company to hijack the sale of veterinary drugs to unsuspecting customers, stating that the lawsuit was named Veterinary practices, which had the most to lose from the litigation, were excluded.
