In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406
Case Number:
2:13-cv-20000
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
28:1331 Fed. Question
Judge:
Firms
- Bainbridge Mims
- Serkland Law Firm
- Shelby Roden LLC
- Simons & Associates Law
- Gustafson Gluek
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Brooks Pierce
- Lanier Ford
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Butler Prather
- Law Offices of Stephen M. Hansen
- Benton & Centeno
- Rushton Stakely
- The McKay Firm
- Axinn Veltrop
- Brunini Grantham
- Penn & Seaborn
- Adams & Reese
- Eberle Berlin Kading Turnbow & McKlveen
- Ausman Law Firm
- Yuhl Carr
- Bondurant Mixson
- Gentle Turner
- Podhurst Orseck
- Levin Papantonio
- Hogan Lovells
- Wallace Jordan
- Murray Law Firm LLC
- Dominick Feld
- Chapman Lewis & Swan
- Leak Douglas
- Hill Hill Carter Franco Cole & Black
- McKool Smith
- Cravath Swaine
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Meierhenry Sargent
- Reed Smith
- Lockridge Grindal
- Crowe & Dunlevy
- Nelson Mullins
- Provosty & Gankendorff
- Faegre Drinker
- Crowell & Moring
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Cole Schotz
- Fox Rothschild
- Boies Schiller
- Dampier Law Firm
- NastLaw
- Pendley Baudin
- Beck Amsden
- Giarmarco Mullins
- Ellis Head
- Means Gillis
- Eimer Stahl
- Gray & White
- Guin Stokes
- Baker Wotring
- Cozen O'Connor
- Williams & Connolly
- Starnes Davis
- Hausfeld LLP
- White Arnold & Dowd
- Honigman LLP
- Paul Weiss
- Foley & Lardner
- Campbell Partners
- Battle & Winn
- Solberg Stewart
- Hart Law LLC
- Reichard & Escalera
- Taylor Porter
- Gurley Law
- Methvin Terrell
- Cooper & Kirk
- Eyster Key
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Stone & Magnanini
- Morris King & Hodge
- Bailey & Glasser
- Lynch Carpenter
- Baker Botts
- Ogletree Deakins
- Horn Aylward
- Pittman Dutton
- Holland & Knight
- A&O Shearman
- Gray & Associates
- King & Spalding
- Archie Lamb & Associates
- Lanier Law Firm
- Duane Morris
- Reich & Binstock
- Strom Law Firm
- Phillips Lytle
- White & Case
- Greenberg Traurig
- Pomerantz LLP
- Hunton Andrews
- Quinn Emanuel
- Polsinelli PC
- Bradley Arant
- Calcaterra Pollack
- Riley & Jackson
- Shaheen & Gordon
- Mooney Green
- BoiesBattin
- Bronster Fujichaku
- Dentons
- Bodman PLC
- Quinn Connor Weaver
- Porterfield Harper
- Rosen Harwood
- Gibson Dunn
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Maynard Nexsen
- Wachtell Lipton
- Wiggins Childs
- Meshbesher & Spence
- Cory Watson Attorneys
- Hickey & Evans
- Cusimano Roberts
- Pittman Firm
- Armbrecht Jackson
- Jinks Crow
- Jones & Swartz
- RichardsonClement PC
- Stites & Harbison
- John D. Saxon PC
- Gray & Associates LLC
- Wolfson Bolton
- Cafferty Clobes
- Saeed & Little
- Carroll Warren
- Kozyak Tropin
- CR Legal Team
- Spotswood Sansom
- Capell & Howard
- Wandro Kanne
- Scott&Scott
- Rumberger Kirk
- Shamoun & Norman
- Watkins & Eager
- Liskow & Lewis
- Miller & Chevalier
- Beasley Allen
- Butler Snow LLP
- Whatley Kallas
- Balch & Bingham
- Whitfield Bryson
- Sommers Schwartz
- Cohen Milstein
- Kapke Willerth
- Wojtalewicz Law Firm
- Schlichter Bogard
- Sperling Kenny
- Burr & Forman
- Wright Lindsey
- Wyatt Tarrant
- Alston & Bird
- Foote Mielke
- Redgrave LLP
- Baker Donelson
- Grant & Eisenhofer
Companies
- Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service
- Prime Therapeutics LLC
- PG&E Corp.
- Humana Inc.
- Premera Blue Cross
- Sutter Health
- Prime Healthcare Services Inc.
- Adventist Health System Inc.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- Nestle SA
- Sterling Jewelers Inc.
- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
- Lincoln National Corp.
- Health Care Service Corp.
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Darling Ingredients Inc.
- The Home Depot Inc.
- RTX Corp.
- Starbucks Corp.
- The Cigna Group
- Highmark Capital Management Inc.
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Inc.
- Halliburton Co.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- HealthNow New York Inc.
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
- UnitedHealth Group Inc.
- Kay Jewelers
- Aetna Inc.
- ServisFirst Bancshares Inc.
- Blue Shield of California
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp.
- BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona Inc.
- Iqvia Holdings Inc.
Government Agencies
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March 26, 2025
BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs Ordered To Disclose Funding Deals
Four law firms representing hospitals that opted out of the landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement must disclose whether their clients were motivated by a "quick payment" from litigation funders, an Alabama federal judge ordered Tuesday.
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March 05, 2025
BCBS Hit With New Antitrust Suits By $2.8B Deal Opt-Outs
Dozens of hospitals and healthcare systems that opted out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement filed fresh Sherman Act lawsuits against the insurance entities in Pennsylvania, California and Illinois federal courts Tuesday, accusing them of colluding to restrict competition for the purchase of healthcare services.
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February 27, 2025
Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs
An Alabama federal judge has disqualified Polsinelli PC from representing hospitals that opt out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement, even as other firms are licking their lips at the prospect of a multibillion-dollar bonanza of opt-out litigation.
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December 05, 2024
Providers' $2.8B BCBS Antitrust Deal Gets Judge's Initial OK
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November 14, 2024
Emergency Medical Providers Oppose $2.8B BCBS Deal
A group of emergency clinic medical providers objected to the $2.8 billion settlement a broader class of medical providers reached with the Blue Cross Blue Shield network of insurers last month, as attorneys for the overall class boasted that the settlement would transform the insurers and bring historic payouts.
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October 15, 2024
'Extraordinary' Blue Cross Deal Includes $2.8B Payout
The Blue Cross Blue Shield network will shell out $2.8 billion and invest "hundreds of millions" more overhauling its claims systems to soften barriers between members, in a massive antitrust settlement disclosed Monday in Alabama federal court under which healthcare providers' counsel stands to reap up to $700 million.
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March 08, 2023
Only Small Bond Needed For $2B BCBS Deal Objections
Home Depot and others who are objecting to a $2.67 billion settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield will only have to post a $5,000 bond in order to appeal the court's order, a far cry from the $113 million that the judge was originally asked to approve.
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August 09, 2022
Boies Schiller, Hausfeld Score $627M In Fees In BCBS MDL
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