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
Judge:
Firms
- Serkland Law Firm
- Shelby Roden LLC
- Bradley Arant
- Simons & Associates Law
- Gustafson Gluek
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Brooks Pierce
- Lanier Ford
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Butler Prather
- Wachtell Lipton
- Law Offices of Stephen M. Hansen
- Benton & Centeno
- Rushton Stakely
- The McKay Firm
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Greenberg Traurig
- Axinn Veltrop
- Brunini Grantham
- Hickey & Evans
- Penn & Seaborn
- Bainbridge Mims
- Eimer Stahl
- Adams & Reese
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Eberle Berlin Kading Turnbow & McKlveen
- Bricker Graydon
- Ausman Law Firm
- Yuhl Carr
- Gentle Turner
- A&O Shearman
- Crowell & Moring
- Gibson Dunn
- Boies Schiller
- Levin Papantonio
- Podhurst Orseck
- Duane Morris
- Williams & Connolly
- Paul Weiss
- Wallace Jordan
- Murray Law Firm LLC
- Faegre Drinker
- Dominick Feld
- Zuckerman Spaeder
- Chapman Lewis & Swan
- Bondurant Mixson
- Pomerantz LLP
- Leak Douglas
- Reed Smith
- Cole Schotz
- Hill Hill Carter Franco Cole & Black
- Meierhenry Sargent
- Nelson Mullins
- Lockridge Grindal
- Crowe & Dunlevy
- Phillips Lytle
- Provosty & Gankendorff
- Beck Amsden
- Dampier Law Firm
- White & Case
- NastLaw
- Pendley Baudin
- Gurley Law
- Giarmarco Mullins
- Ellis Head
- Means Gillis
- Gray & White
- Guin Stokes
- Scott&Scott
- Baker Wotring
- Horn Aylward
- Starnes Davis
- Hausfeld LLP
- White Arnold & Dowd
- Honigman LLP
- Campbell Partners
- Battle & Winn
- Ogletree Deakins
- Solberg Stewart
- Baker Botts
- Hart Law LLC
- Reichard & Escalera
- Taylor Porter
- Methvin Terrell
- Cooper & Kirk
- Fox Rothschild
- Dentons
- Cozen O'Connor
- Eyster Key
- Stone & Magnanini
- Morris King & Hodge
- Bailey & Glasser
- Lynch Carpenter
- Polsinelli PC
- Pittman Dutton
- Gray & Associates
- Archie Lamb & Associates
- Reich & Binstock
- Strom Law Firm
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Knight
- Cohen Milstein
- Cravath Swaine
- Foley & Lardner
- Quinn Emanuel
- King & Spalding
- Lanier Law Firm
- Calcaterra Pollack
- Riley & Jackson
- Shaheen & Gordon
- Mooney Green
- BoiesBattin
- McKool Smith
- Bronster Fujichaku
- Bodman PLC
- Quinn Connor Weaver
- Porterfield Harper
- Rosen Harwood
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Maynard Nexsen
- Wiggins Childs
- Meshbesher & Spence
- Cory Watson Attorneys
- Hunton Andrews
- 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
- Rumberger Kirk
- Shamoun & Norman
- Watkins & Eager
- Liskow & Lewis
- Miller & Chevalier
- Beasley Allen
- Butler Snow LLP
- Whatley Kallas
- Balch & Bingham
- Whitfield Bryson
- Sommers Schwartz
- 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
- Humana Inc.
- RTX Corp.
- Adventist Health System Inc.
- Prime Healthcare Services Inc.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- PG&E Corp.
- Nestle SA
- Sterling Jewelers Inc.
- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
- Premera Blue Cross
- Health Care Service Corp.
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Starbucks Corp.
- Sutter Health
- The Cigna Group
- Highmark Capital Management Inc.
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Inc.
- Halliburton Co.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
- Perdue Farms Inc.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.
- Tyson Foods Inc.
- The Home Depot Inc.
- Lincoln National Corp.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp.
- 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
Sectors & Industries:
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January 21, 2026
BCBS Says Bankrupt Hospital Can't Leave $3B Antitrust Deal
Blue Cross Blue Shield is opposing a bankrupt Alabama hospital's bid to opt out of a $2.8 billion antitrust class action settlement to pursue its own claims in bankruptcy court, arguing the hospital has no excuse for missing the deadline.
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January 06, 2026
Bankrupt Hospital Wants Out Of $3B BCBS Antitrust Deal
A bankrupt Alabama hospital is asking a federal judge to allow it to drop out of a $2.8 billion antitrust class action settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield, saying it may be forced to shut down unless it can pursue separate relief in bankruptcy court.
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August 20, 2025
$2.8B BCBS Antitrust Deal Approved With $759M For Attys
An Alabama federal judge has approved a $2.8 billion settlement between Blue Cross Blue Shield and a class of medical providers in a landmark antitrust case, with $759 million going to Whatley Kallas LLP and other law firms for attorney fees and costs.
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July 14, 2025
BCBS Defends $2.8B Provider Antitrust Deal Amid Objections
Blue Cross Blue Shield asked an Alabama federal judge on Friday to approve a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement with hospitals and other healthcare providers over its territorial policies, arguing that recent objections to the deal's release provision are meritless and the settlement preserves "key, procompetitive features" of the insurance system.
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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
An Alabama federal judge has given his initial approval for a $2.8 billion settlement inked between Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and a proposed class of medical providers in a more than 12-year-old antitrust case targeting association rules.
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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.