In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406

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Case Number:

2:13-cv-20000

Court:

Alabama Northern

Nature of Suit:

890 Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Judge R David Proctor

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  1. September 25, 2015

    Device Co. Fights BCBS Bid To Kill $67M Antitrust Suit

    Heart monitoring device and service provider LifeWatch Services Inc. urged a Pennsylvania federal court not to toss its $66.5 million antitrust suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its affiliated health insurance providers on Thursday.

  2. September 23, 2015

    BCBS Antitrust Players Continue Battle Over MDL Cert. Plan

    Blue Cross Blue Shield Association sparred Tuesday with health care providers and insurance purchasers in multidistrict litigation challenging the way the insurance giant divvies up territories among its franchises, with the parties trading blows over class certification and other issues regarding how the case should proceed.

  3. September 09, 2015

    Blue Cross Blasts 'Streamlining' Proposal In Antitrust MDL

    Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on Tuesday slammed a "streamlining procedure" proposed by the plaintiffs in antitrust multidistrict litigation that it claims would jeopardize the rights of defendants and absent class members and would extend pretrial proceedings for years.

  4. July 08, 2015

    Antitrust Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015

    The first half of 2015 was action-packed with rulings on key pharmaceutical antitrust issues and agency wins in high-profile challenges, but there's still plenty to watch for over the next six months, including cases that could alter the landscape of college sports and professional baseball and major challenges to benchmark banking rates.

  5. June 19, 2014

    Blue Cross Loses Bid To Exit Regional Plan Antitrust Suits

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and its units can't dodge allegations by two putative classes that they violated antitrust laws by carving up their business into regional units and agreeing not to compete, driving subscriber prices up and payments for care providers down, an Alabama federal judge found Wednesday.

  6. April 24, 2013

    Lead Attys Named In Blue Cross Antitrust MDL

    An Alabama federal judge on Tuesday appointed attorneys to represent health care providers and plan subscribers in a multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its member plans of restraining competition by divvying up geographic markets.