In Re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406

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2:13-cv-20000

Court:

Alabama Northern

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890 Other Statutory Actions

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Class Action

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Judge R David Proctor

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March 19, 2019
BCBS Providers Cite Anthem Contradictions In Del. Trial

Health care provider class attorneys on Tuesday alerted an Alabama federal judge to recent Anthem Corp. testimony in Delaware that they say contradicts Blue Cross Blue Shield Association denials that the group's rules, including nationwide limits on member revenues from "non-Blue" businesses, are anticompetitive.
March 14, 2019
UPMC Asks Ala. Court To Let Other 'Blues' Replace Highmark

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday urged an Alabama federal judge to let it join the multidistrict litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield network and let other "Blues" contract with UPMC in place of its rival, Highmark Health.
January 18, 2019
Judge Orders Blue Cross Attys To Shape Up In Antitrust MDL

The Alabama federal judge overseeing sweeping antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield network has said he can no longer wait for the insurance giant's army of lawyers to marshal themselves into a more manageable group, ordering a dozen attorneys into a "Council of Twelve" to streamline a leadership plan.
December 12, 2018
BCBS Must Face Per Se Antitrust Test, 11th Circ. Rules

Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers must face the per se legal standard that if proven says their behavior in allegedly divvying up geographic markets broke the law regardless of the impact on competition, the Eleventh Circuit said Wednesday.
October 18, 2018
BCBS Shielded By Old Deals In Antitrust MDL, Judge Rules

Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers facing long-running multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to divvy up the market are protected by prior settlement agreements that free them from the claims, even though they never signed the deals, an Alabama federal judge ruled Wednesday.
June 13, 2018
BCBS Can Appeal Ruling That Limits Antitrust MDL Defense

An Alabama federal judge Tuesday gave his blessing to a bid by Blue Cross Blue Shield plans facing a multidistrict antitrust suit for an immediate appeal of a ruling that bars the health insurer from arguing there were pro-competitive benefits from alleged collaboration between the plans.
May 25, 2018
BCBS Wants Instant Appeal Of Per Se Ruling In Antitrust MDL

Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers urged an Alabama federal judge on Thursday to allow for an immediate appeal of a ruling that found they have to face the strict per se standard, which presumes that an alleged plot to divvy up geographic markets by the insurance plans was unlawful.
May 02, 2018
BCBS Antitrust Judge Out Of Patience, But Not GIFs

An exasperated Alabama federal judge chastised the Blue Cross Blue Shield network and insurance providers over their discovery spats in antitrust litigation concerning BCBS' alleged exclusivity agreements, taking the unusual step Tuesday of voicing his frustration through an animated GIF of Tom Hanks mouthing "Really?"
April 16, 2018
Merger Case Can't Be Used To Rule Anthem Facts Undisputed

An Alabama federal judge on Monday found that the plaintiffs in an antitrust multidistrict litigation against Blue Cross Blue Shield can't declare facts about Blue Cross subsidiary Anthem undisputed based on the ruling that sunk last year's $54 million Cigna Corp.-Anthem merger.
April 06, 2018
BCBS Must Face Tough Per Se Test In Antitrust MDL

An Alabama federal judge decided Thursday that health care providers and subscribers suing Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers need only prove that the insurance plans plotted to divvy up geographic markets to succeed on those claims in antitrust multidistrict litigation, dealing a setback to the network.