Academy of Allergy & Asthma in Primary Care et al v. Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Company et al

  1. November 28, 2023

    Insurers Escape Allergy Treatment Groups' Antitrust Claims

    A Louisiana federal court has tossed antitrust claims from allergy testing and immunotherapy outfits against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana and other insurers after finding a lack of evidence showing a conspiracy to push the groups out of the market.

  2. April 26, 2022

    Allergy Co. Claims Trimmed As Untimely In Conspiracy Suit

    A Louisiana federal court has trimmed fraud claims and claims for interfering with certain contracts as untimely in a suit from an allergy testing and immunotherapy outfit accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana and other insurers of conspiring to keep it out of the market.

  3. January 02, 2019

    Allergy Co.'s Antitrust Suit Recycles Failed Trial, BCBS Says

    An antitrust suit over coverage of allergy testing and immunotherapy services is a blatant attempt to relitigate a lost trial by naming new defendants for the same conspiracy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana told a federal court in New Orleans in a push to dismiss the suit Wednesday.

  4. October 02, 2018

    Baker Donelson DQ'd In BCBS Antitrust Row Against Ex-Client

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC can't represent a Blue Cross Blue Shield unit against antitrust claims lodged by United Allergy Services, as it had represented the latter in related allegations years before, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  5. July 05, 2018

    Baker Donelson Blasts DQ Bid In BCBS Antitrust Row

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC fought Tuesday to continue representing a Blue Cross Blue Shield unit facing an antitrust suit from allergy testing company United Allergy Services, telling a Louisiana federal court that its short stint representing UAS involved no exposure to confidential information that would disqualify it from from representing the insurer in this case.

  6. June 04, 2018

    Allergy Tester Wants Baker Donelson DQ'd From Antitrust Suit

    Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC shouldn't be allowed to represent a Blue Cross Blue Shield unit in an antitrust suit brought by United Allergy Services, as the firm also represented UAS in related proceedings and still has access to its confidential information, the allergy testing company told a Louisiana federal court Friday.

  7. April 30, 2018

    Insurers Seek To Nix Antitrust Suit Over Allergy Testing

    Humana Inc. and two other health insurers urged a Louisiana federal court on Friday to dismiss claims brought by a medical supply company that they plotted to crush allergy testing competition, arguing that the complaint fell short and made no economic sense.

  8. January 16, 2018

    Insurers Accused Of Blocking Allergy Testing Competition

    A company that helps primary care providers test for and treat allergies accused two Blue Cross units and Humana in Louisiana federal court on Friday of conspiring to shut it down by refusing to pay for testing and treatment not conducted by specialists or a lab.