IN RE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 2:13-CV-20000-RDP.

26 F.Supp.3d 1172 (2014)

In re BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION (MDL No.: 2406).

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

Signed June 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Webster , Chapman Lewis & Swan PLLC, Clarksdale, MS, Megan Jones , William Butterfield , Melinda Coolidge , Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld LLP, Richard A. Feinstein , Kathleen Simpson Kiernan , William A. Isaacson , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Bradley A. Wasser , David A. Balto , Law Offices of David Balto, Carl S. Kravitz , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Charles M. Thompson , Charles M. Thompson PC, Daniel A. Small , Laura Alexander , Meghan M. Boone , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Jason R. Rathod , Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Justin W. Bernick , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Mark J. Murphy , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy and Welch PC, Washington, DC, Aaron S. Podhurst , Matthew P. Weinshall , John Gravante, III , Peter Prieto , Podhurst Orseck PA, Javier Asis Lopez , Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton PA, Miami, FL, Andrea Layne Stackhouse , Lawrence L. Jones, II , Jones Ward PLC, Mark K. Gray , Gray & White, Louisville, KY, Andrew England Brashier , Archibald I. Grubb, II , Rebecca Diane Gilliland , Wilson Daniel Miles, III , Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Gregory L. Davis , Davis & Taliaferro LLC, H. Lewis Gillis , Means Gillis Law, LLC, Montgomery, AL, Andrew J. Kochanowski , Jason J. Thompson , Kevin J. Stoops , Lance Craig Young , Sommers Schwartz PC, Southfield, MI, Andrew Allen Lemmon , Lemmon Law Firm, Hahnville, LA, Andrew M. Stone , Stone Law Firm LLC, Benjamin J. Sweet , Edwin J. Kilpela, Jr. , Carlson Lynch Ltd., Pittsburgh, PA, Anna Louise Hart , Annesley H. Degaris , Douglas A. Dellaccio, Jr. , Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris PC, Augusta S. Dowd , Hope S. Marshall , J. Mark White , Katherine R. Brown , Linda G. Flippo , U. W. Clemon, White Arnold & Dowd PC, Barry A. Ragsdale , Sirote & Permutt PC, Brian M. Clark, Dennis G. Pantazis , Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher & Goldfarb, Christopher T. Hellums , Jonathan S. Mann , Pittman Dutton & Hellums PC, David J. Guin , Guin Stokes & Evans LLC, Donna Smith Cude , John D. Saxon PC, Edward K. Wood, Jr. , Michael E. Gurley, Jr. , Wood Law Firm LLC, Glen M. Connor , Richard P. Rouco , Quinn Connor Weaver Davies & Rouco, J. Allen Schreiber , Burke Harvey LLC, James M. Terrell , Phillip W. McCallum , R. G. Methvin, Jr. , McCallum Methvin & Terrell PC, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , W. Tucker Brown , Whatley Kallas LLP, John D. Saxon , John D. Saxon PC, Peter H. Burke , Burke Harvey LLC, Richard S. Frankowski , The Frankoski Firm LLC, Robert B. Roden , Shelby Roden LLC, Tammy McClendon Stokes , Guin Stokes & Evans LLC, Birmingham, AL, Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. , Hausfeld LLP, San Francisco, CA, Ben W. Gordon, Jr. , Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, Pensacola, FL, Benjamin L. Barnes , Edmond, OK, Brenton W. Cole , Jacob T. E. Stutzman , James L. Warren, III , Carroll Warren & Parker PLLC, M. Patrick McDowell , Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Jackson, MS, Brian E. Wojtalewicz , Wojtalewicz Law Firm Ltd., Appleton, MN, Bruce C. Jones , Eric B. Swartz , Jones & Swartz PLLC, Boise, ID, Bryan L. Clobes , Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Dianne M. Nast , Erin C. Burns , Nastlaw LLC, Michael J. McCarrie , Artz Health Law, Philadelphia, PA, Carl Wesley Pittman , The Pittman Firm PA, Lee McArthur Scott , Panama City, FL, Casey Langston Lott , Langtson & Lott, P.A., Booneville, MS, Charles D. Hudson , Myron C. Penn , Penn and Seaborn LLC, Christina D. Crow , Lynn W. Jinks, III , Nathan A. Dickson, II , Jinks Crow & Dickson PC, Union Springs, AL, Charles C. Hunter , Debra B. Hayes , The Hayes Law Firm, Kingwood, TX, Charles R. Watkins , John R. Wylie , Donaldson & Guin LLC, Chicago, IL, Christopher T. Cain , Scott & Cain, Thomas S. Scott, Jr. , Ball & Scott Law Offices, W. Gordon Ball , Gordon Ball Law Office, Knoxville, TN, Christopher L. Coffin , Stanley P. Baudin , Pendley Baudin & Coffin LLP, Plaquemine, LA, Cyril V. Smith, III , Daniel Patrick Moylan , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD, D. Brian Hufford , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Edith M. Kallas , Whatley Kallas LLC, Robert J. Axelrod , Axelrod & Dean LLP, Star Mishkel Tyner , Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross, LLP, New York, NY, Dale Ernest Akins , Akins Law Firm, Bluffton, SC, Daniel E. Gustafson , Daniel C. Hedlund , Ellen M. Ahrens , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Minneapolis, MN, David Boies , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, NY, David A. Ettinger , Lara F. Phillip , Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP, Detroit, MI, David J. Hodge , Morris King & Hodge, Herman Watson, Jr. , Rebekah Keith McKinney , Watson McKinney LLP, Huntsville, AL, David M. Wilkerson , The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville, NC, Deborah J. Winegard , Whatley Kallas LLC, Atlanta, GA, Dennis Craig Reich , Reich & Binstock LLP, Houston, TX, Edgar Hyde Carby , Philip E. Carby , Carby & Carby PC, Natchez, MS, Edgar Dean Gankendorff , Eric R. Belin , Provosty & Gankendorff LLC, New Orleans, LA, Gail A. McQuilkin , Harley S. Tropin , Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton PA, Coral Gables, FL, Garrett D. Blanchfield , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, St. Paul, MN, Gary E. Mason , Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, AL, Gerald F. Easter , Gerald F. Easter , Attorney at Law, Randall D. Noel , Butler Snow LLP, Timothy R. Holton , Deal Cooper Holton PLLC, Matthew G. White , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Memphis, TN, Henry C. Quillen , Whatley Kallas LLP, Portsmouth, NH, Irma L. Netting , Lemmon Law Firm, Hahnville, LA, J. Michael Malone , Hendren & Malone PLLC, Raleigh, NC, James G. Adams, Jr. , Julia Smeds Roth , Nicholas B. Roth , Ta'Kisha L. Guster , Eyster Key Tubb Roth Middleton & Adams LLP, Decatur, AL, James P. Carr , Yuhl Carr LLP, Marina Del Rey, CA, Janet Brooks Holmes , Temus C. Miles, Jr. , McKay Cauthen Settana and Stubley, Joseph Preston Strom, Jr. , Strom Law Firm LLC, Columbia, SC, Joey K. James , Bunch & James, Florence, AL, John Clark Davis , John C. Davis PC, Tallahassee, FL, John R. Holton , Deal Cooper Holton PLLC, Memphis, TN, John Doyle Nalley , Lovell & Nalley, Benton, AR, John W. Partin , L. Shane Seaborn , Penn & Seaborn LLC, Clayton, AL, John W. Reis , Cozen O'Connor , Charlotte, NC, Jonathan Charles Little , Saeed & Little, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Kathleen Currie Chavez , Matthew J. Herman , Robert M. Foote , Foote Mielke Chavez & O'Neil LLC, Geneva, IL, Lisa N. Hayes , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, Auburn, AL, M. Stephen Dampier , The Dampier Law Firm PC, Fairhope, AL, Margery S. Bronster , Rex Y. Fujichaku , Robert M. Hatch , Bronster Hoshibata , Honolulu, HI, Michael P. McGartland , McGartland Law Firm PLLC, Fort Worth, TX, Michael J. Sudekum , Mandel and Mandel, LLP, Troy A. Doles , Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP, St. Louis, MO, Mitchell Lloyd Berry , Dyke Goldsholl & Winzerling PLC, Little Rock, AR, Nicholas R. Rockforte , Patrick W. Pendley , Pendley Baudin & Coffin LLP, Plaquemine, LA, Patrick E. Cafferty , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Ann Arbor, MI, Patrick James Quinlan , Law Offices of Patrick J. Quinlan, Providence, RI, R. Christopher Cowan , Cowan Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Robert G. Eisler , Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Wilmington, DE, Sean T. O'Connell , Shaheen & Gordon PA, Dover, NH, Stephen M. Hanson , Law Offices of Stephen M. Hansen, PS, Tacoma, WA, Thomas Bender , Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughn PC, Kansas City, MO, Thomas Michael Trucksess , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, McLean, VA, Tyler J. Barnett , Yuhl Carr LLP, Marina Del Rey, CA, Van Bunch , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint PCO, Phoenix, AZ, Virginia M. Buchanan , Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor PA, Pensacola, FL, William H. Horton , Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC, Troy, MI, for Plaintiff.

Aaron G. McLeod , Adams & Reese LLP, Andrew Phillip Campbell , Andrew T. Campbell , Stephen D. Wadsworth , Campbell Guin Williams Guy and Gidiere LLC, Brian P. Kappel , Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Carl S. Burkhalter , James L. Priester , John T. A. Malatesta, III , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, Cavender C. Kimble , Balch & Bingham LLP, D. Keith Andress , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Devin Clarke Dolive , Gary M. London , Burr & Forman LLP, John M. Johnson , Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Joshua K. Payne , Michael Sansbury , Robert K. Spotswood , Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC, Kimberly R. West , Mark Montgomery Hogewood , Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC, Stephen A. Rowe , Adams & Reese LLP, Birmingham, AL, Adam H. Charnes , Chad Dwight Hansen , Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Alan Harris , Bodman PLC, Ann Arbor, MI, Alan D. Rutenberg , Foley & Lardner LLP, Andrew D. Kaplan , April N. Ross , Kathleen Taylor Sooy , Crowell & Moring LLP, Craig A. Hoover , E. Desmond Hogan , Elizabeth A. Jose , J. Robert Robertson , Robert F. Leibenluft , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, D. Bruce Hoffman , Todd M. Stenerson , Hunton & Williams LLP, Ian R. Conner , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, John D. Briggs , Kenina Lee , Rachel J. Adcox , Axinn Veltrop Harkrider LLP, Tracy A. Roman , Crowell and Moring LLP, Victoria Ann Redgrave , Redgrave LLP, Washington, DC, Allison Nunley Pham , Charles A. O'Brien, III , Baton Rouge, LA, Antonio M. Clayton , Michael Paul Fruge , Clayton & Fruge, Port Allen, LA, Ashley M. Lowe , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Knoxville, TN, Brian K. Norman , Shamoun & Norman LLP, Dallas, TX, Carlos M. Hernandez — Burgos , Pedro Santiago — Rivera , Rafael Escalera — Rodriguez , Reichard & Escalera, San Juan, PR, Charles L. Sweeris , Mary C. St. John , Blue Shield of California, Mark Edward McKane , Kirkland and Ellis, Michael A. Naranjo , Foley & Lardner LLP, San Francisco, CA, Cheri D. Green , Christopher A. Shapley , M. Patrick McDowell , R. David Kaufman , Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Jackson, MS, Christopher G. Scanlon , Paul A. Wolfla , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN, D. Kent Meyers , Crowe & Dunlevy, Elizabeth Barnett Labauve , Oklahoma City, OK, David Newmann , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Lezlie Madden , Matthew L. Bleich , Paul K. Leary, Jr. , Cozen O'Connor , Shannon Elise McClure , Reed Smith LLP, Stephen A. Loney, Jr. , Hogan & Hartson, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel E. Laytin , David J. Zott , Erica Zolner , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Douglass C.E. Farnsley , Stites & Harbison PLLC, Gregory Haynes , Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP, Louisville, KY, Edward S. Bloomberg , Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY, Emily M. Yinger , N. Thomas Connally, III , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, McLean, VA, Erin M. Wilson , Gwendolyn C. Payton , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Gary C. Shockley , Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Nashville, TN, H. James Koch , Armbrecht Jackson LLP, Mobile, AL, Honor R. Costello , Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY, J. Bentley Owens, III , Wallace Ellis Fowler Head & Justice, Columbiana, AL, Jeremy D. Feinstein , Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, James Thomas Williams, Jr. , Jennifer K. Van Zant , Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, NC, Jason Gourley , Sarah Lynn Cylkowski , Bodman PLC, Detroit, MI, John Stone Campbell, III , L. Adam Thames , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, John Martin , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, SC, John W. Reis , Cozen O'Connor , Charlotte, NC, Jonathan M. Redgrave , Redgrave LLP, Chantilly, VA, Kristen J. Gillis , Tyrone Carlton Means , Means Gillis Law LLC, Pamela B. Slate , Hill Hill Carter Franco Cole & Black PC, Montgomery, AL, R. Mark Glover , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Randall D. Noel , Butler Snow LLP, Memphis, TN, Samuel Andrew Diddle , Eberle Berlin Kading Turnbow & McKlveen, Boise, ID, Scott F. Singley , Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Columbus, MS, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the court on various Motions to Dismiss filed by Defendants. (Docs. #107, 108, 110, 112-14, 116, 119, 121, 122, 125, and 135). On April 9, 2014, the court heard argument on certain aspects of the Motions to Dismiss with general application to Defendants and...

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