IN RE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Master File No.: 2:13-CV-20000-RDP (MDL No.: 2406).

308 F.Supp.3d 1241 (2018)

IN RE: BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This document relates to all cases.

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

Filed April 5, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation MDL 2406, Plaintiff, represented by Lauren R. Kennedy , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, M. Patrick McDowell , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC & Terri Olive Tompkins , PHELPS JENKINS GIBSON & FOWLER.

Special Master, Special Master, represented by Edgar C. Gentle, III , Gentle Turner Sexton & Harbison.

Plaintiffs' Counsel, Plaintiff, represented by Alan McQuarrie Mansfield , WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP, Alicia L. Shelton , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, Davis Cooper , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Greg Wright , WRIGHT SCHIMMEL LLC, Harold S. Reeves , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Helen Lynne Eckinger , WHATLEY KALLAS LLP, Howard C. Nielson, Jr. , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Joseph H. Webster , CHAPMAN LEWIS & SWAN PLLC, Kara Marie Simons , WANDRO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Megan Jones , HAUSFELD LLP, Richard A. Feinstein , BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Sallie E. Gilbert , BAILEY & GLASSER LLP, Stephen B. Murray, Jr. , MURRAY LAW FIRM, Steven P. Wandro , WANDRO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., William Butterfield , Hausfeld LLP, Aaron S. Podhurst , PODHURST ORSECK PA, Alexander McInnis Boies , BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER, Ami Swank , Ami Swank Law Firm, Andrea Layne Stackhouse , Jones Ward PLC, Andrew England Brashier , BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & mILES PC, Andrew Allen Lemmon , Lemmon Law Firm, Andrew M. Stone , STONE LAW FIRM LLC, Annesley H. DeGaris , Anthony F. Jackson , BECK & AMSDEN, Archibald I. Grubb, II , BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC, Archie C. Lamb, Jr. , ARCHIE LAMB AND ASSOCIATES LLC, Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. , HAUSFELD LLP, Augusta S. Dowd , WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD PC, Barry A. Ragsdale , SIROTE & PERMUTT PC, Ben W. Gordon, Jr. , LEVIN PAPANTONIO THOMAS MITCHELL RAFFERTY & PROCTOR, Benjamin L. Barnes , Benjamin L Barnes Attorney and Counselor at Law, Benjamin J. Sweet , CARLSON LYNCH SWEET & KIPELA, Braden Beard , HAUSFELD LLP, Bradley A. Wasser , LAW OFFICES OF DAVID BALTO, Brian M. Clark , WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS FISHER & GOLDFARB, Brian E. Wojtalewicz , WOJTALEWICZ LAW FIRM LTD, Bruce C. Jones , JONES & SWARTZ PLLC, Bryan L. Clobes , CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & SPRENGEL LLP, Carl S. Kravitz , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Carl Wesley Pittman , THE PITTMAN FIRM PA, Casey Langston Lott , LANGTSON & LOTT, P.A., Charles J. Cooper , COOPER & KIRK PLLC, Charles D. Hudson , PENN AND SEABORN LLC, Charles C. Hunter , HAYES HUNGER PC, Charles M. Thompson , CHARLES M THOMPSON PC, Charles R. Watkins , GUIN STOKES & EVANS LLC, Christina D. Crow , JINKS CROW & DICKSON PC, Christopher T. Cain , SCOTT & CAIN, Christopher L. Coffin , PENDLEY BAUDIN & COFFIN LLP, Christopher T. Hellums , PITTMAN DUTTON & HELLUMS PC, Clint Sargent , MEIERHENRY SARGENT LLP, Cyril V. Smith, III , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, D. Brian Hufford , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, Dale Ernest Akins , AKINS LAW FIRM, Daniel E. Gustafson , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, Daniel C. Hedlund , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, Daniel Patrick Moylan , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel E. Phillips , SOLBERG STEWART MILLER, Daniel A. Small , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, David A. Balto , LAW OFFICES OF DAVID BALTO, David Boies , BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, David F. Evans , HICKEY & EVANS, David J. Guin , GUIN STOKES & EVANS LLC, David J. Hodge , MORRIS KING & HODGE, David M. Wilkerson , THE VAN WINKLE LAW FIRM, Deborah J. Winegard , WHATLEY KALLAS LLC, Debra B. Hayes , THE HAYES LAW FIRM, Dennis G. Pantazis , WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS FISHER & GOLDFARB LLC, Dennis Craig Reich , REICH & BINSTOCK LLP, Dianne M. Nast , NASTLAW LLC, Donald D. Knowlton, II , CUSIMANO ROBERTS & MILLS LLC, Donna Smith Cude , JOHN D. SAXON PC, Douglas A. Dellaccio, Jr. , CORY WATSON CROWDER & DEGARIS PC, Earnest William Wotring , Connelly Baker Wotring LLP, Edgar Dean Gankendorff , PROVOATY & GANKENDORFF LLC, Edith M. Kallas , WHATLEY KALLAS LLP, Edward K. Wood, Jr. , WOOD LAW FIRM LLC, Edwin J. Kilpela, Jr. , CARLSON LYNCH LTD, Elizabeth Pollock-Avery , CARLSON LYNCH SWEET KILPELA & CARPENTER LLP, Ellen M. Ahrens , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, Ellen Meriwether , CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & SPRENGEL LLP, Emily Hawk Mills , CUSIMANO ROBERTS& MILLS LLC, Eric R. Belin , PROVOSTY & GANKENDORFF LLC, Eric B. Swartz , JONES & SWARTZ PLLC, Erin C. Burns , NASTLAW LLC, Gail A. McQuilkin , KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON PA, Garrett D. Blanchfield , REINHARDT WENDORF & BLANCHFIELD, Gary E. Mason , WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP, Genevieve M. Zimmerman , Meshbesher & Spence, Gerald F. Easter , GERALD F. EASTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Glen M. Connor , QUINN CONNOR WEAVER DAVIES & ROUCO, Gregory S. Cusimano , CUSIMANO ROBERTS KNOWLES & MILLS, LLC, Gregory L. Davis , DAVIS & TALIAFERRO LLC, Gwendolyn J. Simons , SIMONS & ASSOCIATES LAW PA, H. Lewis Gillis , MEANS GILLIS LAW, LLC, Hamish P.M. Hume , Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Harley S. Tropin , KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON PA, Henry C. Quillen , WHATLEY KALLAS LLP, Herman Watson, Jr. , WATSON MCKINNEY LLP, Hope S. Marshall , WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD PC, Irma L. Netting , Lemmon Law Firm, J. Michael Malone , Hendren & Malone PLLC, J. Mark White , WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD PC, James G. Adams, Jr. , EYSTER KEY TUBB ROTH MIDDLETON & ADAMS LLP, James P. Carr , YUHL CARR LLP, James Wells Harrell , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, pro hac vice, James M. Terrell , MCCALLUM METHVIN & TERRELL PC, Janet Brooks Holmes , McKay Cauthen Settana and Stubley, Jason G. Ausman , AUSMAN LAW FIRM, Jason S. Kilene , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, pro hac vice, Jason M. Knott , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, Jason R. Rathod , WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON LLP, Jason J. Thompson , SOMMERS SCHWARTZ PC, Javier Asis Lopez , KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON PA, Jeannine M. Kenney , HAUSFELD LLP, Jennifer Williams , GRANT & EISENHOFER PA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , WHATLEY KALLAS LLP, Joey K. James , BUNCH & JAMES, John Clark Davis , JOHN C DAVIS PC, John Gravante, III , PODHURST ORSECK PA, John R. Holton , Deal Cooper Holton PLLC, John Doyle Nalley , LOVELL & NALLEY, John W. Partin , PENN & SEABORN LLC, John W. Reis , COZEN O'CONNOR, John D. Saxon , JOHN D SAXON PC, John R. Wylie , DONALDSON GUIN LLC, Jonathan Charles Little , SAEED & LITTLE, LLP, Jonathan S. Mann , PITTMAN DUTTON & HELLUMS, Jonathan R. Voegele, Esq. , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Joseph Preston Strom, Jr. , STROM LAW FIRM LLC, Julia Smeds Roth , EYSTER KEY TUBB ROTH MIDDLETON & ADAMS LLP, Justin W. Bernick , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, pro hac vice, Karen R. Dow , Baker Wotring, Karen H. Riebel , LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN PLLP, Katherine R. Brown , WHITE ARNOLD ANDREWS & DOWD PC, Kathleen Currie Chavez , FOOTE MIELKE CHAVEZ & O'NEAL LLC, Kathleen Simpson Kiernan , BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, pro hac vice, Kevin J. Stoops , SOMMERS SCHWARTZ PC, L. Shane Seaborn , PENN & SEABORN LLC, Lance Craig Young , SOMMERS SCHWARTZ PC, Lara F. Phillip , HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP, Laura Alexander , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Lawrence L. Jones, II , JONES WARD PLC, pro hac vice, Lee McArthur Scott , Leslie Lee Ann Pescia , BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC, Linda G. Flippo , WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD PC, Lisa N. Hayes , REINHARDT WENDORF & BLANCHFIELD, Lynn W. Jinks, III , JINKS CROW & DICKSON PC, M. Stephen Dampier , THE DAMPIER LAW FIRM PC, M. Patrick McDowell , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, MICHAEL J. MCCARRIE , ARTZ HEALTH LAW, Margery S. Bronster , BRONSTER HOSHIBATA, Mario A. Pacella , STROM LAW FIRM, Mark K. Gray , GRAY & WHITE, Mark J. Murphy , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy and Welch PC, Matthew J. Herman , FOOTE MIELKE CHAVEZ & O'NEIL LLC, Matthew P. Weinshall , PODHURST ORSECK PA, Meghan M. Boone , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Melinda Coolidge , HAUSFELD LLP, Michael C. Dodge , GLAST PHILLIPS & MURRAY PC, Michael J. Fleming , KAPKE & WILLERTH LLC, Michael E. Gurley, Jr. , WOOD LAW FIRM LLC, Michael D. Hausfeld , HAUSFELD LLP, Michael S. Lyons , WHATLEY KALLAS LLP, Michael P. McGartland , MCGARTLAND LAW FIRM PLLC, Michael L. Murphy , Michael L. Roberts , CUSIMANO KEENER ROBERTS KNOWLES & RALEY LLC, Michael J. Sudekum , MANDEL AND MANDEL, LLP, Mike Miller , SOLBERG STEWART MILLER & TJON, Mitchell Lloyd Berry , DYKE GOLDSHOLL & WINZERLING PLC, Monte D. Beck , BECK & AMSDEN, PLLC, Myron C. Penn , PENN & SEABORN LLC, Nathan A. Dickson, II , JINKS CROW & DICKSON PC, Nicholas R. Rockforte , Pendley Baudin & Coffin LLP, Nicholas B. Roth , EYSTER KEY TUBB ROTH MIDDLETON & ADAMS LLP, O'Kelley H. Pearson , HICKEY & EVANS, Patrick E. Cafferty , CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER & SPRENGEL LLP, Patrick W. Pendley , PENDLEY BAUDIN & COFFIN LLP, Patrick James Quinlan , Law Offices of Patrick J. Quinlan, Patrick J. Sheehan , WHATLEY DRAKE & KALLAS LLC, Perry Michael Yancey , MCCALLUM METHVIN & TERRELL PC, Peter H. Burke , BURKE HARVEY LLC, Peter Prieto , PODHURST ORSECK PA, Phillip W. McCallum , MCCALLUM METHVIN & TERRELL PC, R. Christopher Cowan , THE COWAN LAW FIRM, R.G. Methvin, Jr. , MCCALLUM METHVIN & TERRELL PC, Randall D. Noel , BUTLER SNOW LLP, Rebecca Diane Gilliland , BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC, Rebecca A. Peterson , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Rebekah Keith McKinney , WATSON MCKINNEY LLP, Rex Y. Fujichaku , BRONSTER HOSHIBATA, Richard S. Frankowski , THE FRANKOSKI FIRM LLC, Richard P. Rouco , QUINN CONNOR WEAVER DAVIES & ROUCO LLP, Robert J. Axelrod , AXELROD & DEAN LLP, Robert G. Eisler , GRANT & EISENHOFER PA, Robert M. Foote , FOOTE MIELKE CHAVEZ & O'NEIL LLC, Robert M. Hatch , BRONSTER FUJICHAKU ROBBINS, Robert B. Roden , SHELBY RODEN LLC, Scott Allen Martin , HAUSFELD, Sean T. O'Connell , SHAHEEN & GORDON PA, Stanley P. Baudin , PENDLEY BAUDIN & COFFIN LLP, Star Mishkel Tyner , POMERANTZ GROSSMAN HUFFORD DAHLSTROM & GROSS, LLP, Stephen M. Hanson , LAW OFFICES OF STEPHEN M. HANSEN, PS, Swathi Bojedla , HAUSFELD LLP, Ta'Kisha L. Guster , Tammy McClendon Stokes , GUIN STOKES & EVANS LLC, Temus C. Miles, Jr. , McKay Cauthen Settana and Stubley, Thomas Bender , WALTERS BENDER STROHBEHN & VAUGHN PC, Thomas S. Scott, Jr. , Ball & Scott Law Offices, Thomas Michael Trucksess , Hogan Lovells US LLP, pro hac vice, Timothy D. Battin , STRAUS & BOIES LLP, Timothy R. Holton , Deal Cooper Holton PLLC, Tyler J. Barnett , YUHL CARR LLP, U.W. Clemon , U.W. Clemon, LLC, Van Bunch , BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT PCO, Virginia M. Buchanan , LEVIN PAPANTONIO THOMAS MITCHELL RAFFERTY & PROCTOR PA, W. Gordon Ball , GORDON BALL LAW OFFICE, W. Tucker Brown , WHATLEYKALLAS LLC, William David George , Baker Wotring LLP, William H. Horton , GIARMARCO MULLINS & HORTON PC, William A. Isaacson , BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP & Wilson Daniel Miles, III , BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES PC.

Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, Plaintiff, represented by Barry A. Ragsdale , SIROTE & PERMUTT PC, Ben W. Gordon, Jr. , LEVIN PAPANTONIO THOMAS MITCHELL RAFFERTY & PROCTOR, Mario A. Pacella , STROM LAW FIRM & Rebekah Keith McKinney , WATSON MCKINNEY LLP.

Defendants' Counsel, Defendant, represented by Alyssa C. Kalisky , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Brooke Jones Oppenheimer , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Carolyn Anne DeLone , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, pro hac vice, David Kumagai , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Joseph C. Giglio, Jr. , Liskow & Lewis, Mathea K.E. Bulander , REDGRAVE LLP, Peter R. Bisio , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Sallie E. Gilbert , BAILEY & GLASSER LLP, Travis A. Bustamante , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP, William Egan Kellner , Liskow & Lewis, Zachary D. Holmstead , Kirkland & Ellis, pro hac vice, Zarel Joan Soto , REICHARD & ESCALARA LLC, pro hac vice, Aaron G. McLeod , ADAMS & REESE LLP, Adam H. Charnes , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Alan D. Rutenberg , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Allison Nunley Pham , Andrew Phillip Campbell , CAMPBELL GUIN WILLIAMS GUY AND GIDIERE LLC, Andrew T. Campbell , CAMPBELL GUIN, Anna M. Clark , PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Anne Salomon , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Antonio M. Clayton , CLAYTON & FRUGE, April N. Ross , CROWELL & MORING LLP, Arthur Patrick Fritzinger , COZEN O'CONNOR, Ashley M. Lowe , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Brian Justin Kapatkin , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Brian P. Kappel , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE LLC, Brian K. Norman , SHAMOUN & NORMAN LLP, Bruce F. Rogers , BAINBRIDGE MIMS ROGERS & SMITH LLP, Carl S. Burkhalter , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Casey R. Fronk , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Cavender C. Kimble , BALCH & BINGHAM LLP, Chad Dwight Hansen , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Charles A. O'Brien, III , Charles L. Sweeris , BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, Cheri D. Green , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, Christa C. Cottrell , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Christine Varney , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE, Christopher G. Scanlon , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP, Christopher A. Shapley , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, Courtney B. Green , GREENBERG TRAURIG PA, Craig A. Hoover , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, D. Kent Meyers , Crowe & Dunlevy, Daniel E. Laytin , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Daniel R. Taylor, Jr. , KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, David A. Coulson , GREENBERG TRAURIG PA, David Newmann , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, David J. Zott , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, pro hac vice, Devin Clarke Dolive , BURR & FORMAN LLP, Douglass C.E. Farnsley , STITES & HARBISON PLLC, E. Desmond Hogan , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Edward S. Bloomberg , PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Elizabeth A. Jose , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, pro hac vice, Elizabeth Barnett LaBauve , Crowe & Dunlevy, Emily M. Yinger , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Eric White , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Erica Zolner , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Erik F. Benny , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Erin M. Wilson , LANE POWELL PC, Evan Chesler , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE, Gary M. London , BURR & FORMAN LLP, Gary C. Shockley , Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Grace Robinson Murphy , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Gregory Haynes , Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP, Gustavo Adolfo Pabon Rico , REICHARD & ESCALERA LLP, Gwendolyn C. Payton , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Helen E. Witt , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Henry James Koch , ARMBRECHT JACKSON LLP, Honor R. Costello , CROWELL & MORING LLP, Ian R. Conner , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, J. Bentley Owens, III , ELLIS HEAD OWENS & JUSTICE, J. Robert Robertson , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, JEREMY D. FEINSTEIN , REED SMITH LLP, James A. McCullough, II , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, James L. Priester , MAYNARD COOPER GALE PC, James M. Terrell , MCCALLUM METHVIN & TERRELL PC, James Thomas Williams, Jr. , Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Jarod M. Taylor , AXINN VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Jason Gourley , BODMAN PLC, Jeffrey J. Zeiger , KIRKLAN & ELLIS LLP, Jennifer K. Van Zant , Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Jeny M. Maier , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Jess Randall Nix , SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY LLC, Jessica Staiger , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, John D. Briggs , AXINN VELTROP HARKRIDER LLP, John Stone Campbell, III , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, John M. Johnson , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE LLC, John T.A. Malatesta, III , MAYNARD COOPER GALE PC, John Martin , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP, John Gary Maynard , HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP, John W. Reis , COZEN O'CONNOR, John G. Schmidt, Jr. , PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, Jonathan M. Redgrave , REDGRAVE LLP, Joshua K. Payne , SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY LLC, Kail J. Jethmalani , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Karin DeMasi , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Kathleen Taylor Sooy , CROWELL AND MORING LLP, Kenina Lee , AXINN VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Kimberly R. West , WALLACE JORDAN RATLIFF & BRANDT LLC, Kristen Jordana Gillis , MEANS GILLIS LAW, LLC, L. Adam Thames , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Lauren R. Kennedy , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Lezlie Madden , COZEN O'CONNOR, Lucile Cohen , NELSON MULLINS RILEY& SCARBOROUGH LLP, M. Patrick McDowell , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, Margot Miller , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE, Mark Montgomery Hogewood , WALLACE JORDAN RATLIFF & BRANDT, LLC, Mark Edward McKane , Kirkland and Ellis, Mary Godwin Menge , SPOTSWOOD, SANSOM & SANSBURY, LLC, Mary C. St John , BLUE SHILED OF CALIFORNIA, Matthew L. Bleich , COZEN O'CONNOR, Matthew G. White , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, Michael Paul Fruge , CLAYTON & FRUGE, Michael Wyld Lieberman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Michael A. Naranjo , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Michael Sansbury , SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY LLC, Morgan Brooke Franz , SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY, N. Thomas Connally, III , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Norman E. Bailey, Jr. , Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Pamela B. Slate , HILL HILL CARTER FRANCO COLE & BLACK PC, Paul K. Leary, Jr. , COZEN O'CONNOR, Paul A. Wolfla , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP, Peter W. Zuger , SERKLAND LAW FIRM, pro hac vice, R. Mark Glover , BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, R. David Kaufman , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, Rachel J. Adcox , AXINN VELTROP HARKRIDER LLP, Rafael Escalera-Rodriguez , REICHARD & ESCALERA, Robert F. Leibenluft , Hogan Lovells US LLP, pro hac vice, Robert R. Riley, Jr. , RILEY & JACKSON PC, Robert K. Spotswood , SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY LLC, Rowan D. Wilson , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, SHANNON ELISE MCCLURE , REED SMITH LLP, STEPHEN A. LONEY, Jr. , HOGAN & HARTSON, Samantha A. Robbins , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Samuel Andrew Diddle , EBERLE BERLIN KADING TURNBOW & MCKLVEEN, Sarah Lynn Cylkowski , BODMAN PLC, Sarah J. Donnell , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Sarah S. Glover , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Scott S. Brown , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Scott F. Singley , BRUNINI GRANTHAM GROWER & HEWES PLLC, Stephen A. Rowe , ADAMS & REESE LLP, Stephen D. Wadsworth , CAMPBELL GUIN WILLIAMS GUY AND GIDIERE LLC, Sylvia Maria Arizmendi , REICHARD & ESCALERA, Thomas J. Rheaume, Jr. , BODMAN PLC, Todd M. Stenerson , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Tracy A. Roman , CROWELL AND MORING LLP, Tyrone Carlton Means , MEANS GILLIS LAW LLC, Victoria Ann Redgrave , REDGRAVE LLP, Yawanna Nabors McDonald , CAMPBELL GUIN LLC, Zach Holmstead , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP & Zachary W. Best , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP.

Anthem, Inc., Defendant, represented by Claudine Columbres , WHITE & CASE LLP, Glenn M. Kurtz , WHITE & CASE LLP, Lucile Cohen , NELSON MULLINS RILEY& SCARBOROUGH LLP & Andrew W. Hammond , WHITE & CASE LLP.

Excellus Health Plan, Inc. d/b/a Excellus BlueCrossBlueShield, Defendant, represented by Stephen A. Walsh , ADAMS & REESE, LLP & Anna M. Clark , PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP.

Premera Blue Cross, Defendant, represented by Gwendolyn C. Payton , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Defendant, represented by Kathleen Taylor Sooy , CROWELL AND MORING LLP.

Health Care Service Corporation & Caring for Montanans, Inc. f/k/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Inc., Defendants, represented by Jeffrey John Fowler , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP & Jeffrey J. Zeiger , KIRKLAN & ELLIS LLP.

Highmark Inc., Defendant, represented by Kimberly R. West , WALLACE JORDAN RATLIFF & BRANDT LLC & Syndey L. Schneider , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP.

Blue Shield of California, Defendant, represented by Casey R. Fronk , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP & Kimberly R. West , WALLACE JORDAN RATLIFF & BRANDT LLC.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Defendant, represented by Luther M. Dorr, Jr. , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Robert S.W. Given , BURR & FORMAN LLP, Carl S. Burkhalter , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC & John T.A. Malatesta, III , MAYNARD COOPER GALE PC.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, Defendant, represented by Andrew Phillip Campbell , CAMPBELL GUIN WILLIAMS GUY AND GIDIERE LLC.

Highmark West Virginia Inc. & Highmark BCBSD Inc., Defendants, represented by Syndey L. Schneider , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP.

Triple-S Salud, Inc., Defendant, represented by Gustavo Adolfo Pabon Rico , REICHARD & ESCALERA LLP & Lucile Cohen , NELSON MULLINS RILEY& SCARBOROUGH LLP.


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