In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litig.

Citation26 F.Supp.3d 1172
Decision Date18 June 2014
Docket NumberNo. 2:13–CV–20000–RDP.,2:13–CV–20000–RDP.
CourtU.S. District Court — Northern District of Alabama
PartiesIn re BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION (MDL No.: 2406).

26 F.Supp.3d 1172

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

No. 2:13–CV–20000–RDP.

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

Signed June 18, 2014.


26 F.Supp.3d 1176

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,

26 F.Supp.3d 1177

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

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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 &

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