Insurance, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - May 2013 • Volume 2, Number 3

by James M. Burns | Dickinson Wright on 5/2/2013

In This Issue: - STATE EFFORTS TO RESTRICT HEALTH INSURER USE OF “MOST FAVORED NATION” CLAUSES IN PROVIDER CONTRACTS CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY: Over the last several years, several states have considered legislation...more

Insurance Cases to Watch in 2013

by Barger & Wolen on 1/3/2013

Larry Golub was quoted in a Jan. 1, 2013, article published on Law360, Insurance Cases to Watch in 2013 (subscription required) about key insurance cases lawyers, and those in the insurance industry, should keep an eye out...more

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - November 2012 • Volume 1, Number 4

by Dickinson Wright on 11/1/2012

In This Issue: - DOJ and FTC Hold Public Workshop to Consider the Antitrust Issues Raised by “Most Favored Nation Clauses” in Health Insurance Contracts by James M. Burns: On September 10, the Federal Trade...more

The Bad Faith Sentinel - August 2012

by Saul Ewing LLP on 9/5/2012

IN THIS ISSUE: - Texas Court of Appeals: Trial Court Must Sever Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims Following an Insurer’s Offer to Settle pages 1 - 2 - Third District Court of Appeals of Florida Holds that...more

New York’s Highest Court Interprets Both State and Federal Antitrust Law and Limits Extraterritorial Application

by Cadwalader - International Practice Law Group on 8/29/2012

Global Reinsurance Corp. v. Equitas Ltd., No. 53 (NY Ct. App. 2012), addresses the sufficiency and, more pertinent for our purposes, the extra-territorial reach of antitrust claims under New York’s antitrust statute, the...more

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - July 2012 • Volume 1, Number 2

by Dickinson Wright on 7/3/2012

In This Issue: - Title Insurers Gain Big Antitrust Vict ory in the Third Circuit by James M. Burns - On June 14, the title insurance industry received good news from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, as the court...more

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - May 2012 • Volume 1, Number 1

by Dickinson Wright on 5/3/2012

In this issue: - McCarran Repeal Legislation Passes in the House In late March, legislation that would repeal the health insurance industry’s antitrust exemption, contained in the McCarran Ferguson Act (15 USC...more

District Court Dismisses Follow-On Suit Challenging Blue Cross's "MFN-Plus' Contracts Under Both Per Se and Rule of Reason...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/13/2012

The District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan recently dismissed antitrust claims brought by the City of Pontiac against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's practice of requiring hospitals to enter into "MFN-Plus"...more

New York Court of Appeals Holds That State Law Cannot Reach a Purely Foreign Antitrust Conspiracy

by White & Case LLP on 4/13/2012

In a decision that may reverberate beyond the antitrust context, New York’s highest court — the Court of Appeals — held that the state’s antitrust statute lacks the extraterritorial scope to reach a purely foreign alleged...more

Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Pursue Antitrust Class Action Against Insurance Company Subsidiaries

by Sedgwick LLP on 12/29/2011

U.S. District Court – Northern District of California In Perez v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2011 WL 5833636 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 15, 2011), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed an...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That Insurers Owe No Duty to Disclose Alternate Pricing Options to Current or Prospective...

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/6/2010

In Levine v. Blue Shield of California, No. D056578, __ Cal. App. 4th __, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1893 (Nov. 5, 2010), the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, issued an important published decision that limits the...more

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Insurance Antitrust Legal News - May 2013 • Volume 2, Number 3

Insurance Cases to Watch in 2013

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - November 2012 • Volume 1, Number 4

The Bad Faith Sentinel - August 2012

New York’s Highest Court Interprets Both State and Federal Antitrust Law and Limits Extraterritorial Application

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - July 2012 • Volume 1, Number 2

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - May 2012 • Volume 1, Number 1

District Court Dismisses Follow-On Suit Challenging Blue Cross's "MFN-Plus' Contracts Under Both Per Se and Rule of Reason...

New York Court of Appeals Holds That State Law Cannot Reach a Purely Foreign Antitrust Conspiracy

Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Pursue Antitrust Class Action Against Insurance Company Subsidiaries

California Court of Appeal Holds That Insurers Owe No Duty to Disclose Alternate Pricing Options to Current or Prospective...

When Does the Payment of Low Reimbursement Rates or Other Conduct by an Insurer Violate the Antitrust Laws?

Third Circuit Revives Conspiracy Claims against Hospital and Insurer

Landmark Proposition 103 Decision Reached

Strike Three: Plaintiffs Again Fail to Allege Facts of Collusion in Oligopoly Market

Second Appellate District Confirms That "Safe Harbor" Defense May Be Based Upon Administrative Regulation

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