Standing Up for Fair Competition
Shelby Roden represents healthcare providers, businesses, and individuals harmed by anticompetitive conduct. Our experience includes nationwide healthcare antitrust litigation and cases involving some of the country’s largest companies.
Our Work in Blue Cross Blue Shield
Shelby Roden has represented healthcare providers in the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust litigation since its beginning in 2012. Robert B. Roden serves on the Providers’ Settlement Committee.
The court granted final approval of the provider class settlement in August 2025. The agreement includes a $2.8 billion monetary settlement and changes to BCBS practices valued by plaintiffs’ experts at more than $17.3 billion over the first ten years of implementation. The monetary figure reflects the overall provider class settlement.
Experience Beyond Healthcare
David D. Shelby served on the Plaintiffs’ Leadership Committee in the Microsoft antitrust litigation in the 2000s. Across industries, we examine how business practices affect competition and how those practices have harmed our clients.
Conduct We Investigate
Antitrust laws protect competition. Whether conduct violates those laws depends on the facts, the market, and the applicable legal standards.
Price Fixing
Agreements among competitors to set prices, fees, discounts, or other pricing terms can harm buyers and sellers. Similar prices alone do not establish an unlawful agreement.
Market Allocation
Competitors may agree to divide customers, territories, or types of business rather than compete for them, limiting choices and protecting one another from competition.
Output Restrictions
Agreements among competitors to limit production or the availability of services can reduce supply and raise prices.
Bid Rigging
Competitors may agree who will win a contract, submit deliberately high or unacceptable cover bids, refrain from bidding, or take turns winning. These arrangements replace independent competitive bids with coordination.
Boycotts and Exclusionary Conduct
Coordinated refusals to deal or other exclusionary practices may unlawfully restrict competition. Businesses generally may choose their trading partners, so the agreement, market setting, and competitive effects matter.
Predatory Pricing and Tying
Low prices and product bundles often benefit customers. Antitrust concerns can arise from below-cost pricing with a dangerous probability of recouping losses through later higher prices, or forced purchases of a separate product where market power and other legal requirements are met.
When to Contact Us
You may have questions about coordinated pricing, restricted market access, suppressed reimbursement, or bidding practices that appear to limit competition. We review the agreements, communications, payment records, and financial impact to evaluate the issues and available options.
Tell Us About Your Case
Tell us what happened and how it affected your practice, business, or finances. Our team can help you identify the next step.