“Sutter Health and Plaintiffs Djeneba Sidibe, Jerry Jankowski, Susan Hansen, David Herman, Optimum Graphics, Inc., and Johnson Pool & Spa, on behalf of themselves and a certified class of similarly situated persons, have reached a settlement of Sidibe, et al. v. Sutter Health, a class action antitrust lawsuit. The settlement resolves strongly disputed claims involving alleged conduct spanning from the late 1990s to 2020. The parties agree this settlement is what’s best for the parties, for patients and for the class, and the prospect of additional litigation is not in anyone’s interest. There is no admission of liability, and the settlement is subject to court approval.”

The settlement provides for a $228.5 million payment by defendant Sutter in exchange for the release of claims by Plaintiffs and the Class.Ěý This news follows the announcement of an agreement in principle in March 2025. Constantine Cannon, on behalf of a California premium paying class, Ěýan agreement to settle this long-running healthcareĚýantitrustĚýcase against California’s Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest and most powerful hospital chains. The parties’ settlement is subject to Court approval.

The certified class included roughly 3 million health insurance premium payers in California with policies from Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Health Net, or United Healthcare, plans held by many insured California patients. The firm filed first in 2012 and has litigated the case for almost 13 years.

The class claimed that Sutter increased costs and forced “all or nothing” network deals for insurers by flexing its market power and making health care costs surge by over $400 million. The class also alleged that Sutter made insurers contractually agree to terms blocking plans that would direct patients to cheaper providers. Insurers were driven toward Sutter’s more costly facilities to get in-network access to the hospitals they needed.

This agreement was reached on the eve of a 4-week retrial after the rare reversal of a jury verdict by the Ninth Circuit – the second Ninth Circuit reversal achieved in this critical case.

In March 2022, following a trial, a jury sided with Sutter. The Ninth Circuit determined that the verdict was issued on a record that erroneously excluded important evidence from when the challenged restraints were first imposed and the exclusion was not harmless. (). Such evidence included “admissions by Sutter executives, Sutter’s switch from the individual negotiating to the systemwide contracting system, Sutter’s imposition of the allegedly anticompetitive contract terms during that transition and the health plans’ objections to those terms and the switch.” The Ninth Circuit also found that the trial court’s rewriting of CACI jury instructions to excise from the jury’s consideration, the “purpose” and history of Sutter’s restraints controverted law.

Stay tuned for additional updates as they unfold.

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Constantine Cannon, with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, has deep expertise in practice areas that include antitrust and complex commercial litigation, whistleblower representation, government relations, securities and e-discovery. The firm is responsible for two of the top five antitrust settlements in U.S. history.

Constantine Cannon’s antitrust practice is internationally recognized across multiple industries including healthcare, banking, electronic payments, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, the Internet and government contracting. The firm’s Whistleblower Team has been responsible for many major successes over the past two decades, including several record recoveries for the government and the firm’s clients. In total, our representations have led to more than $1 billion in government and whistleblower recoveries, in addition to over $5 billion recovered for the firm’s other clients.

Read Constantine Cannon, Lead Class Counsel, Submits Settlement Agreement for Preliminary Approval in Sutter Health Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit at constantinecannon.com

The certified class included roughly 3 million health insurance premium payers in California with policies from Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Health Net, or United Healthcare, plans held by many insured California patients. The firm filed first in 2012 and has litigated the case for 13 years.Ěý

The class claimed that Sutter increased costs and forced “all or nothing” network deals for insurers by flexing its market power and making health care costs surge by over $400 million. The class also alleged that Sutter made insurers contractually agree to terms blocking plans that would direct patients to cheaper providers. Insurers were driven toward Sutter’s more costly facilities to get in-network access to the hospitals they needed.Ěý

This agreement was reached on the eve of a 4-week retrial after the rare reversal of a jury verdict by the Ninth Circuit – the second Ninth Circuit reversal achieved in this critical case.ĚýĚý

In March 2022, following a trial, a jury sided with Sutter. The Ninth Circuit determined that the verdict was issued on a record that erroneously excluded important evidence from when the challenged restraints were first imposed and the exclusion was not harmless. (). Such evidence included “admissions by Sutter executives, Sutter’s switch from the individual negotiating to the systemwide contracting system, Sutter’s imposition of the allegedly anticompetitive contract terms during that transition and the health plans’ objections to those terms and the switch.” The Ninth Circuit also found that the trial court’s rewriting of CACI jury instructions to excise from the jury’s consideration, the “purpose” and history of Sutter’s restraints controverted law.Ěý Ěý

A round of applause and an extra special thanks to Constantine Cannon’s fantastic team including Jean Kim, Lloyd Constantine, Matthew Koenig, Deb Givens, Alan Schwartz, Kevin Morrison, and our then current, now former CC attorneys who litigated this important case to victory.Ěý Additional thanks to Shinder Cantor Lerner LLP, Farmer Brownstein, Steyer Lowenthal and the Mehdi Firm.ĚýĚý

Read Constantine Cannon, Lead Class Counsel, Agrees to Settle on Behalf of Premium Payers with Sutter Health in Long-Running Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit at constantinecannon.com

The class action lawsuit, which names as defendants the National Hockey League, the Canadian Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, the Québec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, and each of those leagues’ member clubs, challenges the alleged systematic exploitation of teens pursuing their dreams of playing in the NHL.

In this historic litigation, plaintiffs allege that defendants conspired to: 1) restrain competition for players, rendering them nothing more than the property of the major junior teams that draft them; and 2) compensate those players at artificially suppressed, non-competitive levels. The case was filed by the World Association of Icehockey Players Unions North America Division, as well as two former major junior hockey players, who will seek to represent a class of similarly situated players. For more information, please visit .Ěý Plaintiffs press release can be accessed at .

About Constantine|Cannon LLP

Constantine|Cannon, with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, has deep expertise in antitrust and complex commercial litigation, whistleblower representation, government relations, securities, e-discovery, and other practice areas.

The firm’s antitrust practice is among the largest and most well recognized in the nation. Constantine|Cannon’s experience spans multiple industries, including healthcare, banking, electronic payments, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, the Internet, and government contracting. To learn more about the firm generally, click .

Constantine|Cannon’s whistleblower practice represents whistleblowers under the ; the whistleblower programs of the IRS, SEC (), CFTC, and DOT; and the various federal and state laws that encourage industry insiders to report evidence of fraud or misconduct. To learn more about Constantine|Cannon’s whistleblower practice, click .

Read Constantine|Cannon Files Historic Antitrust Litigation Targeting Exploitation of Major Junior Hockey Players at constantinecannon.com

Look around you – almost everything in your home or office was once on an ocean shipping vessel. Yet this essential area of commerce continues to enjoy one of the oldest exemptions from US antitrust law. Does this loophole keep prices low for consumers? Or does it raise prices for shippers and make supply shocks worse? Hosts Anant Raut and David Golden are joined by Shipping Act expert Melissa Maxman and the American Antitrust Institute’s Kathleen Bradish to debate whether it’s time to deep-six the Shipping Act antitrust exemption.

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Read Constantine Cannon’s David Golden recently co-moderated an ABA “Trust and Trade” podcast. at constantinecannon.com

This award recognizes Wyatt’s role on the case team for IMCC v. OCEMA et al., a landmark competition case arising under §41102(c) of the Shipping Act.Ěý The case team, which includes Stephen Cannon, David Golden, Allison Sheedy, Daniel Vitelli, Richard Levine, Janice Johnson, and Osob Samantar, recently won in part its motion for summary decision before the Administrative Law Judge.Ěý Wyatt is an emerging thought leader on the competition provisions of the Shipping Act, including co-authoring a on its private enforcement provisions.

Wyatt is an attorney in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where he focuses on complex antitrust litigation, government investigations, and counseling.

ABOUT CONSTANTINE CANNON

Constantine Cannon, with offices inĚýNew York,ĚýWashington, D.C.,Ěýand San Francisco, has deep expertise in antitrust and complex commercial litigation, whistleblower representation, government relations, securities, e-discovery, and other practice areas.

The firm’s antitrust practice is among the largest and most well recognized in the nation.ĚýConstantine Cannon’sĚýexperience spans multiple industries, including healthcare, banking, electronic payments, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, the Internet, and government contracting. To learn more about the firm generally, clickĚý.

Constantine Cannon’sĚýwhistleblower practice represents whistleblowers under theĚý; the whistleblower programs of the IRS, SEC (), CFTC, and DOT; and the various federal and state laws that encourage industry insiders to report evidence of fraud or misconduct. To learn more aboutĚýConstantine Cannon’sĚýwhistleblower practice, clickĚý.

Read Constantine Cannon’s Wyatt Fore Honored in a Category for the 2023 Antitrust Enforcement Awards by the American Antitrust Institute at constantinecannon.com

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According to Lawdragon, this annual list recognizes top attorneys who represent corporations in cases involving, among other areas, antitrust, financial and securities litigation, intellectual property, and commercial real estate.

Mr. Litwin is a partner in the firm’s New York office, where he focuses on complex antitrust litigation, government investigations, and antitrust counseling.

Earlier this year, Chris McLamb was named to Lawdragon’s “” list and six 91pornlawyers were also recognized in the “” edition.

ABOUT CONSTANTINE CANNON

Constantine Cannon, with offices inĚýNew York,ĚýWashington, D.C.,Ěýand San Francisco, has deep expertise in antitrust and complex commercial litigation, whistleblower representation, government relations, securities, e-discovery, and other practice areas.

The firm’s antitrust practice is among the largest and most well recognized in the nation.ĚýConstantine Cannon’sĚýexperience spans multiple industries, including healthcare, banking, electronic payments, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, the Internet, and government contracting. To learn more about the firm generally, clickĚý.

Constantine Cannon’sĚýwhistleblower practice represents whistleblowers under theĚý; the whistleblower programs of the IRS, SEC (), CFTC, and DOT; and the various federal and state laws that encourage industry insiders to report evidence of fraud or misconduct. To learn more aboutĚýConstantine Cannon’sĚýwhistleblower practice, clickĚý.

Read Constantine Cannon’s Ethan Litwin Recognized as One of the Top 500 Litigators in America by Lawdragon at constantinecannon.com

According to Lawdragon, this annual list recognizes the top attorneys in the nation who represent plaintiffs in securities and other business litigation, antitrust, whistleblower claims, and increasingly complex financial litigation and data privacy invasions.

The list of 91pornhonorees includes a diverse group of deeply-experienced attorneys in each of the firm’s offices. In a year where many cases were disrupted due to the pandemic, Constantine Cannon’s efforts have led to significant success in a range of cases.

The following six 91pornattorneys were recognized by Lawdragon:

NEW YORK

Jean Kim, Partner, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups

Taline Sahakian, Partner, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups

SAN FRANCISCO

Eric Havian, Partner, Whistleblower Practice Group

Anne Hayes Hartman, Partner, Whistleblower Practice Group

Marlene Koury, Partner, Whistleblower Practice Group

Mary Inman, Partner, Whistleblower Practice Group

ABOUT CONSTANTINE CANNON

With offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and London, 91porn is one of the largest whistleblower practices in the United States. The firm’s team of dedicated whistleblower lawyers represent whistleblowers under federal and state False Claims Acts as well as the whistleblower programs of the IRS, SEC, CFTC, DOT, and others.

Constantine CannonĚýalso has deep expertise in practice areas that include antitrust and complex commercial litigation, government relations, securities, and e-discovery. The firm’s antitrust practice is among the largest and most well recognized in the nation. Constantine Cannon’s experience spans multiple industries, including healthcare, banking, electronic payments, insurance, high tech, telecommunications, the Internet, and government contracting.

Read Six 91pornAttorneys Recognized in “2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” Edition at constantinecannon.com