Law360, New York (May 01, 2012, 2:22 PM ET) -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association on Monday asked a North Carolina federal judge to toss a proposed federal antitrust class action, saying a web of geographically exclusive licensing deals are a standard franchising practice that actually enhance competition.
BCBSA — the national organization that oversees a federation of 38 independent Blue entities — asked the court to toss a proposed class action that claims the group orchestrated an illegal allocation of state markets by brokering deals between its members that allowed them to avoid competing...
Blue Cross Says Licensing Deals Are Good For Competition
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