Legal Opinion
In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 16, 2010No. 07-4046, 08-1455, 08-1777; MDL 1663PublishedCited by 873 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from orders of dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) involves multiple putative class actions alleging massive conspiracies throughout the insurance industry. Plaintiffs are purchasers of commercial and employee benefit insurance, and defendants are insurers and insurance brokers that deal in those lines of insurance. According to plaintiffs, defendants entered into unlawful, deceptive schemes to allocate purchasers among particular groups of defendant insurers. The complaints assert that conspiring brokers funneled…
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