Lauren Kennedy

Lauren R. Kennedy focuses her practice on complex civil litigation related to antitrust, contractual disputes, intellectual property and securities. An “innovative” litigator who “never back[s] down from a challenge,” she represents clients in all stages of critical litigation, with particularly significant trial experience in state and federal courts around the country. (The Legal 500 US)

• Representing the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (“BCBSA”) and more than a dozen member plans in consolidated multidistrict antitrust class action litigation—one of the largest class actions in the country—brought by putative classes of healthcare providers and health insurance subscribers alleging that the Association and its members have used the Association’s agreements to fix prices and limit competition. She also represents BCBSA and various member plans in related opt out litigation across the country brought by large self funded subscribers and providers.

• Competition/antitrust
• Dispute resolution
• Securities