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Lawyers for Sutter Health Patients Will Receive Over $100M in Fees and Costs

By the Constantine Cannon Antitrust Team November 12, 2025 - On November 6, California U.S. magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler announced her intention to grant final approval for a $228.5 million settlement in a 13-year healthcare antitrust lawsuit. The case involved allegations that Sutter Health, one of the nation’s largest and most powerful hospital chains, increased costs by imposing all-or-nothing networks on...

Two Constantine Cannon Lawyers Recognized in Global Competition Review Lexology Index: Competition 2025 Report

Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that Chairman of Constantine Cannon LLP and Managing Partner of Constantine Cannon’s Washington, D.C. office Steve Cannon and partner Ankur Kapoor have been recognized in the Global Competition Review Lexology Index: Competition 2025 Report.

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Seven Constantine Cannon Lawyers Recognized in Super Lawyers 2025

Every year, Super Lawyers selects the top 5% of attorneys through a multi-phase, peer-influenced, and research-driven method that highlights professional achievements. Constantine Cannon LLP is delighted to announce that seven of our firm’s lawyers have been recognized this year. ¹

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Four Constantine Cannon Lawyers Recognized In 2026 Best Lawyers Awards

Constantine Cannon LLP is delighted to announce that four lawyers from our firm have been included in the 32ⁿᵈ edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, 2026 Edition, showcasing the top 5% of the nation’s attorneys through a comprehensive peer-review survey process.¹ Best Lawyers is committed to its process for lawyers identifying their most outstanding peers “at the highest level.” This time around,...

Three Constantine Cannon Attorneys Selected to “2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” 

(NEW YORK) June 6, 2025 -- Constantine Cannon is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s lawyers, Jean Kim, Marlene Koury, and Taline Sahakian, were named in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide.¹ This announcement follows Ms. Sahakian’s selection to Lawdragon’s 2025 Leading Global Antitrust and Competition Lawyers guide.  

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Constantine Cannon, Lead Class Counsel, Submits Settlement Agreement for Preliminary Approval in Sutter Health Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

March 25, 2025 - Upon submission of a settlement agreement for preliminary approval by the Court, Plaintiffs and Sutter have issued the following joint press release regarding the Settlement: "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...

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

We are pleased to announce that Constantine Cannon, on behalf of a California premium paying class, has reached an agreement in principle to settle a long-running healthcare antitrust case 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...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Sony Pictures Acquires Alamo Drafthouse in Lifeline to Cinema Chain.  Sony Pictures Entertainment is acquiring Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and will manage its 35 locations, a rare example of a traditional Hollywood studio’s owning a theater chain. The deal  followed the Justice Department’s...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Japan's Nippon Steel sticks to plan to close U.S. Steel deal by year-end.  Japan's top steelmaker, Nippon Steel, is sticking to its plan to close a deal by year-end to buy U.S. Steel, which it expects to boost output and profits, the company said, despite resistance to the transaction in the U.S. In...

The Antitrust Week in Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Two US lawmakers raise concerns over Disney, Fox, Warner sports streaming venture.  U.S. lawmakers Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro raised competition concerns over the sports streaming joint venture planned by Walt Disney Fox and Warner Bros Discovery. The congressmen questioned how the new offering...