Swathi Bojedla

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

• In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation – In one of the largest and most complex antitrust class action cases ever litigated, Swathi represented tens of millions of subscriber plaintiffs alleging higher premiums and loss of competition in the market for health insurance due to a conspiracy among 36 insurer defendants to allocate geographic territories. In November 2020, the Court granted preliminary approval to the proposed settlement agreement resolving the claims of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers for $2.67 billion. The settlement was unanimously affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit, and in June 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined any further review, paving the way for the distribution of billions of dollars to subscribers nationwide, along with systemic changes to BCBS practices that will create opportunities for more competition. 
• In re Municipal Derivatives Litigation – Swathi worked as part of a team that secured nearly $250 million in settlements for a class of municipalities affected by alleged bid-rigging in the market for municipal bonds.
• In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation  – Swathi joined the trial team to prepare for trial against the final four defendants in a worldwide conspiracy to fix fuel surcharge on air cargo; her work assisted in driving settlements with the final defendants totaling nearly $200 million. In 2016, she was recognized for her work in this, and the above-mentioned Municipal Derivatives case, at the American Antitrust Institute Enforcement Awards, where she won two of the three awards for “Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice.”
• In Re: RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation – Hausfeld serves as co-lead counsel in the federal antitrust class action against RealPage, Inc. and several of their property management clients, alleging that the Defendants, some of the largest owners and managers of rental real estate in the United States, conspired to use RealPage’s so-called “revenue management” service to set rental prices and restrict the supply of available rental units in major metropolitan areas across the United States.

Environmental & Product Liability

• Bowman et al. v. St. Joseph’s Medical Center et al. – Swathi participated in a mass tort action arising from the placement of unnecessary stents in patients at a Baltimore-area hospital, which culminated in a month-long jury trial in Maryland state court and a global resolution compensating over 240 affected patients.

Sports & Entertainment

• Dryer et al. v. National Football League – Swathi represented a class of retired NFL players whose names, images, and likenesses were being used in NFL Films features. She was involved in negotiating a $50 million settlement agreement, which created a Greater Good Fund to provide health and welfare programs to former NFL players and also established a licensing agency, in partnership with IMG, to help former players market their names, images, and likenesses. After this novel settlement was reached, Swathi continued to advise the Court-appointed Board of Directors on implementation of the settlement agreement.
• O’Bannon v. NCAA – Swathi represented a class action on behalf of current and former Division I men's basketball and FBS football players against the NCAA and its member institutions based on rules foreclosing athletes from receiving compensation for the use of their names, images, and likenesses. In 2014, plaintiffs completed a three-week bench trial in which Swathi was part of a trial team that successfully obtained class injunctive relief allowing college athletes to receive compensation for their NIL rights, a landmark victory for college athletes.

Technology & Data Breach

• In re Premera Blue Cross Customer Data Breach Litigation – Represented Premera health insurance customers whose confidential medical information was accessed during an extended breach.  A $74 million settlement including a $32 million settlement fund was granted final approval in March 2020.
• In re Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. Data Security Litigation – Representing financial institutions who were forced to cancel compromised cards, issue refunds due to fraudulent transactions, stop and block unauthorized transactions on their customers’ accounts, and increase fraud monitoring because of the breach. A $5 million+ settlement was preliminarily approved in March 2020.
• First Choice Federal Credit Union v. The Wendy’s Company et al – Represented financial institutions who have had to pay to replace credit cards and cover fraud losses sustained by customers as a result of a data breach at Wendy’s franchisees. A $50 million settlement was granted final approval in November 2019.
• In re The Home Depot, Inc. Customer Data Breach Litigation –  Represented financial institutions who had to pay to replace credit cards and cover fraud losses sustained by customers as a result of a data breach at Home Depot affecting 56 million people. A $25 million settlement was granted final approval in September 2017.
• In re Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation – Represented financial institutions who had to pay to replace credit cards and cover fraud losses sustained by customers as a result of a data breach at Target which exposed 40 million debit and credit card accounts. This case resulted in a ground-breaking $60 million+ total settlement.