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• April 24, 2026

  Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

  A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money to cover eight workers the company forgot to enroll in the fund.

• April 24, 2026

  Funeral Co. To Pay $2M To Resolve Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit

  A funeral services provider will pay $2 million to settle a class action claiming it cost employees millions in retirement savings by loading its 401(k) plan with expensive funds and lofty administrative costs, according to a Friday filing in Texas federal court.

• April 24, 2026

  Howard U. Inks $1.3M Deal To Close ERISA Mortality Data Suit

  Howard University has brokered a settlement valued at $1.3 million to resolve a suit claiming it improperly used mortality data from the 80s to calculate retirees' benefit payments, causing workers to receive less money than they should have.

• April 24, 2026

  Cigna Plan Members Say HIPAA Notice Backs Privacy Claims

  A group of Cigna health plan participants who claimed the company failed to protect their private health information when it tracked their website activities told a Pennsylvania federal judge that the insurance giant should not be allowed to dodge new allegations that their HIPAA rights were violated.

• April 24, 2026

  Steps To Consider As DOJ Launches Fraud Division

  The establishment this month of the National Fraud Enforcement Division within the U.S. Department of Justice is a significant reorganization that suggests an increase in enforcement activity involving federally funded programs but leaves a number of important questions unanswered, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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