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Latest News in Benefits

  • January 30, 2026

    Post-Gazette Says Health Plan Order Contempt Bid Is Moot

    The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says it is complying with a court order to put its newsroom employees back on a union-sponsored healthcare plan, so a request from the National Labor Relations Board to hold it in contempt is moot.

  • January 29, 2026

    Robbins Geller To Lead CarMax Investors' Tariffs-Linked Suit

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP will represent a proposed class of CarMax Inc. investors in a suit accusing the used car retailer of mischaracterizing a bump in sales caused by consumers trying to get ahead of the Trump administration's tariffs as a sign of sustainable growth.

  • January 29, 2026

    DOL Proposes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure Rule

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency Thursday proposed a rule to require new fee disclosures from pharmacy benefit managers, which act as intermediaries between drugmakers, pharmacies and insurers, to help managers of employee health plans ensure PBM services are reasonably priced.

  • January 29, 2026

    Conn. Drug Price Cap Survives Distributor Challenge, For Now

    The Second Circuit has declined a bid to immediately block the state of Connecticut from enforcing a cap on generic and off-patent drug prices while the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, a collection of wholesale distributors, challenges the new law.

  • January 29, 2026

    United Healthcare Beats Class Cert. Bid Over Breast Surgery

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday declined to certify a proposed class of United Healthcare Insurance plan participants who were denied coverage for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction surgery, finding that she can't determine which standard of review applies to each plan's varying language without conducting individualized, fact-specific inquiries. 

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