November 07, 2025
Two appeals court judges used a decision in an employee stock ownership plan case to urge the full Eleventh Circuit to rethink its requirements for filing federal benefits suits, a marketing company shut down a 401(k) forfeiture case, and CVS and Duke University were hit with new suits. Here, Law360 looks back at six noteworthy ERISA developments from last month.
October 08, 2025
A California federal judge has ordered Arnall Golden Gregory LLP to pay a $50,000 penalty for giving the U.S. Department of Labor confidential documents United Behavioral Health turned over in a class action accusing the insurer of overcharging workers for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments.
October 06, 2025
A California federal judge has agreed to certify a class of employee health plan participants claiming United Behavioral Health and a billing contractor shorted them on coverage for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments, finding the plaintiffs submitted new billing evidence that meets the court's requirements.
July 15, 2025
A group of workers urged a California federal judge to award them class certification in their suit alleging United Behavioral Health and a billing contractor shorted them on coverage for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments, arguing they put forward new detail that clears class status requirements.
October 15, 2024
A California federal judge deciding whether to certify classes of patients who allege United Behavioral Health and billing contractor MultiPlan underpaid thousands of claims for out-of-network substance use disorder treatment told counsel Tuesday the case "begs" for issue certification, while adding that the U.S. medical system is "an absolute mess."
April 03, 2023
A California federal judge denied a class certification bid in a lawsuit alleging that United Behavioral Health and billing contractor MultiPlan underpaid thousands of patients' claims for out-of-network substance use disorder treatment, citing controlling appellate precedent in a similar case.
December 02, 2022
A California federal judge ordered billing contractor MultiPlan on Friday to fork over hundreds of documents it had previously withheld from discovery in a lawsuit brought by patients alleging their insurer lowballed them on out-of-network claim reimbursements, finding the company had waived all claimed protections in its privilege log.
September 23, 2022
A group of lawsuits percolating up through the courts from patients who say insurers violated federal law by skimping on coverage for mental health and substance use disorder treatments will shed light on what such cases need to survive and what remedies plaintiffs can win, attorneys say.
September 21, 2022
A California federal judge sanctioned United Behavioral Health on Wednesday and barred it from using tens of thousands of pieces of evidence produced after a discovery cutoff date, finding the late submissions were unjustified and harmful to a proposed class of patients alleging the insurer lowballed out-of-network claim reimbursements.
January 14, 2022
A California federal judge denied patients' bid for a victory in their proposed class action accusing United Behavioral Health of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by underpaying claims for out-of-network care.