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ERISA Recap: 6 Noteworthy Decisions From March

By Kellie Mejdrich

JPMorgan Chase & Co. narrowed but couldn't escape a suit from workers who said their health plan paid too much for prescription drugs, Genworth Financial Inc. unwound a class at the Fourth Circuit, and the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into proposed class actions against FedEx and Kellogg. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other notable decisions from March in ERISA cases.

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ERISA Trumps Tennessee PBM Laws, 6th Circ. Says

By Patrick Hoff

The Sixth Circuit backed a trial court's conclusion that Tennessee laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers conflict with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ruling the state law's requirement that "any willing provider" be accepted to PBMs' networks impermissibly dictates how the plans are designed.

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Labor Dept. Policy Adviser Named Top Atty At PBGC

By Grace Elletson

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has tapped a policy adviser who worked for the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm to serve as the PBGC's general counsel.

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NJ Car Dealer Accused Of Picking Pricey 401(k) Funds

By Carla Baranauckas

Holman Automotive Group Inc. was slapped with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court accusing the company and unidentified plan fiduciaries of breaching their duties under ERISA by saddling employees with unnecessarily expensive retirement plan investments that allegedly drained more than $1 million from workers' savings.

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Fla. Insurer, Ex-Parent To Pay $135M Over ACA Fraud Scheme

By Gina Kim

A Florida insurer and its former parent, which is a Delaware-based national partnership of insurance brokers, have agreed to pay $135 million collectively to resolve allegations of a scheme to enroll ineligible consumers into subsidized Affordable Care Act plans and of defrauding the federal government of more than $140 million. 

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HIV, AIDS Patients End Disability Bias Suit With CVS

By Grace Elletson

CVS Pharmacy Inc. and a group of HIV and AIDS patients have agreed to wrap up a suit claiming the company made it harder for them to get their medication in violation of disability discrimination law, according to a California federal court filing.

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Mercury Systems Investors Seek Final OK Of $32.5M Deal

By Emilie Ruscoe

Investors in aerospace and defense technology company Mercury Systems Inc. have asked a Boston federal judge to give the final nod to their $32.5 million deal to end claims the company mischaracterized certain integration processes amid a $1.4 billion acquisition spree, causing trading prices to slide as the company acknowledged financial fallout stemming from the integration woes.

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Prudential Can't Enforce 'Illusory' Policy, Beneficiaries Say

By Hope Patti

The beneficiaries of two pilots who died in a plane crash said a Prudential insurer can't escape their suit seeking accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an aviation company's life insurance plan, telling a Washington federal court that the policy departs from the industry standard because it is "illusory."

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Morgan Lewis Adds Pillsbury Atty To Employee Benefits Team

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced on Wednesday that it had bolstered its employee benefits and executive compensation practice by adding a former Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP partner.

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Baker Botts Hires Int'l Development Finance Corp. Leader

By Jack Rodgers

Baker Botts LLP has hired an attorney who has worked at the center of the U.S. agency responsible for investing in developing countries as its top attorney, who has joined the firm as a senior counsel in Washington, D.C.

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Juul Pricing Case Tossed Following Another Reversal

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court has again dismissed a price discrimination case against Juul Labs over e-cigarette sales, after finding that a reversal of a previous ruling tossing the lawsuit was based on facts misrepresented by the wholesaler bringing the case.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the Texas law firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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Report Finds No Evidence Mass. Judge, Prosecutor Had Affair

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge and a county prosecutor were cleared in a special master's report made public Thursday about anonymous accusations that they were having an affair while he was presiding over her cases.

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Attys, Scholars Can Back Khalil In 3rd Circ. Detention Fight

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit granted three separate motions from civil rights groups, immigration experts and habeas scholars Thursday to file amicus briefs supporting Mahmoud Khalil's request for en banc review of a precedential decision that cleared the way for the government to continue detaining the Columbia University activist.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Burke Williams Accused Of Botching Real Estate Fraud Case

By Emily Sawicki

California Mid-Law firm Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP is facing legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims in state court for allegedly dropping the ball on an ailing client's fraud and identity theft case by not providing adequate counsel at a damages trial and not communicating with his representatives.

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Mich. Justices Revisit Med Mal Wrongful Death Filing Limits

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments revisiting its 2004 decision that narrowed the window for filing certain medical malpractice suits, with attorneys for a patient's estate urging the justices to overturn the ruling and extend the limit for wrongful death claims during the statutory notice period.

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