The full Fifth Circuit partially unraveled federal regulations that implemented an arbitration system between insurers and out-of-network providers that Congress established in a 2020 law called the No Surprises Act, holding aspects of how the rules calculated payment amounts for disputed claims were unlawful.
The full Fifth Circuit partially unraveled federal regulations that implemented an arbitration system between insurers and out-of-network providers that Congress established in a 2020 law called the No Surprises Act, holding aspects of how the rules calculated payment amounts for disputed claims were unlawful.
A George Washington University-affiliated physician group has agreed to settle a suit claiming it allowed its $345 million retirement plan to be bogged down by underperforming and pricey investment funds, according to a filing Tuesday in D.C. federal court.
The Ninth Circuit revived allegations that Aetna misrepresented how much it would pay toward a patient's $150,000 surgery, finding that federal benefits law didn't preempt a claim brought under state law because the dispute centered on the payment commitments rather than the health plan itself.
The U.S. Department of Labor is a step closer to expanding the definition of "employer" under federal benefits law and allowing businesses to band together to offer health plans that skirt certain Affordable Care Act requirements, after proposed regulations were sent to the White House for review.
Medicaid will no longer cover the cost of some gender-affirming care for minors, including gender reassignment surgery and hormone treatments, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced after issuing a final rule set to take effect this year.
An international automotive supplier fired a lab technician for taking leave to care for her mother and shorted hourly workers for off-the-clock work, according to a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.
President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.
The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.
A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.
By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.
Latham & Watkins LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP all delivered exceptional client service in a fast-changing, high-pressure era where "the business decision is also the legal decision," a new report by BTI Consulting Group says.
