A D.C. federal judge Wednesday agreed to toss a proposed class action against CVS Caremark and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield from a worker who challenged coverage denials for Zepbound to treat sleep apnea, holding an exclusion in his employee health plan that the companies administered complied with federal benefits law.
A D.C. federal judge Wednesday agreed to toss a proposed class action against CVS Caremark and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield from a worker who challenged coverage denials for Zepbound to treat sleep apnea, holding an exclusion in his employee health plan that the companies administered complied with federal benefits law.
A Texas hospital system agreed to settle a proposed class action from ex-workers alleging the healthcare nonprofit failed to curb excessive recordkeeping fees and remove underperforming funds from its $2.8 billion employee retirement plan, after a magistrate judge recommended denying its motion to dismiss an amended complaint in May.
Abbott Laboratories violated federal benefits law by offering a health plan option with higher premiums and lower deductibles without disclosing that participants would always pay less if they chose a high-deductible plan, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court.
A now-defunct transit company can't toss claims that it owes a Teamsters-affiliated pension fund $1.8 million in reallocation payments after the fund saw a mass withdrawal, a New York federal judge ruled, stating it's too early in the case to determine whether its insolvency blocks the bill.
A New York federal judge said an insurer does not have to defend or indemnify a nursing and rehabilitation facility in a hospital's lawsuit seeking to recover $1.6 million in medical expenses for a former worker, finding Tuesday that the underlying action isn't a covered claim.
The AmeriHealth Caritas Health Plan and its in-house pharmacy benefits manager asked a federal court to toss a proposed class action over "transmission fees," alleging the law that required disclosure of those fees, Pennsylvania's Human Services Code, doesn't let private parties sue.
A labor union's benefits fund is entitled to pursue a claim against a general contractor's surety bond after two subcontractors failed to make contractually obligated contributions, the Massachusetts intermediate appellate court ruled Wednesday in reversing a lower court.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals must face investors' class action claims it misstated the likelihood that it would get regulatory approval to market its psychosis drug pimavanserin for expanded use, a California federal judge determined, finding a key question about a regulator's directions should be decided by a jury.
More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.
An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.
The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.
A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.
The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.
The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."
