The Fifth Circuit unraveled a Texas court's judgment against BP that held the oil giant was liable to company retirees for miscommunicating their pension benefits' value following a plan conversion, holding on Tuesday that the lower court didn't perform a rigorous enough standing analysis.
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5th Circ. Undoes BP Retirees' Pension Info Suit Win

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Fifth Circuit unraveled a Texas court's judgment against BP that held the oil giant was liable to company retirees for miscommunicating their pension benefits' value following a plan conversion, holding on Tuesday that the lower court didn't perform a rigorous enough standing analysis.

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3rd Circ. Revives Providers' Underpayment Suit Against Cigna

By Gina Kim

The Third Circuit partially revived several New Jersey-based healthcare practices' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging Cigna improperly underreimbursed them for covered healthcare services provided to Cigna's subscribers, ruling Monday the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged they were underpaid for some out-of-network services when compared to their normal charges for similar services.

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DOJ Asks 9th Circ. Undo Trans Health Ruling Against Premera

By Kellie Mejdrich

The federal government has backed Premera Blue Cross in its bid at the Ninth Circuit to overturn a Washington federal court's judgment that held the insurance company's coverage policy for gender dysphoria surgery is discriminatory, arguing the decision is out of line with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Kroger Says Flimsy Claims Doom Tobacco Fee Suit

By Grace Elletson

Grocery giant Kroger urged an Ohio federal judge to toss a suit challenging the legality of an extra health plan fee it charged tobacco users, stating it complied with federal benefits law by giving workers a 90-day window each year to dodge the fee by enrolling in a wellness program.

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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE

CVS Caremark Settles Out Of FTC Suit Over Insulin Pricing

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement on Tuesday with CVS Caremark that includes a number of changes to its business practices, the second deal in a case accusing the country's largest pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through unfair rebate schemes.

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LITIGATION

Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

By Vin Gurrieri

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommodations, and they urged a California federal court to suspend their terminations until their legal claims are resolved.

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Clinics Want Medicaid Abortion Stay Lifted After Pa. Court Win

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Allegheny Reproductive Health Center and other healthcare providers on Tuesday asked a Commonwealth Court judge to unfreeze money for Medicaid-funded abortions in Pennsylvania following the court's landmark ruling that the state's coverage exclusions for such abortions were unconstitutional.

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2 Firms Tapped To Lead Super Micro Investor Action

By Sydney Price

A California federal judge has appointed Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to lead a now-consolidated investor class action alleging Super Micro Computer failed to disclose that a large portion of its server sales were made to Chinese companies in transactions that violated U.S. export controls and led to three arrests.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Del. Dispatch: The New 'Director Independence' Definition

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Ayers v. Foley, its first interpretation and application of "director independence" as outlined in Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, suggests that the court will not limit the new section's reach, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bernstein Litowitz

Chestnut Cambronne

Childers & Baxter

Cravath Swaine

Dechert LLP

Esbrook PC

FBT Gibbons

Freshfields

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Hueston Hennigan

James Vernon & Weeks

K&L Gates

Kapitan Gomaa

Kessler Topaz

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lumen Law Center

Merrick Hofstedt

Morgan Lewis

Potomac Law Group

Quinn Emanuel

Robinson & Cole

Rule Garza

Scott & Corley

Seyfarth Shaw

Siri & Glimstad

Sirianni Youtz

Sullivan & Cromwell

Troutman

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aetna Inc.

Affordable Care LLC

American Arbitration Association

American Bar Association

BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois

Brennan Center for Justice

Brooklyn Defender Services

CVS Health Corp.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

CoStar Group Inc.

Drexel University

Evernorth Health Services

Express Scripts Holding Co.

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

Fort Point Capital

Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

LinkedIn Corp.

Medco Health Solutions Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Optum Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc.

Premera Blue Cross

State Bar of California

Super Micro Computer Inc.

The Bronx Defenders

The Cigna Group

The Kroger Co.

TransUnion LLC

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Zinc Health Services LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Delaware General Assembly

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio