Healthcare In Court

Md. Judge Continues Health Case Law Streak With ACA Ruling

By Mark Payne

U.S. District Judge Brendan Abell Hurson in Baltimore has been on the bench for less than three years. He's already building an impressive list of healthcare rulings.

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US Bank Tells 8th Circ. Flawed Expert Doomed Retirees' Suit

By Patrick Hoff

U.S. Bancorp urged the Eighth Circuit to back its win over a lawsuit alleging it shortchanged workers who opted to retire early, asserting Tuesday that the trial court got it right when it nixed the retirees' expert opinion for utilizing abnormal actuarial methods.

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Nationwide Aims To Decertify 50K ERISA Class Ahead Of Trial

By Grace Elletson

Nationwide urged an Ohio federal judge to cut down a class of 50,000 401(k) plan participants who claimed the company mismanaged a fund in its retirement plan, pointing to a recent Fourth Circuit ruling that said defined contribution plans require too many individual assessments to earn class certification.

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6th Circ. Revives Superintendent's Suit Over Forced Leave

By Patrick Hoff

The Sixth Circuit reopened a Michigan school superintendent's lawsuit alleging she was subjected to a sham misconduct investigation and involuntarily placed on leave because she's a woman who made unpopular decisions, ruling a trial court applied an improperly high standard when it refused to let her amend her complaint.

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Pa. Justices Say Fraud Clock Began Before Corpse Found

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a woman's convictions of taking her dead grandmother's Social Security money as time-barred, ruling that the statute of limitations began running when she stopped collecting the checks, not when her grandmother's body was found in her freezer.

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Feds Move To Drop Ex-Energy Execs' Corruption Charges

By Brian Steele

The former chief executive officer of a Connecticut utility co-op and its onetime board chair have successfully completed 18-month pretrial diversion programs and should no longer face federal charges that they conspired to use public funds for improper purposes, prosecutors said in seeking dismissal of their indictments.

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Cigna Loses Privilege Bid Due To 'Inaccurate, Redundant' Log

By Brian Steele

Cigna "improperly asserted privilege" over hundreds of documents that three laboratories sought as part of the discovery process in federal payment litigation in Connecticut, according to a special master appointed by the judge in the consolidated cases.

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2 Firms To Lead Target Investor Suit Over Pride Month Merch

By Sydney Price

Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Boyden Gray PLLC will lead a group of shareholders suing Target Corp. over its Pride-themed merchandise that they claim was "exceptionally offensive" and "betrayed" investors.

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Ex-Wine Exec Says Privilege Covers Atty Emails With Spouse

By Aaron Keller

The former president of a company connected to the Josh Cellars wine brand says his attorney's messages to his wife are privileged because she participated in the communications as his "agent," a characterization the company appeared poised to dispute as the parties approach a $4 million trademark royalties trial.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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K&L Gates Adds Ex-DOJ Atty, WH Cyber Director Office's GC

By Jack Rodgers

The former acting general counsel for the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director, who most recently worked as U.S. digital currency counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined K&L Gates LLP as a partner.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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Winston Taylor Fills Leadership Roles In DC, Miami, Europe

By Madison Arnold

Winston Taylor announced Wednesday that it made senior appointments across four major commercial centers around the globe.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Colo. Firm Accused Of Keeping Atty's Wages, Commissions

By Rachel Konieczny

A Denver employment law firm has not paid a former lawyer with the firm all wages and commissions she is owed, the attorney alleged in Colorado state court.

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