The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the state of Iowa's bid to have the appellate court unblock parts of its law limiting pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, with multiple judges questioning different aspects of the state's standing and federal preemption analysis.
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8th Circ. Questions Iowa's Bid To Unblock Parts Of PBM Law

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the state of Iowa's bid to have the appellate court unblock parts of its law limiting pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, with multiple judges questioning different aspects of the state's standing and federal preemption analysis.

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Dialysis Co., Workers Agree To Resolve 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Dialysis company Fresenius has agreed to resolve a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully using forfeited 401(k) funds to cover its obligations to the plan rather than pay for the plan's administrative fees, according to a Tuesday filing in Massachusetts federal court.

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Feds Cut 760K Enrollees From ACA Exchanges, Claim Fraud

By Dan McKay

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it's kicking about 760,000 enrollees off the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace, saying they aren't eligible for subsidies or don't exist at all.

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Brief

Hospice Co. Strikes $800K Deal In Tobacco Surcharge Case

By Patrick Hoff

A hospice and home healthcare provider will pay $800,000 to resolve a proposed class action alleging the company violated federal benefits law by charging tobacco users $600 more per year for health benefits, according to a filing in Louisiana federal court.

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LITIGATION

Brief

Nordstrom To Pay $450K To Wrap Up Tobacco Fee Fight

By Patrick Hoff

Nordstrom Inc. will pay $450,000 to settle a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully charged employees who used tobacco hundreds of dollars more each year to obtain health benefits, workers told a Washington federal court.

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BAE Systems Fights $16.2M Pension Withdrawal Bill

By Katherine Smith

BAE Systems Inc. has asked a D.C. federal court to vacate an arbitrator's award ordering it to pay an International Association of Machinists pension fund roughly $16.2 million, claiming the calculation of the company's withdrawal liability was not done in accordance with federal benefits law.

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RI Judge Vacates Feds' Noncitizen Benefit Restrictions

By Tom Lotshaw

New York and other states applauded a Rhode Island federal judge's finding that the Trump administration flouted rulemaking requirements when it reinterpreted a 30-year-old welfare reform bill to try to subject a slew of federally funded benefit programs to immigration status verification requirements.

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Gov't Contractor Sued Over Cutting Analyst's $250K Pay Offer

By Elaine Briseño

A disabled veteran sued government contractor CACI International Inc. over an alleged "bait and switch," saying she was hired to work as an intelligence analyst with the promise of a $250,000 salary that was later reduced to $160,000.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.

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Offit Kurman Names President To Succeed Longtime Chair

By Emily Johnson

Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has selected its president to succeed the only chairman in the firm's nearly four-decade history, turning to a 22-year firm veteran who helped start its litigation department, the firm announced on Wednesday.

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'I'm Tired Of This': Judge Scolds Atty In Romantasy Suit

By Theresa Schliep

A New York federal judge has reprimanded counsel for a writer in a failed copyright infringement lawsuit over the "Crave" book series, insisting the plaintiff answer all questions in a deposition over attorney fees and writing that she was "tired of this" and "indeed being jerked around."

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Goldstein Not Leaving Prison Any Time Soon, 4th Circ. Rules

By Jeff Overley

The Fourth Circuit balked late Wednesday at freeing Tom Goldstein from prison as he fights felony convictions, and it rejected fast-track review of the renowned appellate advocate's trial, indicating he'll likely spend substantial time behind bars even if his appeal succeeds.

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Analysis

Newman's Roadblocks Guide Judicial Conduct Reform Bill

By Dani Kass

The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act has worked well in allowing the judicial branch to govern itself for nearly 50 years, but the ongoing suspension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has exposed gaps that could be addressed with newly introduced legislation, attorneys say.

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Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

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Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role

By Emma Cueto

A key U.S. Department of Education committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether the American Bar Association council responsible for approving law schools should continue as a federally recognized accreditor, tabling the issue until Thursday after different proposals failed to win majority support.

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Reeder McCreary

Seyfarth Shaw

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Affordable Care LLC

America's Health Insurance Plans Inc.

American Bar Association

BAE Systems PLC

CACI International Inc.

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Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

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IAM National Pension Fund

International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

LHC Group Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Nordstrom Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Iowa Attorney General's Office

Judicial Conference of the United States

National Security Agency

New York Attorney General's Office

Texas Office of the Governor

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma