FedEx accused a network of lawyers, medical providers and clinics of orchestrating an insurance scam in which they staged motor vehicle accidents in order to defraud the delivery giant through sham lawsuits and inflated medical bills, according to a suit filed in New York federal court.
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FedEx Says NY Attys And Medical Providers Staged Crashes

By Hope Patti

FedEx accused a network of lawyers, medical providers and clinics of orchestrating an insurance scam in which they staged motor vehicle accidents in order to defraud the delivery giant through sham lawsuits and inflated medical bills, according to a suit filed in New York federal court.

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$37M Award For Whistleblowers Nixed In Medicaid Fraud Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Texas state appeals court did away with an order awarding three whistleblowers a $37 million share of the state's settlement resolving Medicaid fraud allegations against Xerox, finding their respective cases over the alleged scheme were based on publicly available information.

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No Surprises Act Bars Provider's Award Enforcement Bid

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Pennsylvania federal court declined to force an insurer to pay over $300,000 in alleged outstanding payments from an out-of-network billing dispute with a provider, finding it lacked authority to do so under the No Surprises Act.

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ENFORCEMENT

Fla. Insurer, Ex-Parent To Pay $135M Over ACA Fraud Scheme

By Gina Kim

A Florida insurer and its former parent, which is a Delaware-based national partnership of insurance brokers, have agreed to pay $135 million collectively to resolve allegations of a scheme to enroll ineligible consumers into subsidized Affordable Care Act plans and of defrauding the federal government of more than $140 million. 

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LITIGATION

Prudential Can't Enforce 'Illusory' Policy, Beneficiaries Say

By Hope Patti

The beneficiaries of two pilots who died in a plane crash said a Prudential insurer can't escape their suit seeking accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an aviation company's life insurance plan, telling a Washington federal court that the policy departs from the industry standard because it is "illusory."

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Insurer Says NC Law Firm's $130K Forgery Loss Isn't Covered

By Mark Payne

Law firm Narron and Holdford PA isn't owed close to $130,000 in coverage for a forged cashier's check and wire transfer because the incident doesn't trigger coverage under the insurance policy it has with a pair of insurance companies, the insurers have told a North Carolina federal court. 

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Roundup

ERISA Recap: 6 Noteworthy Decisions From March

By Kellie Mejdrich

JPMorgan Chase & Co. narrowed but couldn't escape a suit from workers who said their health plan paid too much for prescription drugs, Genworth Financial Inc. unwound a class at the Fourth Circuit, and the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into proposed class actions against FedEx and Kellogg. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other notable decisions from March in ERISA cases.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Baker Botts Hires Int'l Development Finance Corp. Leader

By Jack Rodgers

Baker Botts LLP has hired an attorney who has worked at the center of the U.S. agency responsible for investing in developing countries as its top attorney, who has joined the firm as a senior counsel in Washington, D.C.

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Juul Pricing Case Tossed Following Another Reversal

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court has again dismissed a price discrimination case against Juul Labs over e-cigarette sales, after finding that a reversal of a previous ruling tossing the lawsuit was based on facts misrepresented by the wholesaler bringing the case.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the Texas law firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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Report Finds No Evidence Mass. Judge, Prosecutor Had Affair

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge and a county prosecutor were cleared in a special master's report made public Thursday about anonymous accusations that they were having an affair while he was presiding over her cases.

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Attys, Scholars Can Back Khalil In 3rd Circ. Detention Fight

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit granted three separate motions from civil rights groups, immigration experts and habeas scholars Thursday to file amicus briefs supporting Mahmoud Khalil's request for en banc review of a precedential decision that cleared the way for the government to continue detaining the Columbia University activist.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Burke Williams Accused Of Botching Real Estate Fraud Case

By Emily Sawicki

California Mid-Law firm Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP is facing legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims in state court for allegedly dropping the ball on an ailing client's fraud and identity theft case by not providing adequate counsel at a damages trial and not communicating with his representatives.

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Mich. Justices Revisit Med Mal Wrongful Death Filing Limits

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments revisiting its 2004 decision that narrowed the window for filing certain medical malpractice suits, with attorneys for a patient's estate urging the justices to overturn the ruling and extend the limit for wrongful death claims during the statutory notice period.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Baker Botts

Burke Williams & Sorensen

Collins Einhorn

Crowell & Moring

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dratel & Lewis

Foley & Lardner

Gottlieb & Greenspan

Grasso Law PC

Hinckley Allen

Ikhilov & Associates

Jacobs and Diemer

Keller Rohrback

King & Spalding

Law Offices of James R. Moriarty

Lewis Brisbois

Morrison Mahoney

Murphy & Grantland

Narron & Holdford

O'Hagan Meyer

Oliver Bell Group

Paul Hastings

Phillips & Cohen LLP

Ropes & Gray

Saul Ewing

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

The Monson Law Firm

Van Der Hout LLP

Walker and Patterson

Waters Kraus

Willis Law Group

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Affordable Care LLC

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

AssuredPartners Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

Burke Inc.

Center for Constitutional Rights

Centrus Energy Corp.

Elite

Energy Harbor Corp.

FedEx Corp.

Genworth Financial Inc.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JUUL Labs Inc.

Kellogg Co.

LinkedIn Corp.

McLaren Health Care Corp.

National Insurance Crime Bureau

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

Ocwen Financial Corp.

PEN America

Prudential Financial Inc.

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.

State Street Global Advisors Inc.

The City University of New York

UCLA School of Law

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

Wells Fargo & Co.

Weyerhaeuser Co.

Xerox Holdings Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Los Angeles Superior Court

Louisiana Department of Insurance

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.