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The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that pleading a claim under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 does not require a showing of defendant’s knowledge of false statements in offering documents,...more
As previously noted in a recent blog post, defendants should immediately evaluate their insurance coverage upon receipt of a class action complaint. But as one defendant recently discovered the hard way, that evaluation must...more
On January 11, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion reaffirming the requirement that False Claims Act relators plead presentment of a false claim with particularity. United States...more
On August 28, 2012, the Delaware Court of Chancery found that a management services agreement could help establish both personal jurisdiction through a conspiracy to defraud and joint and several liability through an agency...more
In This Issue: IN THIS ISSUE: - Supreme Court’s Decision on Healthcare Reform – What Does This Mean To ERISA Welfare Benefit Plans? ....1 - SELECT CASE SUMMARIES....2 - DICKINSON WRIGHT ERISA...more
In This Issue: - Editor’s Overview ...1 - Health Care Reform Remains Alive and Well as DOL Enforces ACA through Plan Audits ...2 - Class Warfare — ERISA Class Litigation in Light of Wal-Mart v....more
On May 8, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments in United States ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc. (10-2215). The central issues in the case are whether compliance with the federal...more
Medical providers must specifically allege the medical plans, the terms breached, and the assignment when pursuing benefits by assignment from their patients under Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In...more
Defendants' demurrer to the First Amended Complaint's UCL, FAL and CLRA causes of action based on failure to plead reliance, and failure to plead requisite damages sufficient to confer standing under Simpson Strong Tie v....more
Defendants filed their petition to compel individual arbitration of the putative class action claims pursuant to the United Supreme Court's ruling in Concepcion v. ATT. Briefing schedule and hearing date to be set by the...more
Plaintiffs' Opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss the fraud and racketeering charges against them...more
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike the predicate acts plead as part of a long-term, ongoing racketeering enterprise...more
Readers have seen my warnings about plaintiff attorneys trying to turn every marketing statement of opinion or puffing into a consumer fraud claim. Now comes a decision about a non-consumer product consumer fraud claim. A...more
SB 558 proposes to lower the evidentiary standard for obtaining enhanced remedies available under California's Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA) from "clear and convincing" to "preponderance of...more
In Smith v. Selma Community Hospital, 2010 DJDAR 13933 (2010), the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District, held that under Business and Professions Code Section 809.9, a substantially prevailing party in a peer review...more
A primer on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)....more
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