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Frantz Ward LLP

Sixth Circuit Revives an Equitable Claim for Disgorgement Under ERISA Where an Insurer Obtained Reimbursement is Not Set Forth in...

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In Patterson v. United Healthcare Insurance Company, 76 F.4th 487 (6th Cir. 2023), the Sixth Circuit held that the plaintiff insured had stated an equitable claim for disgorgement under ERISA where he sought disgorgement of...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Supplier Agrees to Pay $29 Million for FCA Violations

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Medical Supplier Agrees to Pay $29 Million for FCA Violations - Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and medical supplier Lincare Holdings Inc. reached an agreement to settle claims that Lincare violated...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Major Development in BCBS Association Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust litigation has been ongoing for several years in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against one of the biggest business associations in America, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association...more

Baker Donelson

HHS Expands Eligibility for Medicare Appeal Settlement Conference Facilitation Process

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On August 11, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is expanding the alternative dispute resolution process known as Settlement Conference Facilitation (SCF) for 2020. Under the expansion,...more

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Deal or no Deal? Ontario, Canada Court Determines Employer and Employees Agreed to Settlement Absent Written Contract

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In a recent appeal to the Divisional Court of Ontario’s Superior Court in Shete, Lada, and Chung v. Bombardier Inc., 2019 ONSC 4083, the court applied the most basic principle that serves as the foundation of common law...more

Morgan Lewis

Guide To The New Rules For The Deductibility Of ‘Misconduct’ Payments: Government- And Quasi-Government-Imposed Penalties, Fines,...

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Recent US tax reform legislation P.L. 115-97, commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, made sweeping changes to when and how a taxpayer will be able to deduct payments made to settle claims of particular acts of...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Cumis Counsel’s Post-Settlement Conduct is Not Protected from Insurer’s Reimbursement Lawsuit Under California’s Anti-SLAPP...

In Travelers Cas. Ins. Co. of Am. v. Hirsh (No. 14-55539), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an order denying the appellant’s motion pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute, to strike...more

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Smooth Operators: Seventh Circuit Untangles Objections and Affirms Settlement of Hair Product Class

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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a class settlement over objection in a case involving a hair-smoothing product (“the Smoothing Kit”) that allegedly destroyed users’ hair and burned their scalps. Plaintiffs sued...more

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