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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to FDA Approval of Mifepristone: Impact on Health Plans

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/14/2024

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the drug mifepristone, which is used as part of a two-drug protocol to induce abortion. The Court ruled that...more

Fifth Circuit Supports Restrictions on Medication Abortion, But No Immediate Impact on Group Health Plans (For Now)

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 8/22/2023

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a Texas federal district court order revoking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the drug mifepristone,...more

Understanding Recent Litigation on Medication Abortion: A Guide for Health Plan Sponsors

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 4/25/2023

Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court stayed a federal district court order that suspended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug mifepristone, which is used as part of a two-drug regimen to...more

District Court Holds Third-Party Administrator Violated ACA’s Anti-Discrimination Rules by Administering Self-Insured Plan’s...

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 1/5/2023

On the heels of several recent court decisions concerning gender-affirming care, a federal district court in Washington concluded that the denial of benefits for gender-affirming care by a third-party administrator (“TPA”)...more

Agencies Heed President’s Call to Take Action to Protect Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Post-Dobbs

Verrill on 7/11/2022

Within days of the Supreme Court’s June 24th Dobbs decision, which held that the Constitution does not guarantee the right to an abortion, key government agencies have taken action to protect access to sexual and reproductive...more

[Webinar] Post-Roe Compliance Think Tank Session - July 11th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PT

Woodruff Sawyer on 7/6/2022

INSURANCE UPDATE - The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs, that abortions are not a federal constitutional right, has caused employers to ask how this new ruling affects benefits compliance as well as potential liability for...more

[Webinar] The Overturning of Roe v. Wade - June 29th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/29/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Dobbs), overturning Roe v. Wade (Roe) and upending 50 years of precedent protecting a woman’s right...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - March 2016

Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/29/2016

Editor’s Overview - This month we review the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of National Elevator Industries Health Benefit Plan where the Supreme Court considered the scope of...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - August 2015

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/28/2015

Editor's Overview - As the summer draws to a close, this month's Newsletter previews three cases that the U.S. Supreme Court already has agreed to hear that ought to be of particular interest to ERISA plan sponsors and...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Subrogation Rights, Emphasizes Need for Precise Plan Language

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/25/2013

Plan sponsors, particularly those that sponsor self-funded health plans, should review plan document provisions in light of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen. In...more

Supreme Court “Dooms” Equitable Defenses to Plan’s Reimbursement Provisions

Winstead PC on 4/19/2013

In a prior blog, I discussed the importance of including unambiguous reimbursement rights in health plan documents in order to manage healthcare costs. The enforceability of such rights was confirmed by the United States...more

The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Plan Sponsor’s Recovery Of Participant Damages Award

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 4/18/2013

On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in U.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen finding in favor of U.S. Airways in its quest to recover $66,866 in medical expenses incurred by its employee as a result of a...more

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