Broad access to cost-free health insurance coverage for a range of medical services remains available but still threatened for many Americans following a federal appeals court’s Friday decision partially halting the US’s enforcement of Obamacare’s preventive services mandates.
A federal agency investigation and lawsuit targeting an agricultural contracting company and its top executives resulted in convictions from a California jury for pension, workers’ compensation, and health insurance-related fraud.
Conflicting court decisions are sowing confusion over the legality of EEOC regulations requiring employers to provide workers with abortion-related accommodations under a federal pregnancy bias law, particularly in cases involving potential religious exemptions.
Employers, health plans, and medical providers still face uncertainty over compliance and coverage of abortion drugs even after the US Supreme Court’s recent dismissal of a lawsuit challenging mifepristone’s approval temporarily resolved questions around patient access.
Employers tasked with reallocating 401(k) assets forfeited by former employees are encountering a wave of litigation alleging the misuse of plan funds, as well as emerging disagreement between judges on these suits’ viability.
US hospitals should proceed with caution in resuming the use of popular technology that collects user information while the Biden administration weighs a response to a court order greenlighting the practice.
NIKE Inc. faces a securities class action alleging its CEO and CFO deceived investors by exaggerating the success of its digital marketing strategy.
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Former Scient Federal Credit Union chief executive David Purcell persuaded a federal judge that Scient unlawfully denied him executive benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry International Pension Fund, according to the PBGC Friday.
A California bill forcing the two largest US pension funds to divest an estimated $15 billion in oil and gas assets has quietly fizzled for the third straight year, but the influential state lawmaker behind the effort vowed to renew the legislation with a stronger alliance of climate activists.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the Pacific Coast Shipyards Pension Plan, according to the PBGC Thursday.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Plan, according to the PBGC Thursday.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Midwest Pension Plan, according to the PBGC Thursday.
The court granted Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss an employee’s action challenging the termination of disability benefits, because attorneys’ fees aren’t compensable under ERISA, and the deduction of social security disability benefits wasn’t a breach of fiduciary duty. Finley v. Reliance Std. Life Ins. Co., 2024 BL 205185, W.D. Okla., CIV-23-967-PRW, 6/14/24
The court granted in part Multiplan Inc., Cigna Corporation, and others’ motions to dismiss the Discovery House LLC, Discovery Transitions Outpatient Inc., DHP Heights LLC, and others’ action seeking plan benefits, breach of contract, and unfair competition. Discovery House LLC v. CIGNA Corp., 2024 BL 203325, C.D. Cal., 2:22-CV-1418-DOC-JDE, 6/12/24
The court denied an employee’s request for relief in her opening brief in this ERISA action against Lincoln National Corporation and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company challenging the denial of long-term disability benefits coverage, because Lincoln didn’t abuse its discretion. Drake v. Lincoln Nat’l Corp., 2024 BL 199802, D. Ariz., CV-22-08230-PCT-SPL, 6/10/24
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