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Texas Lawyer

Big Law Gathers for Case Allowing Insurers to Avoid $78.5M Payout

Icahn Enterprises wants a judgment vacating an order that let its insurers avoid paying a $78.5 million settlement.
4 minute read

Law.com

Not a Shield, but a Weapon? Blue Cross Accused of Antitrust Practices

The complaint was surfaced on Law.com Radar.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Approves $667K Settlement Against Independence Blue Cross for Unpaid, Pre-Shift Computer Work

The plaintiffs claimed they spent approximately 15 to 30 minutes per day rebooting and loading their computers, logging in to their computers, and opening and loading various software applications and web browsers, without being compensated.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Health Care Behemoth'?: DOJ Seeks Injunction Blocking $3.3B UnitedHealth Merger Proposal

“The Justice Department will not hesitate to check unlawful consolidation and monopolization in the health care market that threatens to harm vulnerable patients, their families, and health care workers,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
3 minute read

Law.com

Law Firm Accused of Barratry for Allegedly Soliciting Crash Victims

The plaintiffs allegedly received a call from Kanner & Pintaluga two days after the crash, offering representation and a minimum recovery of $10,000. The law firm did not respond to a request for comment.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Progressive Hit With Class Action After Allegedly Unlawfully Denying Collision Coverage

"Progressive has implemented a systemic, predetermined refusal to offer optional automobile insurance coverages due to a so-called 'binding restriction' that runs counter to established Massachusetts law that limits the circumstances under which an insurer can refuse to offer optional coverages."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

'I Thank You': Attorney Leverages Daily Report Article to Turn $42K Offer Into $600K Settlement

"Allstate requested that my settlement remain confidential, but I rejected that request because I'm convinced stories like yours do more to hold companies like Allstate accountable than any settlement or verdict ever could," plaintiff counsel Richard Kopelman of told the Daily Report.
7 minute read

Law.com

First Came the SEC, Now Investors Raise Allegations Against Acadia Healthcare

"It is particularly important that health care providers satisfy these requirements when providing services to a vulnerable patient population, such as residents of an inpatient behavioral health facility," Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department's civil division, said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Court of Appeals Lets Stand Injury Caused by State Farm Payment Delay

The case calls into question the applicability of two recent Texas Supreme Court opinions: Ortiz and Rodriguez.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

ERISA Class Actions Surge Over Health Plans' Tobacco Surcharges

Three law firms are responsible for eight cases filed since Oct. 3: Siri & Glimstad, Stueve Siegel Hanson and the McClelland Law Firm, according to Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

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