Albertsons Judge Hears $44B Opioid Abatement Plan In Wash.
Addressing harm caused by prescription opioid abuse in Washington would cost nearly $44.4 billion, an expert testified Monday during a bench trial in the state's case accusing Albertsons and its Safeway subsid... (more story)
Blue States Say FTC Can't Regulate Trans Youth Health
A group of left-leaning states, including Massachusetts and California, asked a Texas federal court to toss a Federal Trade Commission suit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, sa... (more story)
AIG Exclusion Doesn't Bar Multiplied Damages, Judge Says
A California federal judge in a narrow ruling declared that a portion of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's insurance policy does not automatically bar coverage for a portion of a $581 million False Claims Act se... (more story)
Hospital Employees Seek Class Cert. In Retirement Funds Suit
Employees of a faith-based nonprofit Colorado hospital urged a federal judge to grant class certification in their lawsuit alleging the hospital mismanaged employees' retirement funds and ultimately cost parti... (more story)
Mass. Judge Vacates ACA Gender-Affirming Care Restriction
A Massachusetts federal judge handed a coalition of 21 states a win on their claim that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully issued Affordable Care Act reforms barring marketplace plans ... (more story)
7th Circ. Reverses Alcoa Union Retirees' Lifetime Benefits Win
The Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana federal court's decision holding that certain union retirees of aluminum giant Alcoa and their beneficiaries had a vested right to health benefits for life, finding erro... (more story)