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Legal News Podcast - Divided 7th Circuit: Elimination Of Retiree Health Benefit Doesn't Violate ERISA
Posted on 17 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

A Virginia federal judge finds Viagra patents are valid and infringed, and the 7th Circuit holds in John Sullivan, et al. v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, et al., No. 10-1558, 7th Cir.; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16413 , that elimination of a retiree health... Read More

Health Insurance at the Intersection of State and Federal Regulation: Confused Regulation of ERISA Fully Insured MEWAs
Posted on 21 Jan 2012 by R. Dean Conlin

By R. Dean Conlin, Partner, Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell, L.P. Small employers have struggled to have the same funding and plan design flexibility and uniform plan coverage for group health insurance as larger employers. A fully insured, multiple... Read More

Class Action Settlement Approved for Out-of-Network Providers in AMA v United Healthcare Lawsuit Related to Uniform and Customary Rates
Posted on 21 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A New York federal judge on Sept. 20 granted final approval to a $350 million class action settlement with United HealthCare Corp., ending claims that United companies allegedly underpaid professional providers for out-of-network... Read More

No ERISA Preemption for Unfair Insurance Practices in Montana
Posted on 24 Oct 2011 by Barry Zalma

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant In 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Pilot Life Insurance Co. V. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41, 95 L. Ed. 2d 39, 107 S. Ct. 1549 (U.S. 04/06/1987) , that held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974... Read More

Health Insurance at the Intersection of State and Federal Regulation: Confused Regulation of ERISA Fully Insured MEWAs
Posted on 21 Jan 2012 by R. Dean Conlin

By R. Dean Conlin, Partner, Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell, L.P. Small employers have struggled to have the same funding and plan design flexibility and uniform plan coverage for group health insurance as larger employers. A fully insured, multiple... Read More

Legal News Podcast - Divided 7th Circuit: Elimination Of Retiree Health Benefit Doesn't Violate ERISA
Posted on 17 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

A Virginia federal judge finds Viagra patents are valid and infringed, and the 7th Circuit holds in John Sullivan, et al. v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, et al., No. 10-1558, 7th Cir.; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16413 , that elimination of a retiree health... Read More

No ERISA Preemption for Unfair Insurance Practices in Montana
Posted on 24 Oct 2011 by Barry Zalma

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant In 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Pilot Life Insurance Co. V. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41, 95 L. Ed. 2d 39, 107 S. Ct. 1549 (U.S. 04/06/1987) , that held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974... Read More

Class Action Settlement Approved for Out-of-Network Providers in AMA v United Healthcare Lawsuit Related to Uniform and Customary Rates
Posted on 21 Sep 2010 by Cheryl Keely

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A New York federal judge on Sept. 20 granted final approval to a $350 million class action settlement with United HealthCare Corp., ending claims that United companies allegedly underpaid professional providers for out-of-network... Read More