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USA - April 16 2013
In United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg. Energy, Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Int'l Union v. Cookson Am., Inc., No. 12-1032-cv, 2013 WL…
USA - November 9 2012
In Access Mediquip, L.L.C. v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., — F.3d —, No. 10-20868, 2012 WL 4747260 (5th Cir. Oct. 5, 2012), the Fifth Circuit, en banc, held that ERISA does not preempt a third-party medical provider's state law claims based on a health plan insurer's misrepresentations of coverage.
USA - October 12 2012
In Reese v. CNH Am. LLC, Nos. 11-1359, 11-1857, 11-1969, --- F.3d ---, 2012 WL 40009695 (6th Cir. Sept. 13, 2012), the Sixth Circuit for the second time reversed the decision of the district court and held that an employer could reasonably yet unilaterally alter lifetime healthcare benefits for retirees without engaging in collective bargaining.
USA - July 18 2012
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has largely survived its constitutional challenges, providing a degree of certainty to health care insurers, providers and consumers regarding the general coverage rules applicable to group health plans.
USA - June 28 2012
The Supreme Court of the United States (the "Court") ruled today, in a 5-to-4 landmark decision, that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("the Act") is constitutional, although it also held that certain Medicaid expansion provisions are unconstitutional.
