The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday reached an approximately $7 million settlement in California federal court with an Oklahoma-based debt-settlement payment processor that the bureau says charged tens of millions of dollars in illegal upfront fees to consumers. The CFPB alleged that Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Global Client Solutions allowed companies that it served to charge …
For those who are interested in the action against United Healthcare involving the mail order program for certain HIV/AIDS specialty medications, the class notice was mailed out last week. The following is a link to the settlement website, where you can also review the settlement notice and a list of Frequently Asked Questions: www.unitedhivsettlement.com (Internet …
On March 19, 2014, the parties in the DOE v. United litigation in the Central District of California filed with the Court a request for preliminary approval of a nationwide settlement of claims arising out of the use by United Healthcare of a mandatory program to require HIV/AIDS patients to obtain specialty medications through a …
Families who bought certain types of Gerbers “tagless” children’s clothing are entitled to refunds, discounts and re-imbursement for skin rashes, under a class-action settlement. Attorneys for a class of persons who bought “tagless” clothing for children and infants announced that they have reached a settlement with Gerber Childrenswear which lets anyone who purchased certain tagless …
Blue Cross Settles Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination As an update to an earlier post about an action recently filed against Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross patients with HIV/AIDS may “opt-out” of a program that would have required them to obtain their medications by mail order under a settlement announced today by Whatley Kallas LLC and Consumer …
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New Pharmacy Program Threatens Health and Privacy In a move that threatens the health and privacy of patients, Blue Cross of California has illegally targeted HIV/AIDS patients, and other seriously ill consumers, with a new program that will bar them from local pharmacies, according to the allegations in a new state-wide class action lawsuit. You …
Whatley Kallas has recently announced a $120 million class action settlement of certain claims regarding out of network payments against Aetna. For a summary of the settlement and a link to the settlement agreement, please review the attached information release: Whatley Kallas Announces Settlement With Aetna As preliminary approval of this settlement is pending, there …
Alan Mansfield was recently named to the Board of Governors for the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, one of the largest associations in California of plaintiffs and defense counsel and judges. In addition, Mr. Mansfield learned this week he had received an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest ranking available for attorneys in the …
On November 28, 2012, Judge James Selna of the United States District Court for the Central District of California certified a class of consumers located nationwide who, since 2008, signed up for debt negotiation and settlement prorater services with a company called Pathway Financial Management, located in Garden Grove, California. Notice to the class is …