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 …
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 …
On September 27, 2012, Judge Pregerson of the Central District of California certified a nationwide class of purchasers of POM juice drinks. CLGCA and Alan Mansfield is one of the counsel for plaintiffs in this action. Click below to review an article about this decision. Class Certified Against POM Juice Drinks
People may find of interest the attached article about the appeal in Rivera v. Holder, the First Amendment case brought by an unindicted member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club. Legal battle over Mongols motorcycle club’s logo creates headache for feds
On June 12, 2012, Robert Martin and Deborah Goodwin filed a class action lawsuit against BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA and BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY for improperly closing health insurance plans and policies without providing comparable coverage in open plans and policies or pooling the closed blocks with an appropriately large …
We previously reported on a Court order certifying a class of pre-paid calling card purchasers of cards distributed by Krossland Distribution Inc. The Court has recently preliminarily approved a settlement of those claims. A summary of the settlement, in both English and Spanish, as well as the dates for the final approval hearing and deadlines …
Many consumers have posted on this site about a scam of being called by a firm called the Consumer Law Group and demanding payment on certain loans. Below is a link you can follow discussing this scam and what you can do about it. Scam Victims United The good news is they appear to have …