In Beeman v. Anthem, the Ninth Circuit ruled yesterday in a published decision that a claim on behalf of California pharmacists for violation of Civil Code Section 2527 against numerous pharmaceutical benefit manager companies, known as PBMs, was not barred under the First Amendment, upholding a decision by the Hon. Virginia A. Phillips had reached … Read more about Ninth Circuit Issues Important Ruling
Anthem Blue Cross Settles Policy Closure Action As reported by Martin Bricketto on Law360: New York (June 21, 2011) — Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to settle a class action in California state court from consumers who accused the insurer of closing certain coverage policies without providing them with legally required options and notices, a … Read more about More Information on the Blue Cross Settlement
Anthem settles suit involving 120K policyholders By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER Associated Press Posted: 06/21/2011 10:43:58 AM PDT Updated: 06/21/2011 12:24:47 PM PDT LOS ANGELES—Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of manipulating policies and forcing California patients into higher deductible policies with fewer benefits. The case was brought … Read more about Important Relief Provided To Consumers For Blue Cross
In a sharply worded order, a U.S. District Court judge found that the federal government could not engage in “the very tactics it repudiates” by threatening to seize property from a motorcycle club member who had not been charged with any wrongdoing. In a suit brought by the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties … Read more about CLGCA Assists In Obtaining Significant First Amendment Victory
For more information on the BBG lawsuit, check out this Union Tribune article: Consumers sue local company over pay phone fees. (Web Archive copy)
In a class action lawsuit filed in San Diego federal court on November 12, 2010, two consumers complain that BBG Communications, Inc., the world’s largest servicer of payphones throughout the United States and Europe, has been deceptively billing consumers for calls using a credit or debit card. Contrary to advertisements on the payphones, such calls … Read more about Lawsuit Filed Against BBG For Deceptive Billing
California Medical Assn. officials announced Thursday that they and two physicians had sued Blue Shield of California alleging that the health insurer’s new online doctor rating system is inaccurate and potentially misleads consumers. Blue Shield’s Blue Ribbon Recognition Program, launched in June, analyzed about 6,000 doctors statewide and posted blue ribbons on its website next … Read more about Doctors group sues Blue Shield over online ratings
On March 1, 2010, two individuals filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated persons affected by what they allege is Blue Cross of California’s “manipulation of blocks of health insurance business with the intention of illegally decreasing policy benefits to enrollees while escalating the premiums they must pay”, which they allege in the Complaint … Read more about Class Action Lawsuit Filed In “Death Sprial” Litigation
On September 23, 2009, the California Court of Appeal in Morgan v. AT&T Mobility reversed a state trial court and upheld as sufficient allegations against AT&T Mobility based on its selling a phone that soon became obsolete after sale, for violations of the state’s Unfair Competition Law, fraud and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act The trial … Read more about Court of Appeal Clarifies Requirements For Pleading CLRA and UCL Claims
The California Supreme Court on a 4-3 vote decided not to grant rehearing or reconsider its decision in the Tobacco II litigation, meaning that proceeding shall soon be remanded back to San Diego Superior Court. In addition, to the extent practitioners were hoping for certain clarifications or possibly reconsideration of that decision, it will not be … Read more about Supreme Court Denies Rehearing In Tobacco II