LEWANDOWSKI v. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON et al
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3:24-cv-00671
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September 27, 2024
MetLife's 3rd Circ. Win Won't Stop ERISA Health Fee Suits
The Third Circuit's recent decision upholding MetLife's escape from a lawsuit accusing the company of pocketing $65 million in pharmacy rebates instead of using the funds to lower employee healthcare costs hands additional authority over to employers facing a new wave of class action litigation over excessive health fees, attorneys say.
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August 02, 2024
4 ERISA Excessive Health Fee Suits To Watch
The Third Circuit will decide whether to revive a suit from MetLife workers alleging their pharmacy benefits were mismanaged, while suits proceed in district court against Wells Fargo and Johnson & Johnson alleging they violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act via high drug costs a pharmacy benefit manager charged workers. Here, Law360 looks at four cases involving claims that employers violated ERISA by charging high healthcare costs — including for prescription drugs — that attorneys are watching.
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June 21, 2024
5 ERISA Cases To Watch In 2024's Second Half
The U.S. Department of Labor will be playing defense in the second half of 2024, battling injunction bids in Texas seeking to halt the agency's recently finalized retirement security regulations, as well as fighting to uphold a DOL rule tackling social and environmental factors in retirement plan investment decisions. Here, Law360 looks at five Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases that attorneys say they will have on their radar.
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April 22, 2024
J&J Says Worker's Drug Costs Suit Misses Big Picture
Johnson & Johnson asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a worker's suit claiming employees were overcharged for their prescriptions under a drug benefit program because of a contract with a pharmacy benefits manager, saying employees didn't show they could've gotten a better deal elsewhere.
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February 07, 2024
Worker Says J&J Mismanaged Prescription Benefits
A Johnson & Johnson employee told a New Jersey federal court in a proposed class action that workers were overcharged for prescription drug benefits, including through an expensive contract with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts.