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• April 08, 2026

  Fla. Insurer, Ex-Parent To Pay $135M Over ACA Fraud Scheme

  A Florida insurer and its former parent, which is a Delaware-based national partnership of insurance brokers, have agreed to pay $135 million collectively to resolve allegations of a scheme to enroll ineligible consumers into subsidized Affordable Care Act plans and of defrauding the federal government of more than $140 million. 

• April 08, 2026

  Prudential Can't Enforce 'Illusory' Policy, Beneficiaries Say

  The beneficiaries of two pilots who died in a plane crash said a Prudential insurer can't escape their suit seeking accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an aviation company's life insurance plan, telling a Washington federal court that the policy departs from the industry standard because it is "illusory."

• April 08, 2026

  EEOC Wants NY School District Pay Bias Ruling Reconsidered

  A New York federal court misapplied Second Circuit precedent and overlooked evidence about how a school district set a female superintendent's salary, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in urging reconsideration of a ruling in an Equal Pay Act suit.

• April 08, 2026

  Mercury Systems Investors Seek Final OK Of $32.5M Deal

  Investors in aerospace and defense technology company Mercury Systems Inc. have asked a Boston federal judge to give the final nod to their $32.5 million deal to end claims the company mischaracterized certain integration processes amid a $1.4 billion acquisition spree, causing trading prices to slide as the company acknowledged financial fallout stemming from the integration woes.

• April 08, 2026

  ERISA Recap: 6 Noteworthy Decisions From March

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. narrowed but couldn't escape a suit from workers who said their health plan paid too much for prescription drugs, Genworth Financial Inc. unwound a class at the Fourth Circuit, and the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into proposed class actions against FedEx and Kellogg. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other notable decisions from March in ERISA cases.

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