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• March 20, 2026

  Feds Rip Ex-NFL Player's New Trial Bid Over Medicare Scheme

  The federal government opposed a new trial bid by Keith Gray, a former NFL player and Texas laboratory owner convicted in a $328 million scheme involving billing for unnecessary cardiovascular genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries, arguing Thursday he lacks any valid basis to "disturb the jury's sound verdict."

• March 20, 2026

  Union Fund Gets Early Win In ERISA Audit Fight

  A hydro-excavation company must submit to an audit by a union pension fund, an Indiana federal judge ruled Friday, agreeing with the fund that the company is contractually obligated to do so.

• March 20, 2026

  Vein Restoration Co. Will Pay $4M To End False Claims Suit

  The operators of a multistate network of vascular medicine clinics have reached a $4 million settlement to resolve claims that they billed Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare for medically unnecessary vein treatment procedures over the course of seven years.

• March 20, 2026

  Mich. BCBS Unit Gets Health Plans' Claims Fight Transferred

  A federal judge granted Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's request to transfer a proposed class action alleging the insurance company violated federal benefits law by mismanaging claims in self-funded employee healthcare plans it administered, given that a similar, earlier-filed action was proceeding in an adjacent district.

• March 20, 2026

  Eye On ERISA: A Chat With King & Spalding's Darren Shuler

  Increased scrutiny of health plans and the high costs of care are fueling a litigation uptick that's coming not just from plan participants but also from employers frustrated with their third-party administrators, said Darren Shuler, a partner at King & Spalding LLP. Here, Shuler speaks with Law360 about litigation trends involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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