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• March 11, 2026

  Ohio Hospital Defeats DaVita's Dialysis Discrimination Suit

  An Ohio hospital and its health benefit plan did not discriminate against patients with end-stage renal disease by eliminating in-network coverage for dialysis, a federal court ruled, finding that dialysis provider DaVita Inc. failed to show the plan intended to harm participants.

• March 11, 2026

  Justices Shouldn't Touch $15.6M Pension Ruling, Fund Says

  The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't disturb the Eleventh Circuit's finding that a wholesale bakery company owes a union pension fund up to $15.6 million, the fund said, asking the justices not to accept a writ of certiorari petition from the company.

• March 11, 2026

  Del. High Court Upholds Pioneer Win In $60B Exxon Deal Fight

  The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling denying a union pension fund's request for additional internal communications related to the roughly $60 billion merger between Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and ExxonMobil Corp., concluding that the Delaware Chancery Court correctly rejected the stockholder's bid to obtain more emails and text messages from the company's former chief executive.

• March 11, 2026

  Anthem Beats Lab's $1.9M ERISA Payment Demand

  Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut has prevailed in a medical laboratory's $1.9 million contract and ERISA lawsuit over allegations the insurer refused to pay for out-of-network tests.

• March 11, 2026

  DOL Won't Oppose Vacating ERISA Fiduciary Rule In Texas

  An insurance trade group challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's regulations expanding the definition of an investment advice fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act asked a Texas judge Wednesday to vacate the policies and said the DOL didn't oppose the request.

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