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Aetna COVID-19 Test Provider Sues Insurer For 'Unpaid' $53M

By Rae Ann Varona

A Nebraska company that provided COVID-19 testing for Aetna has filed suit in California federal court, alleging that the insurer owes it more than $53 million for testing services but has refused to pay up.

EEOC Pregnancy Bias Settlement Misses Mark For 3rd Time

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed for the third time to secure court approval of a $30,000 settlement agreement that would end a pregnancy bias case against a child advocacy organization, with a Pennsylvania federal judge saying he still wasn't satisfied.

Ill. AG Backs Workers In Amazon COVID Screenings Fight

By Irene Spezzamonte

The Illinois attorney general backed two workers claiming Amazon owes them for the time they spent on COVID-19 screenings, arguing to the state's Supreme Court that Illinois wage law is more expansive than the Fair Labor Standards Act and includes no exception for preliminary and postliminary activities. 

NBA, Former Referee Agree To End Dispute Over Vax Firing

By David Steele

The National Basketball Association will pay former referee Leroy Richardson nearly $700,000 to resolve his remaining claims regarding his firing for refusing the league's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the two sides told a New York federal judge Tuesday.

US Oil Fund Beats Investor Suit Over COVID-Era Disclosures

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing United States Oil Fund LP and its backers of misleading investors during the 2020 oil crash, finding it does not plead actionable misstatements or omissions about pandemic-related risks the exchange-traded fund faced, or knowledge of wrongdoing by the defendants.

Lab Operator Will Pay $2.8M To Wrap Up EEOC Vax Bias Probe

By Grace Elletson

A scientific lab operator in Tennessee has agreed to shell out $2.8 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probe into allegations that it unlawfully denied accommodations to workers who sought religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the agency said Tuesday.


Expert Analysis

What FCA Liability Looks Like In The Cybersecurity Realm

​Two recent settlements highlight how whistleblowers and the U.S. Department of Justice have been utilizing the False Claims Act to allege fraud predicated on violations of cybersecurity standards — timely lessons given new bipartisan legislation introducing potential FCA liability for artificial intelligence use, say​ attorneys Rachel Rose and Julie Bracker.

Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits

The original jury verdict in Baylor College of Medicine v. Lloyd's, currently on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court after being overturned by an appellate panel, illustrates why COVID-19 business interruption claims with their case-specific facts need to be decided by juries, not by judges using a one-size-fits-all approach, says Jeremy Lawrence at Farella Braun.

NC COVID Ruling May Have Greater Coverage Implications

While the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent finding in favor of policyholders in a suit for business interruption coverage due to COVID-19 comes too late for most insureds to benefit, it should nonetheless have coverage implications far beyond COVID-19 claims, say attorneys at Robinson Bradshaw.

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