April 26, 2023
The First Circuit backed Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' defeat of a union benefits fund's suit claiming the company overpaid providers and charged excessive fees in violation of federal benefits law, finding Blue Cross wasn't a fiduciary of the plan because it didn't have discretionary authority.
January 31, 2023
Circuit courts in February will hear argument in cases attempting to define college athletes as employees of their schools and that question if Tofurky has a right to market its products with names like "vegan sausage" instead of "vegan tubes." Here, Law360 previews selected appellate arguments in the month ahead.