The House Education and the Workforce Committee's Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions subcommittee was critical of the U.S. Department of Labor's...

The ERISA Working Group, a division of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), is considering establishing a drafting group to address...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently unanimously upheld a federal district court's denial of a preliminary injunction in a suit challenging the constitutionality of California's employee classification test.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new report on the effects of the No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution (IDR) system.

The state of Oregon has filed a $900 million lawsuit against American insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

President Joe Biden focused on work-related initiatives in his third State of the Union speech. He proposed raising $500 billion over the next decade by establishing a minimum 25% income tax...

Employees have now filed two separate 401(k) lawsuits against UnitedHealth Group (UHG), claiming that the company misused forfeited 401(k) funds from employees to reduce employer contributions into the plan.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently issued a ruling finding that CVS Caremark Corp., a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), owed the federal government $95 million...

Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc., a Georgia company, and a class of some 6,800 retirement plan participants, recently advised a federal district...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has announced settlement agreements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Corp.

Humana Inc. and Mark Cuban recently announced at the Forbes healthcare conference that they are working on a potential pharmacy partnership, which could increase pressure...

Passage of the budget reconciliation bill may prompt members of Congress to take on reform of pharmacy benefit managers, health savings accounts, and individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements.

President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that calls for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat serious mental illness. The move could push employer health plans to include psychedelic drugs...

President Donald Trump recently posted on Truth Social that he intends to impose a 100% tariff on some imported prescription drugs, effective October 1, 2025.

Aerospace and defense technology company L3Harris has agreed to settle an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action lawsuit for $650,000.

Florida's Attorney General has launched an antitrust investigation into CVS Health and its pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, examining whether the company inappropriately steered patients to CVS pharmacies and reimbursed them at higher rates than independent pharmacies. The investigation, part of a broader multi-state scrutiny of PBM business practices, seeks documents and testimony on policies related to transparency, reimbursement rates, audits, and market concentration in an industry where three PBMs co

The Employee Benefits Security Administration's new leadership has announced a significant shift in enforcement priorities, targeting benefit plan managers who incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors or diversity...

The U.S. Senate has failed to bring to a vote two bills that would have extended subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) beyond the end of the year.

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced its intention to hear a case involving whether Title IX’s sex discrimination protections apply to college coaches and professors, not just students.

The Internal Revenue Service has reported significant enrollment in Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged retirement savings vehicle for children established under the One Big Beautiful Bill.