Healthcare Litigation
HIV-Positive Consumer Joins Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Giant Gilead Over Price Gouging
Los Angeles, CA -- An HIV-Positive consumer has joined a federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead Sciences in a complaint alleging unfair and anti-competitive behavior in violation of multiple...
California Court Supports Coverage For Autism Therapy
(Reuters) - A California appeals court has ruled that state regulators and health insurers cannot deny coverage for an intensive autism treatment on the grounds that the therapy was...
California Court of Appeals Ends State Regulator’s Discrimination Against Autistic Children
Santa Monica, CA - Parents of autistic children scored a major victory in a California Court of Appeal decision issued late yesterday, which now bars state regulators and health...
Calif. Appeals Court Again Says Plans Must Cover Autism Care
Law360, Los Angeles (April 23, 2014, 9:42 PM ET) -- A California appeals court on Wednesday again held that the Department of Managed Health Care is required by law...
Court Grants Rehearing in Autism Case
This week the California Court of Appeal granted Consumer Watchdog's petition for rehearing in its s
eminal lawsuit against the Department of Managed Health Care over treatment for autistic children.
Consumer...
Autism Ruling Change Requested
This week Consumer Watchdog filed a brief urging the California Court of Appeal to reconsider part of a recent ruling ending autism discrimination that could be read to put...
Ruling’s Effect on Autism Coverage
The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles last week ruled that the Department of Managed Health Care cannot use licensure as a basis for denial of a...
KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Autism Health Insurance Victory
The California Court of Appeals has ruled that all insurance plans will now have to cover perhaps the most effective treatment for autism, whether the therapist is licensed or...
KCAL TV-9 Los Angeles – CA Appeals Court Rules Public Insurance Must Cover Autism Treatment
A therapy for children with autism must be covered by public insurance companies, a California appeals court has ruled.
Applied Behavior Analysis — or ABA — "is a system in which every moment and action by the child is monitored and rewarded by the therapist on a one-to-one relationship for periods of 35, 40 hours a week," plaintiffs' attorney Fred Woocher said.
Autism Discrimination Barred
We're very proud of the legal team's recent victory in a lawsuit to bar discrimination against children.
The California Court of Appeal's decision ended the Department of Managed Health Care’s...
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