By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of...

By Ronald D. White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-21/geico-allstate-start-california-car-insurance-rate-increases-more-ahead Some California drivers will be getting a nasty surprise when they open their car insurance bills this...

By Jacklyn Will, BLOOMBERG LAW https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/cvs-units-must-face-hiv-bias-suit-over-medication-distribution HIV/AIDS patients who object to a CVS Pharmacy Inc. policy limiting where they can receive specialty medications advanced their lawsuit when...

By Patrick Hoff, LAW 360 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1518877/cvs-can-t-escape-hiv-patients-disability-bias-suit CVS Pharmacy can't avoid a proposed class action alleging its prescription drug benefits program discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS, as a California federal judge said...

By Victoria Colliver, POLITICO PRO DRUGSTORE DRAMA: CVS dropped its appeal of a California case involving prescription drug policies for HIV patients that was set...

By Amanda Ottaway, LAW360 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1439984/cvs-drops-high-court-disability-bias-battle-with-hiv-patients Law360 (November 12, 2021, 2:30 PM EST) -- CVS Pharmacy abandoned its U.S. Supreme Court challenge to a proposed class action...

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/CVS-drops-Supreme-Court-appeal-in-Bay-Area-case-16611534.php Less than a month before the Supreme Court was to hear a Bay Area suit against CVS that could...

By Rachel Stone, LAW 360 October 29, 2021 https://www.law360.com/articles/1435636?scroll=1&related=1 Law360 (October 29, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) -- The U.S. threw its support behind a group of people...

By Amanda Ottaway, LAW360 September 7, 2021 https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1418979/cvs-tells-high-court-mailed-prescriptions-not-disability-bias Law360 (September 7, 2021, 8:53 PM EDT) -- CVS Pharmacy Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal law...

By Trenton Straube, POZ July 7, 2021 https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hear-hiv-case-involving-cvs-pharmacy-program-discrimination Can health plans force clients to get HIV meds via mail or at a specific pharmacy in order to...

By Alexis Shanes, LAW 360 July 2, 2021 https://www.law360.com/retail/articles/1399999/cvs-persuades-justices-to-review-hiv-bias-case Law360 (July 2, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review the...

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 2, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Supreme-Court-to-hear-appeal-of-S-F-case-that-16290630.php The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal by CVS of a ruling in a...

By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS AMERICA June 30, 2021 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/auto-insurers-raking-in-huge-sum-at-drivers-expense--report-259459.aspx Despite the majority of Californians driving less last year, most auto insurance companies operating in the state...

By Lydia Wheeler, BLOOMBERG LAW January 8, 2021 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hiv-bias-suit-against-cvs-tests-bounds-of-obamacare-protections Mail-order drug policy at issue in proposed class action Decision could clarify antidiscrimination protections  Californians with HIV and...

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 10, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Suit-that-claims-AIDS-patients-lost-medical-15789485.php HIV/AIDS patients who said they lost access to potentially vital medical information when their health plans started...

By Melissa Angell, LAW 360 December 9, 2020 https://www.law360.com/articles/1336217/9th-circ-revives-aca-claims-over-access-to-cvs-hiv-drugs Law360 (December 9, 2020, 9:43 PM EST) -- The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday partially revived HIV patients' proposed...

By Brendan Pierson, REUTERS LEGAL December 9, 2020 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has revived a proposed class action by California HIV/AIDS patients alleging that pharmacy...

By Craig Clough, LAW360 June 12, 2020 https://www.law360.com/classaction/articles/1282697/cvs-only-hiv-drugs-deny-meaningful-access-9th-circ-told Law360 (June 12, 2020, 7:24 PM EDT) -- A proposed class of Amtrak, Lowe's Cos. and Warner Media employees...

State insurance commissioner reported $83,000 in returned contributions dating back to 2013 By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE July 31, 2019 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-07-31/lara-accepted-more-campaign-cash-from-insurers-than-previously-known California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara...

CVS On Hook for Letters Disclosing HIV Status By Lisa Klein, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE December 24, 2018 https://www.courthousenews.com/cvs-on-hook-for-letters-disclosing-hiv-status/ CINCINNATI (CN) – A federal judge in Ohio ruled Friday...

Critics Slam LADWP In Lawsuit Over ‘Illegal Tax’ Money Transferred To LA’s Budget By City News Service, THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS July 26, 2018 https://www.dailynews.com/2018/07/26/critics-slam-ladwp-in-lawsuit-over-illegal-tax-money-transferred-to-las-budget/ LOS ANGELES...

State Health Department, CVS Sued Over HIV Mailing By Marty Schladen, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH June 29, 2018 http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180629/state-health-department-cvs-sued-over-hiv-mailing/1 The Ohio Department of Health has been sued in connection...

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Insurance Commissioner to Assure Medical Privacy for HIV Patients at Hearing Regarding the Proposed Merger of Aetna Inc. into CVS...

Lawsuit Claims CVS Unintentionally Revealed HIV Status Of 6,000 Customers By Carma Hassan, CNN April 1, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/health/cvs-lawsuit-hiv-status-customers/index.html CVS Health is being sued for allegedly revealing the HIV...

Lawsuit Claims CVS Revealed HIV Status Of Up To 6,000 People By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS March 29, 2018 https://nypost.com/2018/03/29/lawsuit-claims-cvs-revealed-hiv-status-of-up-to-6000-people/ DAYTON, Ohio — CVS Health is facing a...