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The San Diego Union Tribune – Consumer Group Appeals Court Loss In Dispute Over State Insurance Records
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...
The Los Angeles Times – Californians, Brace for Another Bill Increase: Your Car Insurance
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...
Bloomberg Law – CVS Units Must Face HIV Bias Suit Over Medication Distribution
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...
Law 360 – CVS Can’t Escape HIV Patients’ Disability Bias Suit
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...
Politico Pro – DRUGSTORE DRAMA
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...
Law 360 – CVS Drops High Court Disability Bias Battle With HIV Patients
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...
San Francisco Chronicle – CVS Drops Supreme Court Appeal In Bay Area Case That Challenged Prescription Policies
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...
Law 360 – US Backs Patients In High Court CVS Disability Bias Case
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...
Law 360 – CVS Tells High Court Mailed Prescriptions Not Disability Bias
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...
POZ – Supreme Court to Hear HIV Case Involving CVS Pharmacy Program
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...
Law 360 – CVS Persuades Justices To Review HIV Bias Case
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...
San Francisco Chronicle – Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of S.F. Case That Allowed Some HIV/AIDS Patients To Sure For Discrimination
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...
Insurance Business America – Auto Insurers Raking In Huge Sum At Drivers’ Expense – Report
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...
Bloomberg Law – HIV Bias Suit Against CVS Tests Bounds of Obamacare Protections
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...
San Francisco Chronicle – HIV Patients CVS Lawsuit Reinstated; Suit That Claims AIDS Patients Lost Medical Information, Guidance May Proceed, Court Rules
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...
Law 360 – 9th Circ. Revives ACA Claims Over Access To CVS HIV Drugs
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...
Reuters Legal – CVS Caremark, Others Must Face HIV Patients’ Claims Over Pharmacy Program
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...
Law 360 – CVS-Only HIV Drugs Deny Meaningful Access, 9th Circ. Told
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...
The San Diego Union Tribune – Insurance Commissioner Accepted, Returned More Cash From Insurers Than Previously Known
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...
Courthouse News Service – CVS On Hook for Letters Disclosing HIV Status
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...
The Los Angeles Daily News – Critics Slam LADWP In Lawsuit Over ‘Illegal Tax’ Money Transferred To LA’s Budget
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
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 Testifies at Aetna/CVS Merger Hearing; Tells Insurance Commissioner Patient Privacy at Stake
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
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
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...