HIV/AIDS

Federal Court Rules Plaintiffs Adequately Alleged CVS Acted With “Deliberate Indifference” When It Adopted Rx Program That Discriminates Against People Living With HIV

Los Angeles, CA – Late yesterday the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that four HIV-positive “John Doe” plaintiffs adequately alleged CVS acted intentionally under...

One of the Largest HIV Privacy Breach Payments Arriving in Mailboxes This Week

Los Angeles, CA – Checks for $1,821.58 were mailed late last week to hundreds of Californians whose confidential medical information—including their HIV status—was allegedly accessed and shared without their consent. The...

Law 360 – CVS Wants HIV Patients’ Disability Bias Suit Tossed

By Emmy Freedman, LAW 360 https://www.law360.com/articles/1595196?e_id=4b8eb524-0562-40da-ba7d-4520eae82a00& CVS urged a California federal judge to toss a proposedclass action accusing it of violating the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provision by forcingpeople with HIV...

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...

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 a California federal judge said...

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 the company's separate corporate entities can't shield...

Discrimination Suit Brought By “John Doe” HIV-Positive Plaintiffs May Proceed, A San Francisco Federal Court Ruled Friday

Late Friday a federal court in San Francisco allowed a case against subsidiaries of CVS Health Corporation brought by HIV-positive “John Doe” plaintiffs to proceed, denying CVS’s motion to...

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 to be heard by the...

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 brought by HIV-positive patients who...

Groups Commend CVS’s Withdrawal of U.S. Supreme Court Challenge To HIV Rights

Los Angeles, CA -- CVS Health Corporation’s dismissal today of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court of a health care civil rights lawsuit involving the rights of numerous...

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