The law firm Napoli Shkolnik PLLC of New York, N.Y., has been hired to represent Forsyth County in the litigation. Napoli Shkolnik PLLC attorney Shayna E. Sacks said that at…
Following a court ruling earlier this year against United Behavioral Health’s (UBH’s) former level‐of‐care and coverage determination guidelines (see ADAW, Aug. 5), the managed behavioral health insurance giant now faces…
To those who might assume a federal lawsuit seeking class status for treatment providers wronged by insurance company actions would be receiving immediate and universal acclaim in the provider community,…
A Michigan federal judge refused to let the federal government go to the Sixth Circuit to argue it had immunity from claims brought by thousands of residents of Flint, Michigan,…
UnitedHealth Group faces a lawsuit that accuses the health insurer of illegally denying mental health and addiction benefits to maximize profits. The class-action lawsuit, filed Sept. 12 by law firm Napoli Shkolnik on behalf…
Palm Beach County was the epicenter of the opioid crisis. Now it’s home to an office of the family whose company has been blamed for the opioid epidemic. The Sackler…
Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy filing Sunday night may not dramatically affect Summit County’s ongoing lawsuit against Big Pharma, attorneys said. The county has engaged outside law firms to try the case,…
PFAS: A New Frontier for Waste Management and Landfill Leachate Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are found in products ranging from non-stick cookware to firefighting foam, and contaminate sites and…
The New York Attorney General’s Office said Friday it has uncovered roughly $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, that appear to be an…
Two Ohio countries, Summit and Cuyahoga, are set to go to trial next month in the consolidated opioid litigation taking place in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio under the direction…