Platt v. Sodexo, S.A., No. 23-55737, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 2203415 (9th Cir. Aug. 4, 2025); Avecilla v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., No. 23-55725, __ F. App’x __, 2025 WL 2206153 (9th Cir. Aug. 4, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Friedland and Desai, and District Judge Karen E. Schreier)
In these two
It was another slow-ish week in ERISA-land, so we have no notable decision to highlight. However, read on to learn more about how (1) a wrongful death claim prompted by an astronomical increase in the price of an asthma inhaler is not preempted by ERISA (Schmidtknecht v. OptumRx Inc.), (2) pharmacy benefit managers have
Stark v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., No. 24-6137, __ F.4th __, 2025 WL 1872420 (10th Cir. July 8, 2025) (Before Circuit Judges Matheson, Ebel, and Carson)
Legal practitioners in the United States generally abide by the “American Rule” for attorney’s fees, which is that each party in a lawsuit is responsible for paying