Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation Cases
[updated 3/17/2020] RICHARDSON, T.X.—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) agreed to repay customers after state regulators discovered that the insurer supplied them with incorrect information and mishandled out-of-network emergency claims. On March 6, 2020, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) revealed that BCBSTX will pay a $10 million fine. TDI Commissioner Kent Sullivan stated, […]
The ROI of Law Firm Technology: Measuring Your Bottom Line
Many lawyers will agree that time is money. Whether you measure by the billable hour, capacity to serve clients, or achieve a work/life balance, driving profitability is a critical objective that law firms seek to achieve. Legal information systems, like case management and accounting programs, are instrumental in this capacity. There are multiple solutions on […]
Walmart Must Pay Truck Drivers $54.6M for Layover Time
In a class-action lawsuit brought by Walmart’s drivers, a federal appeals court on January 6, 2020, upheld a 2016 decision saying Wal-Mart must pay back “tens of millions of dollars in damages.” The total damages in the case add up to $54.6M. The suit was originally filed by the drivers seeking back pay for time […]
Facebook to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Technology
To settle a class-action lawsuit that has been ongoing since 2015, Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million regarding its use of facial recognition technology. The lawsuit alleged that Facebook’s initial version of its Tag Suggestions tool, which scans a user’s face in photos and offers suggestions about who that person might be, stored biometric […]
Ponzi Scheme Cases
Anyone caught in a Ponzi scheme will feel a variety of emotions from shame to anger to regret. For many people there is no coming back from the damage those schemes can cause. In these scenarios, people end up losing their investments and when the scheme is uncovered there are not enough assets to pay […]