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08.30.23

Wit Redux—Again: Ninth Circuit Again Supersedes Its Prior Opinion in Landmark Mental Health Case

Last week, a Ninth Circuit panel vacated its prior decision in the long-running Wit v. United Behavioral Health litigation and issued a new opinion.


10.28.21

Key Takeaways From the Gray v. Dignity Health Decision

On October 13, 2021, the California Court of Appeal, 1st District in San Francisco issued its opinion in Gray v. Dignity Health, 2021 WL 4771982.


08.20.21

Key Takeaways From the Natarajan v. Dignity Health Decision

On August 12, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Natarajan v. Dignity Health, No. S259364.


03.26.19

Manatt Wins First-Impression Decision on Medical Loss Ratio

On March 18, 2019, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against Manatt client Blue Shield of California.


08.06.13

CA Supreme Court Upholds Borrowed UCL Claim Under Federal Law

In an opinion issued late last week, the California Supreme Court interpreted the Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. (the “UCL”), to allow a UCL unlawfulness claim based on a “borrowed” federal law, even though Congress had repealed ...


11.09.10

California Court of Appeal Holds That Insurers Owe No Duty to Disclose Alternate Pricing Options

In Levine v. Blue Shield of California, No. D056578, __ Cal. App. 4th __, 2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 1893 (Nov. 5, 2010), the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, issued an important published decision that limits the scope of an insurer’s duties to inform an insured of various ways that ...