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Prenda lawyers lose key appeal, will pay $230k sanction

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The lawyers behind the Prenda Law "copyright trolling" enterprise have lost their key appeal and will have to pay more than $ 230,000 in sanctions.

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a 12-page ruling [PDF] upholding the sanction order that began Prenda's downfall, issued by US District Judge Otis Wright in...

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Feds sanction health insurance company for erroneously denying coverage

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Cigna Corp. announced Friday that it is temporarily banned from enrolling new customers in its Medicare Advantage and standalone prescription-drug plans following an October audit from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

In a letter dated January 21, the CMS reported that “widespread and systemic failures” at the insurer resulted in...

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