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• March 13, 2026

  How PBMs Can Adapt To Plan Sponsors' Disclosure Demands

  As federal reforms, growing state regulation and litigation threats push plan sponsors to expect visibility into revenue streams, pharmacy benefit managers should leverage transparency strategically, including by simplifying how they get paid, offering clients audit-ready data and co-designing contracts that are easy for fiduciaries to explain and defend, says Kristie Blase at Frazer + Blase.

• March 13, 2026

  Auto Co. Reaches $395K Health Fee, 401(k) Forfeiture Suit Deal

  An automotive lighting company will pay $395,000 to resolve a proposed class action claiming it mismanaged forfeited 401(k) funds and failed to tell employees who used tobacco how to avoid paying an extra fee for health insurance, according to a Friday filing in Illinois federal court.

• March 13, 2026

  Ga. Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Unemployment Benefits Fraud

  Former Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper pled guilty to fraudulently collecting nearly $14,000 in unemployment benefits he was not entitled to during the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after announcing on social media that he will resign his House seat.

• March 13, 2026

  Man Can't Collect Murdered Wife's Life Insurance, Family Says

  A Colorado dentist found guilty of murdering his wife by poisoning her protein shakes should not be allowed to collect on her life insurance proceeds or any other assets under the state's so-called slayer statute, her estate told a state court.

• March 13, 2026

  CSX Can't Get Quick Appeal In Fired Worker's FMLA Suit

  CSX can't immediately ask the Eleventh Circuit to take up a former employee's lawsuit claiming he was unlawfully fired for taking medical leave, a Florida federal judge ruled, saying the district court's conclusion that the worker hadn't waited too long to file suit wasn't eligible for a mid-case appeal.

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