19-CV-1198 City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System v. AO Smith Corp
Decision and Order
The court dismissed a complaint alleging securities fraud based on a channel-stuffing scheme for failure to plead fraud and scienter as required by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.
19-CV-1210 Jason Morris, et al v. Aurora Network Plan, et al
Anti-assignment clause of ERISA plan could not be read to allow assignment of benefits to health care providers but bar assignment of the right to sue to enforce right to benefits, because right to sue to enforce benefits under a plan arises from statute and attaches wherever a party has a valid entitlement to plan benefits.
17-CR-156 USA v. Jerry Scott
Decision regarding request for “compassionate release”
This order ALLOWS TO LAPSE portions of prior general orders regarding the COVID-19 virus public emergency, MODIFIES others and EXTENDS still others. Where this order differs from prior general orders, this order supersedes and replaces those orders.
The court is aware that given the on-going COVID-19 public health emergency, parties in civil litigation have and will continue to take depositions by remote means.
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