GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - The federal judge in charge of litigation over the Flint water scandal refused law firm Napoli Shkolnik’s request to disqualify a rival lawyer for simultaneously representing clients who approved of a $600 million settlement and those who wanted it to fail, saying the lawyer probably violated ethics rules but it wasn’t worth removing him from the case.
(Bloomberg) Hundreds of small, independent drugstores are accusing UnitedHealth Group Inc. of short-changing them by more than $100 million, and the health-care giant is trying to head off a lawsuit before it goes to court.