Data Marketing Partnership v. LABR

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Case Number:

20-11179

Court:

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

2791 Employee Retirement (E.R.I.S.A.)

Government Agencies

  1. August 17, 2022

    5th Circ. Rules Against DOL In Data-For-Insurance ERISA Row

    The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday agreed with a Texas federal court's determination that federal benefits law covered a company's offering of health insurance to individuals in exchange for their user data, ruling that the U.S. Department of Labor had arbitrarily found the plan to be exempt.

  2. January 05, 2022

    5th Circ. Critical Of DOL In Data-For-Insurance ERISA Case

    The Fifth Circuit appeared skeptical Wednesday of the U.S. Department of Labor's challenge to a ruling that federal benefits law covered a company's offering of health insurance to individuals in exchange for their user data, lobbing questions that indicated the court might avoid tackling whether the insured individuals qualified as employees. 

  3. April 08, 2021

    Data Co.'s ERISA Status Erodes Law's Limits, 5th Circ. Told

    A coalition of states urged the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to reverse a lower court's decision that a data company's health plan — which provides insurance to users who agree to let the company track their data — is covered by ERISA.