Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfootis planning to advance payments to the city’s beleaguered pension funds as part of her $16.4 billion proposed budget for next year, which also boosts funding for abortion services and for the police.

Aetna Health of California Inc. defeated a proposed class action by a medical provider that accused the insurer of underpaying for Covid-19 testing costs, but the provider will have another chance to bring claims under federal benefits and racketeering laws.

Proposed securities class actions alleging a 77% stock-price drop following SmileDirectClub Inc.'s initial public offering will proceed on almost all claims against the dental device maker, several of its executives and directors, and underwriters.

Inflation data has been surprising to the upside for several months now. But some relief could be on the way from an unlikely source.

Aetna Inc. and CVS Health Corp. again defeated a proposed class action by Aetna employees who say the companies’ 2018 merger hurt their 401(k) accounts, when a Connecticut federal judge ruled the workers wrongly amended their complaint without permission.

A former Northwell Health Inc. employee who claimed the company mismanaged its $5.6 billion retirement plan must file a revised complaint to keep her case alive, after a New York federal judge said she alleged only a modest investment shortfall over a brief period.