Medical Association Lacks Standing To Bring UCL Claim Against Insurer, Panel Says

(May 16, 2021, 2:59 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California Second District Court of Appeal panel on April 28 affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer whose practice of restricting physicians from making referrals to out-of-network doctors was challenged by a medical association on behalf of its members, writing that the association lacked standing to bring an unfair competition law (UCL) claim because the association did not suffer an injury....