California Unfair Competition Law Hospital Pricing Suit Won’t Get Rehearing

Mealey's (November 10, 2021, 1:57 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court on Nov. 8 declined to rehear a case in which it found that even under the most generous standard, a man never establishes that a hospital’s failure to disclose that it imposes an emergency room fee separate from its listed charges constitutes unfair conduct under the California unfair competition law (UCL) or the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA)....