Mealey's (April 11, 2018, 2:40 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A federal judge in Florida on April 10 declined to bifurcate an Employee Retirement Income Security Act dispute involving more than 100,000 allegedly unprocessed claims worth more than $1 million, saying such a trial procedure is unnecessary in light of how much the evidence overlaps. On April 4, he largely allowed the claims to proceed, saying exhaustion of administrative remedies is not warranted given the allegations that the insurer breached its regulatory duties and that requiring more precise pleading as to the claims in question would not clarify the case (National Laboratories LLC, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al., No. 17-81178, S.D. Fla.)....