Key legal question
Whether the planned MEDAS experts had to recuse for alleged bias or economic dependence.
Extracted holding
No recusal was required; repeated mandates and fee volume do not by themselves establish bias, and alleged past conduct of one physician did not justify a general exclusion of the named experts or the institution.
Extracted reasoning
Under BGE 137 V 210, institutional dependency and prior case conduct do not automatically create an appearance of bias. The new standards also already affect the pending assessment.