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April 25, 2018
EU Invests Funds, Working On Standards To Spur AI Growth
The European Commission on Wednesday stepped up its efforts to be a global leader in artificial intelligence, announcing the investment of €1.5 billion ($1.83 billion) to boost research in the transportation, health care and other key sectors and revealing plans to develop ethical guidelines and product liability standards before the end of next year.
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April 25, 2018
Horizon Can't Divvy Up Trial With Hospitals Over Tiered Plan
A New Jersey state judge on Tuesday rejected Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.’s bid to hold two separate bench trials over three hospitals’ claims that the insurer’s tiered health coverage plan leaves them competitively disadvantaged.
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April 25, 2018
Texas Lab Wants Judge To Rethink $30.6M FCA Judgment
A Texas laboratory ordered to pay $30.6 million under the False Claims Act for allegedly inflated travel expenses asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to reconsider the ruling, saying a jury should hear argument on whether the lab and its owner knew their billing practices were problematic.
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April 25, 2018
Deals Rumor Mill: Eli Lilly, TransUnion, Quality Care
Advent International and Bain Capital are eying Eli Lilly's animal health business, TransUnion's bid to buy Callcredit from GTCR has backing from $1.4 billion in leveraged loans, and Quality Care Properties received a $2 billion acquisition offer.
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April 25, 2018
Kirkland, Cooley Guide Altas Partners' $400M University Buy
Investment firm Altas Partners LP has agreed to acquire a graduate health sciences university with a network of campuses across the U.S. and online for $400 million from Laureate Education Inc., a network of higher education institutes, in a deal that was guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Cooley LLP.
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