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Health - June, 2015

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• Army Must Care For Veterans Used In Experiments: 9th Circ.
• Pharma, Medical Device Cos. Paid $6.5B To Doctors In 2014
• 3 Policy Issues Left Hanging After Turbulent Fla. Session
• Contractor Says Costs Award Doesn't Rectify $127M Snub
• US Demands Up To $3.35B From Novartis In FCA Suit
• NJ Hospital Denied Tax Exemption Over Many For-Profit Ties
• Florida Court Puts Abortion Waiting Period On Hold
• NJ Sports Doc Pleads Guilty To Prescription Bribes
• New HHS OIG Unit To Specialize In Fines, Exclusions
• The Playful, Plainspoken Prose Of Justice Elena Kagan
• Blue Cross Can't Block New Trial In $26M Contract Suit
• Justice Thomas Lets His Dissents Do The Talking
• Calif. Gov. Signs Law Limiting Vaccination Exemptions
• Supreme Court To Hear Tribal Contract Costs Row
• How Drug Cos. Can Minimize Risks Of 'Right To Try' Laws
• The 15 Biggest High Court Decisions Of The Past 15 Years
• WWE Sues Dynamite Kid, Others To Block Brain-Injury Claims
• Boutiques Wipe The Supreme Court Floor With BigLaw Rivals
• Supreme Court Ends Term Sharply Divided
• Justices Pen More Dissents To Show Votes Aren't Political
• Small Biz Group Urges Repeal Of IRS Health Care Rule
• Three Justices Trusted With Most Controversial Opinions
• Texas AG Says Clerks Can Decline Gay Marriage Licenses
• Victory Healthcare Gets Green Light To Auction 4 Hospitals
• ACA Ruling Highlights Roberts' Split With Conservatives
• Calif. Can Collect Fees On Medical Liens, 9th Circ. Rules
• Pharmacy Pays $2.5M To Exit Drug Delivery FCA Suit
• Bankruptcy Court Can't Rule On CMS-Nursing Home Feud
• Top 15 High Court Class Action Rulings Of The Past 15 Years
• Anthem Hit With Suit Over Massive Health Data Breach
• High Court Stays Texas Abortion Law
• High Court Won't Hear Amedisys Shareholder Appeal
• Corporate Attys Want More High Court Action After Slow Term
• Sheppard Mullin Snaps Up Ex-Garfunkel Wild Health Pro
• Supreme Court To Mull Vermont's ERISA Preemption Row
• CVS Kickback Suit Tossed, Lack Of Nonpublic Info Cited
• Tenn. Abortion Law Won't Be Enforced During Licensing Suit
• Goodwin Guides AMAG's $700M Buy Of Stem Cell Bank
• Midpoint 2015: What To Expect From State AGs
• High Court Removes Another Barrier For Gay Immigrants
• In Gay Marriage Dissents, Justices Don't Hold Back
• June 26 A Landmark Day For Gay Rights — Again
• Tax, Estate Worries Far From Over Despite Marriage Ruling
• High Court Ruling Won't End Texas Fight For Same-Sex Rights
• Historic Marriage Ruling Leaves Bias Issue For Another Day
• Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Malpractice Testimony Limits
• Attorneys Rally Around High Court's Gay Marriage Decision
• Gay Marriage Ruling To Boost LGBT Worker Protection Efforts
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, SRA International, Guardian Life
• Sterling Strikes Back At Doc Who Found Him Incapacitated
• Florida Gov. Drops Low-Income Health Funding Suit
• Judge Allows 1st-Ever Split In FCA Trial
• Philly Points To Standing When Fighting Class Actions
• The Attorney Who Made The Case For Gay Marriage
• The Top 3 New Do's And Don'ts For Law Firm Websites
• High Court Backs Same-Sex Marriage In Landmark Ruling
• Attorneys React To Supreme Court's ACA Save
• Top NY Court Frees AIG Unit From $18M Scam Coverage Suit
• High Court ACA Ruling Averts Emergency For Fla. Lawmakers
• Controversial ACA Ruling Bolsters Texas Insured, Backers Say
• ACA Subsidies On Rock-Solid Ground After High Court Win
• Gov't Contractor's COO Pleads Guilty To $1.6M Fraud
• Life Insurers Tell DC Circ. Exchange Fees Breach ACA
• O'Melveny Welcomes Back Trio Of Federal Prosecutors In LA
• The 8 Most Scathing Lines From Scalia's Burwell Dissent
• Calif. Lawmakers OK Law Ending Vaccination Exemption
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Zoetis, Aetna, Total
• Kansas Judge Blocks Law Restricting Abortions
• NJ Jury Says Gay 'Conversion' Group Committed Fraud
• DOJ Sues Mich. Hospitals For Vowing Not To Compete
• The Affordable Care Act Dodges Another High Court Bullet
• Husch Blackwell RICO Plaintiffs Confident Suit Can Survive
• $1M Atty Sanction Sets Dangerous Precedent, Pa. Court Told
• 3 Legal Threats Still Clouding ACA's Future
• NJ Has The Backs Of Chiropractors In Class Action
• 4 Life Science Innovations That Give Life To Patent Growth
• A Guide To IT Transition Planning In Health Care M&A
• Supreme Court Hands Obama Another Victory On ACA
• Ariz. Court Nixes Arbitration In Medicare Coverage Suit
• LabMD Bid To Shield Evidence In Security Case Shot Down
• Blue Cross Accuses Boehringer, Teva Of Pay-For-Delay Deal
• Feds Make Hay As ACA Birth Control Foes Lose Ground
• House Committee OKs $153B HHS, Labor, Ed Spending Bill
• Cigna-Anthem $47B Deal Could Get Tough Antitrust Look
• Sabra Health Care REIT Drops $234M On Maryland Facilities
• Fla. Appeals Court Reverses Order In $23.6M Land Sale Spat
• NY Chiropractor Pleads Guilty In $7M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Dentons Adds Health Care Expert And Bankruptcy Partner
• HCA Can't Tie 9th Circ. Manipulation Suit To The Past
• Sterling Slams Wife's, Doc's Bids To Toss Clippers Ouster Suit
• Ill. Official Gets 8 Years For Kickbacks On $13M In Grants
• Continuing Care Communities Reform Comes To Florida
• Chinese Medical Equipment Lessor Seeks $546M In HK IPO
• Duke, UNC And Nonpoaching Agreements — What Not To Do
• Judge Confirms $4.7M Atty Fees Award In Highmark IP Saga
• The Global Hot Spots Of 2015
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2015
• The 5 Firms That Made The Biggest Global Gains
• Ambitious Global Firms Must Have Roots In These Cities
• House Votes To Repeal ACA Medicare Cost-Containment Panel
• Federal Gov't Formalizes Agreement In Fla. Health Care Row
• Another NJ Doc Gets Prison In Med Lab Bribery Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Formula 1, Tunstall
• Number Of Uninsured Americans Dropped In ACA's 1st Year
• Surgeon Loses Coverage Appeal Over Unwanted Texts In Ill.
• Doc Wasn't Cybersquatting On Domain Names, 11th Circ. Says
• Judge Finalizes NYC Deal With Disabled Beneficiaries
• OIG Targets Part D Fraud One Week After National Sweep
• Calif. Attys Can Rep Marijuana Dispensaries, SF Bar Says
• Fla. Suit Claims Partner Stole Health Care App Technology
• 4 Ways Defense Attys Will Attack FCA Sampling Experts
• Visteon Butts Heads With Class Over 7th Circ. Appeal Rules
• Congress Has To Beat The Clock For 21st Century Cures Act
• Chancery's Approach To Board Seat Agreement Disputes
• 5th Circ. Nixes Religious Groups' Contraception Challenge
• Georgia's Medicaid Refund Win Gets $15M Haircut
• Health Cos. Spar With FTC, Idaho AG Over Divestiture Order
• Three Christie Cabinet Members Set To Depart
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-Hospital Worker's FMLA Claims
• VA Cops Say Top Brass Illegally Videotaped Workplace
• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Ex-NY Senate Leader's Bid For New Trial
• Advocates Plead For High Court Help In Texas Abortion Row
• State Farm Can't Access Hospital's Confidential Contracts
• Anthem Pushes $47.4B Cigna Takeover Amid Resistance
• Conn. Seeks To Tighten Data Privacy Requirements
• This Week In Congress: Trade And Transportation
• LabMD Presses For DOJ Investigation Of Tiversa
• Insurer Says Millennium's $250M Deal Merits More Discovery
• LA's Breach Of Contract Shuttered Ambulance Co., Suit Says
• Iowa High Court Says Telemedicine Abortions Are OK
• Texas Med Board Says It's Immune To Teladoc Antitrust Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To Uphold $1M Atty Sanction
• Contractor Takes Calif. Arbitration Law Row To High Court
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Cravath
• Duane Morris Snags McKenna Class Action Atty For San Diego
• Obamacare Repeal Could Cost $137B, CBO Says
• Texas High Court Says State Can't Block Same-Sex Divorce
• Catching Them Red-Handed: Preventing Employee Theft
• Insights Into HRSA's Proposed 340B Program Rule
• Why Lateral Candidacies Fail
• Citi Quits Suit Over Children's Hospital's $50M FINRA Claims
• CFPB, Medical Debt Collector Reach $5.9M Settlement
• Considering Drug Policies After Colo. High Court Ruling
• In $700M DOJ Sweep, Medicare Part D Fraud Stands Out
• On-Demand Health Care Co. Teladoc Polishes $112M IPO Plans
• Arent Fox Again Shakes Malicious Prosecution Claims
• Hundreds Charged In $712M Medicare Fraud Sweep
• 2 Minority Views From The Top Of BigLaw
• PE Firms Get Nothing In Universal American Board-Seat Row
• Puerto Rico's Pols Can't Take Up Gay Marriage Fight
• Canadian Senior Housing JV Boosts Portfolio With $623M Deal
• Aspen Dental Strikes Deal To End NY AG Investigation
• Lumenis Ltd. To Be Acquired By XIO In $510M Buyout
• Fla. Gov. Won't Drop Suit Over Low-Income Health Care Funds
• 11th Circ. Vacates Administrator's 68-Mo. Fraud Sentence
• Tissue Bank Seeks $4M In Sandy Biz Interruption Coverage
• House Passes Raft Of Medicare Program Tweaks
• Controversial Section Of Ariz. Abortion Law Put On Ice
• Calif. Long-Term Care Facilities Cannot Skirt Scrutiny
• NJ Man Gets 3 Years In Prison For Medical Lab Bribe Scheme
• Impostor Doctor Voids Insurance Policy, 4th Circ. Told
• Ex-Allscripts Audit Chief Gets 1 Year For Insider Trading
• Aetna, Anthem, United Can't Ax Referral-Blocking Claims
• Fla. Justices Urged To Honor Atty-Client Privilege In YMCA Suit
• Hill-Rom To Pay $2B For Medical Device Maker Welch Allyn
• New China FDA Guidance May Speed Up Device Approvals
• FTC Nixes LabMD Bid To DQ Chair
• Liberty Medical Makes Push For Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Miami Nursing Home To Pay Record $17M In Whistleblower Suit
• Fla.-Based Home Health Co. Settles FCA Claims For $1.3M
• Texas Abortion Foes Urge 5th Circ. To Allow Law's Start
• Andrews Kurth Beats Malpractice Claims Over Investment Deal
• EEOC Fights To Keep Alive Ex-Hospital Worker's ADA Suit
• Hospital Must Reveal Rates In Lien Case, Ga. High Court Says
• Ex-HHS Official Joins Squire Patton Boggs' Health Policy Team
• States' ACA Backups OK'd As High Court Readies Ruling
• Diagnostics Co. Lantheus Seeks $83M In Revived IPO
• There Is Potential Federal Inconsistency Over ACOs
• Ex-Hospital Prez Appeals 45-Year Sentence For Medicare Fraud
• Zero-Tolerance Pot Policies Clear Hurdle In Dish Ruling
• Texas Will Have Just 8 Abortion Clinics Without 5th Circ. Stay
• Brach Eichler Sues Former Client For $250K In Fees
• FTC, Idaho AG Say St. Luke's Trying To Shirk Antitrust Order
• Allergan Seeks 3rd Circ. Take On 'Critical' FCA Questions
• Florida Budget Takes Shape With $428M In Tax Cuts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cigna, Anthem, Deutsche Boerse
• Tips To Avoid Conflicts When Hiring In-House Lawyers
• Kern Augustine Sued By Ex-Shareholder In Disability Dispute
• Pa. Atty Sues Klehr Harrison Over Hospital Management Suit
• Doctor Wants State Claims Tossed In Sterling, NBA Row
• Anthem Cleared In Conn. Contract Breach Class Action
• SEC Accuses Medical Recruiter Of $2M Investment Scheme
• FTC Says LabMD Can't Offer Evidence After Resting Case
• Staying Ahead Of NJ's Organized Delivery Systems
• Congress OKs Stopgap Funding For VA Hospital Construction
• FCA Trial Splitting Emerges As New Defense Tactic
• Omnicare Urges Toss Of Remainder Of $630M FCA Suit
• High Court Won't Hear NC Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Case
• Tracing Legal Path From Interracial To Same-Sex Marriage
• Dish Worker's Firing For Medical Pot Use Deemed Lawful
• This Week In Congress: Health Care, National Security
• Texas Justices To Decide If Tort Reform Law Covers Autopsies
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Goodwin, Skadden
• Shapiro Blasi & Wasserman Adds 3 Sedgwick Pros
• Amedisys Urges High Court To Hear Revived Shareholder Suit
• Catholic Group Details Birth Control Qualms For High Court
• Home Health Care Co. Accused Of Illegally Recording Calls
• Farmers Didn't Defame Clinic In Fraud Fight, Judge Says
• DC Circ. Tells HHS To Rethink Medicare Equipment Lease Rule
• $1.3B Paid To Hospitals Under Medicare Appeals Settlement
• Why Law Firms Collapse
• 11th Circ. Told Doc's Ads Don't Make His Name A Trademark
• Provigil Antitrust Cert. Bid Doomed By Inability To ID Class
• Anesthesia Clinic Beats FCA Suit Over Vague Medicare Rule
• Health Care-Focused Joint Venture Lands $192M For 1st Fund
• Judge Orders FTC Response To LabMD Evidence Request
• Mich. Gov. Allows Adoption Agencies To Reject LGBT Parents
• Skadden, Goodwin Guide $730M HealthSouth-Reliant Deal
• Age-Bias Law Didn't Abrogate Sovereign Immunity, Judge Says
• ACLU Sues To Stop Fla.'s Abortion Waiting Period Law
• Group Home Owner Appeals 12-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• NC Veto Override Frees Judges From Officiating At Gay Marriages
• Talk To Us Texas: Telemedicine In The Lone Star State
• Judge Denies Fla. Mediation Request In Suit Over LIP Funding
• Anthem To Pay $6.25M To Settle Suit Over Unwanted Calls
• Texas Abortion Providers File Motion To Stay 5th Circ. Ruling
• Quest's Test Pricing In Antitrust Suit Will Go Before Jury
• Pharmacy, Insurer Settle Fla. Junk Fax Coverage Row
• DOJ Decries 'Extraordinary' FCA Trial Split For Hospice
• NYC Splits With For-Profit Prison Provider After Audit
• 6 Home Health Aides Charged In NY Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Exec Waives Right to Back Out Of Fraud Plea Over Taped Calls
• Health Execs Ask 11th Circ. To Ax Convictions For $70M Fraud
• HHS Chief Resists GOP Calls For Obamacare Concessions
• IRS, Ex-Employees Blast Liberty Medical's Ch. 11 Plan
• College Presses Appeal To Duck ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Ex-Hospital Admin Gets 45 Years For $158M Medicare Fraud
• Arcapita Nets $640M In Senior-Housing Sale To NorthStar
• Covington Snags Pharmaceutical Policy Adviser
• Medical Marijuana And Gaming: How Close Is Too Close?
• A 5-Point Plan To Save Our Juries
• Inspector General's Kickback Alert Signals Doc Crackdown
• Wal-Mart Asks Texas High Court To Bar Optometrists' Award
• Duke Professor's Suit Alleges Hiring Conspiracy With UNC
• Obama Trumpets ACA As High Court Ruling Looms
• US Opposes Fla.'s Mediation Motion In Health Care Suit
• NJ Mayor Charged With Bribery, Fraud In Referral Scheme
• Insurer Must Defend Medical Malpractice Suit, 4th Circ. Says
• Quest Diagnostics Dodges Antitrust Class Action
• Gov't Says Medicare Fraudster Can't Change Plea
• 5th Circ. Upholds Most Of Texas' Controversial Abortion Law
• Amended Tax Report Isn't Refund Request, Pa. Court Rules
• Herrick Drops $92M On Portfolio Of Walgreen Stores
• Whistleblower Says Walgreen Kept Up Fraud After FCA Deal
• Is Your Pharmacy Ready For Drug Supply Chain Integrity?
• BioScrip Can't Hide Behind Omnicare In Securities Suit
• Health Care, Utility Providers Request TCPA Exemptions
• 'Gay Conversion' Group Guided By Religion, Founder Testifies
• Fla. Gov. Pushes For Mediation With HHS In Health Care Row
• Senator Pushes VA To Assist Native American Veterans
• NLRB Judge Finds Raft Of Violations Against LA Nursing Co.
• Supreme Court Rejects Maine ACA Medicaid Challenge
• HDL Vows To Emerge After Litigation Forces Ch. 11 Filing
• High Court To Eye 'Untainted' Asset Freezes In Criminal Suits
• Greater OSHA Enforcement Is Coming To Health Care
• 9th Circ. Says Alphatec Securities Action Was Weak
• Fla. Judge Vacates $90M Judgment As Parties Settle FCA Suit
• Fla. House Republicans Block Passage Of Health Care Bill
• NIH Suspends Drugmaking Facility After Fungal Contamination
• 7th Circ. Ponders Jurisdiction In Visteon ERISA Action
• Texas Paid $191M On Bad Medicaid Orthodontia Claims: OIG
• RI Nursing Home's Defense Covered In Sexual Assault Case
• Evolent Prices $196M IPO Above Expectations
• LICH Building Proposed For Apartment Conversion
• Alzheimer's Expert Wants Out of Sterling, NBA Row
• Fees Bid Sparks Call For Sanction In Hospital Retaliation Row
• Illumina Makes Arbitration Plea In IP Row Over DNA Testing
• HCA Says False Claims Suit Based On Privileged Docs
• Cigna Slams HDL's $66M Counterclaims Over Unpaid Services
• Cardinal Health Pays $1.1B For Generics Distributor
• Congress' Bipartisan Revival Opens Health Policy Doors
• The Rise Of Companion Diagnostics In Personalized Medicine
• SEC Fines CSC $190M, Forces Exec Clawbacks
• 7th Circ. Greets SEC In-House Court Claim With Skepticism
• Community Health Unit Settles Ex-Exec's FCA Kickback Suit
• Texas Eye Clinic Hit With FCA Suit Over Medicare Billing
• CR Bard Gets Mesh Implant Suit Trimmed
• Ill. Appeals Court Won't Revive Advocate Data Breach Row
• Treasury Skips Senate Hearing On ACA Tax Credits
• Employers Should Resist Urge To Mandate Vaccinations
• New Evidence May Show Conflict In Kickback Case, Atty Says
• Universal Health Trustee Settles $1.2M Transfer Claims
• Atty Blasts Gay 'Conversion' Group As Fraud Trial Begins
• Supreme Court Urged To Hear Tribal Contract Costs Row
• Pa. Senate Panel OKs Bill Capping Nursing Home Punitives
• Senate Panel Backs Medicare Overhaul Of Hospital Appeals
• Calif. Courts Aren't Strict Enough On Medical ID Theft Law
• HHS Fights Injunction In Fla. Governor's ACA Battle
• Pa. Braces For Possible Loss Of ACA Exchange At High Court
• Former Insurance Broker Cops To Stealing $10M From Aetna
• House Panel Backs Repeal Of ACA Cost-Control Board
• Two Doctors Get 20 Months In Biodiagnostic Bribery Scheme
• LabMD Blasts Tiversa's Bid To Shake Suit Over FTC Action
• Scan Health Plan Whistleblower Cut From $322M FCA Deal
• Rotech Denied Protest Of $46M VA Home Health Contract
• States Want In On New Charges Against Novartis In Exjade Suit
• 5 Insights From Schneider Electric GC Peter Wexler
• House Tax Panel Approves Medical Device Tax Repeal Bill
• Weighing Co-Management Arrangements In Health Care
• Out-Of-Network, Out Of Luck? Not Necessarily
• Investors May Find Opportunities In Retail Clinic Growth
• Ethicon Severs Malpractice Claims From Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy Pays $3.8M To Settle FCA Suit
• Workers Comp Co. Sues UPMC For Anti-Competitive Tactics
• Ex-McKenna Attys Jump To Withers Bergman, BakerHostetler
• High Court Won't Hear Whistleblower FCA Suit Against HMA
• Chiropractors Get Class Cert. In ERISA Suit Against Horizon
• State Farm Hit With Sanctions For Hiding Video Evidence
• Late Notice Doesn't Sink HIPAA Probe Coverage, 6th Circ. Told
• Hiscock, Damon Morey Merge Into Upstate NY's Largest Firm
• Workers Can't Sue Hospital For Data Breach, Pa. Judge Says
• CMS Unveils Huge Trove Of Hospital, Doc Billing Records
• Latham & Watkins-Led Teladoc Charts $100M IPO
• Some Significant Changes Come To Medicaid Managed Care
• Dean Skelos, Son Plead Not Guilty To Corruption Charges