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Health - April, 2016

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• 5th Circuit Affirms Slashed Atty Fees In Hospital FCA Suit
• NuVasive Can't Erase $28M Verdict, Former Distributor Says
• Oregon Tells 9th Circ. Immunity Blocks Oracle's IP Suit
• 11th Circ. Rules For HHS In Drug Dosage Medicaid Billing Suit
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Fla. Heart Clinic Fights For Stay Of FCA Suit
• Hollister, Byram To Pay $21M In FCA Kickbacks Case
• UnitedHealth Says Class Wouldn't Be Efficient In ERISA Suit
• LabMD's Data Leak Fraud Claims Far Too Old, Tiversa Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Pfizer, Atlante
• Taxation With Representation: Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn
• FDA Greenlights Quest Diagnostics' Zika Test
• Troutman Sanders Nabs Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Pro
• SD Tribe Sues Indian Health Service Over Hospital Care Cuts
• Texas Law Firm Says Ex-Client Can't Show Malpractice
• Hospital Hit With EEOC Suit For Requiring Flu Vaccines
• 6 Ways To Be A Go-To Firm For HIPAA Compliance
• The Changing Landscape Of Health Care Data Breaches
• FDA To Mull Mandatory Opioid Education For Prescribers
• State Control Of Hospital Merger Review May Be A Good Idea
• Jury Awards $8M After Chicago Hospital 'Code Blue' Failure
• Split 9th Circ. OKs Steeper Sentences For Medical Suppliers
• Judge Won't Reconsider Rejecting Cancer Suit Settlement
• Pharmacies Say Express Scripts Conspiracy Suit Has Legs
• American Hospice Gets OK On $9M Ch. 11 Asset Sales
• Ex-EMS Instructor Wants Attys' Fees After Sex Bias Verdict
• FCA Whistleblower Slams Hospice's Bid To Block Witnesses
• NJ High Court Allows Wider Doctor Testimony In Bias Cases
• 25 Charged With Fraud In $26M Medicare Part D Sweep
• GOP Senator Blocks Vote On $1.8B Zika Funding
• Proskauer, Gibson Steer $115M NYC Retail Buys
• Aetna V. BASM: A Health Care War Over Costs And Contracts
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• 9th Circ. Says Hostile Judge Tainted Health Care Fraud Trial
• Docs Say 'Gun Gag' Law Can't Survive Strict Scrutiny
• CMS Floats Details On New Physician Payment System
• 7th Circ. Stays 'Church Plan' Ruling For High Court Appeal
• Philly Hospital Hit With $44M Verdict Over Brain Damage
• Hall Render Makes NC Debut With Trio From K&L Gates
• Blue Cross Can't Escape Mich. Tribe's ERISA Suit
• Tata Hit With Injunction After $940M Trade Secrets Verdict
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Howmedica Polymer Patent Appeal
• Nurse Convicted In $374M Medicare Fraud Wants New Trial
• Ex-Shearman & Sterling Staffer Drops FMLA Suit
• Aetna-Humana Deal Will Hurt Nearly 400 Markets, AHA Says
• 4th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Utah Woman's Vaginal Mesh Suit
• EEOC Urges 7th Circ. To Revive Wellness Program ADA Suit
• 11th Circ. Reverses Class Denial In X-Ray Overbilling Suit
• Olympus Expands Global Team With GC, Compliance Officer
• CVS Hits Back At Texas In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug FCA Row
• Buyout Shop Leonard Green Drops $2.2B On ExamWorks
• How New Fla. Health Care Laws May Create More Confusion
• Fla. Heart Clinic Can't Use Bankruptcy To Duck FCA Suit
• More Details Emerge Of Lab Practices At Theranos
• NJ Rehab Center Must Pay H-1B Worker's Back Wages
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't OK Medicaid Data Breach Class
• NY Insurers Agree To Provide Costly Hep C Treatments
• 1st Meningitis Bellwether Trial Pushed Back To August
• Patients Sue Fla. Medical Imaging Centers For Privacy Breach
• Takeda, Blackfeet Member Ask 9th Circ. To Call Off Actos Suit
• Lawmakers Urge 9th Circ. To Release Fetal Tissue Videos
• Del. Justices Slam 'Pearl Harbor' Tactics In Fiduciary Row
• Skadden Guides Veritas In $820M Health Care Services Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Olayan, HCA, NBA Players Association
• Risk Of Future Misconduct Will Guide HHS Investigations
• UnitedHealth Says Lab Test Kickback Scheme Cost It $50M
• Bard Ends Several Dozen Pelvic Mesh Suits In MDL
• Insurers Say Faxes Caused No Injury In TCPA Suit
• 'King Of Nursing Homes' Seeks New Trial Over Medicare Fraud
• Nursing Homes Rebuked For Late Docs In $300M FCA Row
• Creditors Say 11th Circ. Shouldn't Have Revived $6M Verdict
• Trustee Will Oversee Bankrupt, Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center
• Ex-VP Hit With $25M Verdict Told To Stop Contacting Jurors
• NLRB Nixes Hospital, Cruise Co.'s Arbitration Pacts
• Insurers, Hospitals Float Ideas To Curb Drug Spending
• Gun Groups Back Fla. At 11th Circ. In 'Gun Gag' Law Fight
• Whistleblowers Drop FCA Suit Against Dallas Hospital
• PharMerica Seeks High Court Take On FCA 1st-To-File Bar
• House Pushes Back Against SEC Subpoena In 2nd Circ. Again
• DOL Cracks Down On Coal Cos. With Black Lung Benefits Rule
• Cardio Clinic Wants IRS To Adjust For Embezzlement Fallout
• Valeant Taps Perrigo CEO To Right Ship
• High Court Denies Cert In Nursing Home Arbitration Row
• Gov't Hiring Private Attys Is Proper As A Matter Of Law
• 3 Takeaways From The Recent HIPAA Enforcement Blitz
• Conflict DQs Lane Powell From Coverage Fight, Judge Says
• Banks Object To Trustee Query In $1.8B Millennium Lab Probe
• Health Hires: Akin Gump Gets A Fed, Morris Manning An IP Pro
• Are CGL Data Breach Cases Already Meaningless?
• FDA Eyes Ban On Electric Shock For Violent Behavior
• High Court Ruling Sinks Mich. Health Tax, 6th. Circ. Told
• Gov't Says Clinic's Bankruptcy Shouldn't Stay FCA Suit
• Fla. High Court Pauses Enforcement Of Abortion-Delay Law
• NJ Court Rejects Arbitration Bid In Patient Records Fight
• Va. School Wants 4th Circ. To Rehear Trans Bathroom Row
• Real Estate Rumors: RXR, Millennium Management, Kassirer
• Ill. Tampon Tax Elimination, Birth Control Coverage Bills Move
• Strasburger Adds Health Industry Pro In Texas
• Hospital Law Puts Fla. At Head Of Price Transparency Push
• Focus On High-Risk Info For Ill. Data Breach Enforcement
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Ex-VP Of Staffing Co. Hit With $25M Verdict In Biz Dispute
• Los Angeles Hospital Settles 'Patient Dumping' Accusations
• FDA Rejects Surgical Robot From TransEnterix
• More Challengers Join ACLU In NC Transgender Law Fight
• 4th Circ. Transgender Ruling Signals Defeat For NC Law
• Fla. Cardiovascular Center Facing FCA Suit Files For Ch. 11
• 6th Circ. Cuts Ky. Gov. From Davis' Marriage License Row
• Insurer's Florida Ties Keep Law Firm's Junk Fax Suit Alive
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• PE-Backed American Renal Prices $165M IPO Near Peak Range
• Lantheus Takes $70M Coverage Spat With Zurich To 2nd Circ.
• NY AG Dings Walgreens For Misleading Ads
• NY Hospital Will Pay $2.2M For Violating HIPAA On TV
• FedEx Can't Duck Money Laundering Counts In Drug Case
• BBH Capital Brings In $802M For 5th PE Fund's Final Close
• Why Earth Day Is Everyone's Business
• Church-Affiliated Orgs May Have To Comply With ERISA
• State Legislation Vs. Federal Prohibition Of Marijuana
• Man's Husband Wins Wrongful-Death Award Row At 11th Circ.
• Del. High Court Mulls $50M Appeal In Bitter Fiduciary Fight
• MDs Took Kickbacks In $9M Gov't Hospice Fraud, Jury Hears
• High Court's Birth Control Compromise Still Divides
• White & Case Opens White Collar-Focused Boston Office
• Texas Appeals Court Overturns Doc's $2M Malpractice Verdict
• LabCorp Settles With Fla. Cancer Victim's Family
• 4th Circ. Backs Transgender Student's Use Of Boys' Bathroom
• Abbott CEO Silent On $5.8B Alere Deal Amid FCPA Scrutiny
• Another NJ Doc Gets Prison In Bribe-For-Referral Scheme
• Texas Court Denies Hospital District's Fee Bid In Utility Fight
• IRS Says Colorado Pot Dispensary Can't Deduct Expenses
• Express Scripts Countersues Anthem Amid $13B Suit
• There May Be A New Standard For FCA Liability Soon
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Junk Fax Recipients' Appeal
• Fetal Tissue Vids Are Free Speech, 9th Circ. Told
• Texas Slams CVS Stores In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug Row
• Doc Pleads Guilty For Role In $11.5M Medicare Fraud
• PE-Backed Blank Check Biz Primes $175M IPO
• HHS Watchdog Lays Out New Grounds For Exclusion List
• Justices Wary Of Curbing FCA For Implicit Misstatements
• GAO Backs ICE Detainee Med Services Contract Extension
• UnitedHealth Withdrawing From Most ACA Markets
• Atlanta Cancer Center Nears Deal To Avoid Bankruptcy
• Woman Eviscerated By Surgical Robot Owed $30M, Jury Told
• CMS Axes $220M Cut Over Hospital 2-Midnight Rule
• NJ Blood Lab Owner Gets Prison For Bribery Scheme
• DOJ Blasts Acquittal Bid From Texas Anesthesiologist
• Judge Asked To Rethink Hueston Hennigan DQ In Fraud Suit
• Miami Doc Gets 9 Years For $30M Medicare Fraud Ring
• FCC Getting Its Arms Around Telehealth, Commish Says
• Fox Rothschild HIPAA Guru Says Attys Must Mind Health Data
• W.Va. High Court Reverses Itself On Age Bias Ruling
• Compliance Officers In The Crosshairs
• Insurer Ordered To Defend Allergists In Competition Suit
• 7th Circ. Nixes Jury Misconduct Claim In $2.5M Fraud Appeal
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• Rising Star: O'Melveny & Myers' Stephen Sullivan
• Medical Marijuana Becomes Legalized in Pennsylvania
• Obstacles And Opportunities Within CMS Mental Health Rule
• Emerging Disputes Over Risk Sharing Under The ACA
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• 3 Firms To Guide IPOs Surpassing $1B In Year's Busiest Week
• Labor Judge Says Ill. Med School Must Pay $223K To H-1B Doc
• Wis. Jury Hits Tata Units With $940M Trade Secrets Verdict
• DC Circ. Loath To Let W.Va. Sue Feds Over ACA Rule Fix
• Women Say Their 'Impressive' Sperm Came From Lying Felon
• NLRB Divided On Viability Of Test For Employer Rules
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Phillips
• Insurer Sues Over Defense Costs For Meningitis Suits
• Menthol Ruling Needs No Further DC Circ. Review, Gov't Says
• Chicago Hospitals Lose Bid To Close FTC Case Early
• GenSight Pulls $65M IPO, 2nd Biotech To Do So This Week
• Ex-NFLer Fined $200K, Barred From Exec Roles Over Fraud
• NY Doc Dodges Prison, Must Pay $3.7M For Insurance Fraud
• HHS Urges DC Circ. To Revive Indemnity Insurance Rules
• Activist Says Planned Parenthood Jury Can't Indict Him
• 6 Chinese Investors Sue Feds Over EB-5 Visa Denial
• Carlton Fields Dodges DQ In Tenn. Insurance Liability Row
• 10 Things To Know About US Biosimilar Reimbursement
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Aetna Wins $37.4M Jury Verdict Over Medical Billing Fraud
• Industry Outpaces Gov't Agencies On Cybersecurity: Report
• Judge Won't Snuff Last Marlboro Healthy Smoker Class Claim
• DOJ Cuts Deal For Two WV Hospitals In Antitrust Row
• Hospital CEO Says Rival Openly Backed FTC In Merger Row
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Med. Supplier's Malpractice Row
• NY Sues Health Plan For Denying Hepatitis C Treatments
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover $40M Medicare Fraud Indictment
• Fla. Gov. Signs Bills Enabling Hospital Cost Comparison
• Canada's Trudeau Seeks To Legalize Doctor-Assisted Suicide
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Dan Hettich
• La. Gov. Bans LGBT Bias Against Public Workers
• Philly Cancer Center Says Licensee Broke Agreement
• Ky. Gov. Signs Bill Nixing Clerk Names On Marriage Licenses
• Dallas Doc, 3 Others Convicted In $374M Medicare Fraud Plot
• Walgreens Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Provigil Class Certified
• Fla. Gov. Appeals Reversal Of Broward Health Suspension
• 5th Circ. Nixes FCA Appeal From Jailed Health Co. Heads
• Health Care, Addiction Experts Want Opioid Rules Changed
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Elizabeth Hess
• Health Care-Focused PE Firm Surpasses $150M For New Fund
• Amended Humana FCA Suit Is Practically New Case, Court Told
• Prescription Drug Oversight Bill Headed To President
• Calif. Tribe Moves For Win In Health Costs Suit Against Feds
• Valeant CEO Will Testify About Drug Prices Before Senate
• Why Health Care Cos. Can Expect More HIPAA Probes
• Justices Get Support For Birth Control Deal, With Caveats
• Kansas High Court Takes On Abortion Ban Suit
• HMO Owners Say $1.2B Racketeering Suit Has Legs
• Blue Cross Exec Says Hospital Merger Bad For Chicago Area
• Valeant CEO Obstructing Drug Price Probe, Lawmaker Says
• House Agrees To Priority FDA Review For Zika Treatments
• Judge Won't Rethink Gibbons DQ Denial In Cigna Suit
• Briggs & Stratton To Pay $3.95M To End ERISA Class Action
• Parents Asks Justices To Up Standard In Vaccine Act Row
• Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Ashley W. Hardin
• VC-Backed Biotech, Midsize Bank Boost Growing IPO Pipeline
• 5th Circ. Upholds Prudential's Win In Benefit Denial Dispute
• FDA Warning Wire: Hospital In Mayo Clinic Network Scolded
• Chicago Couple Charged In $45M Medicare, H-1B Visa Frauds
• Fla. Clinic Seeks Swiss Medical Device Co. Award Change
• Forbion Capital Closes $208M Life Sciences Fund
• The DOJ's New Front Against Elder Fraud In Health Care
• Insurers Face Cyber Coverage Setback In 4th Circ. Ruling
• DOJ Tells Jury Doc Ran $374M Medicare 'Fraud Machine'
• Bone Stimulator Co. Beats FCA Doc-Coaching Suit
• FTC's Hospital Merger Challenge Kicks Off In Pa. Court
• Chicago-Area Hospitals Rip FTC's 'False Market' In Merger Row
• Rising Star: Whatley Kallas' W. Tucker Brown
• NY Human Tissue Co. Escapes Body Parts Harvesting Suit
• LabMD Says Scores Of Attys Couldn't Spot Tiversa's Fraud
• Philip Morris Urges Quick Ruling In Healthy Smoker Trial
• Wi-Fi Band Expansion May Harm Hearing Aids, FCC Warned
• CMS Targets 25M Patients In New Primary Care Model
• Real Estate Rumors: L3 Capital, Ocean Bank, Marx
• Allied Can't Recoup $8M FTC Defense Costs, 9th Circ. Told
• Data Breach Covered Under Traditional Policy, 4th Circ. Says
• ESPN Says Medical Records Tweet Was Lawful Reporting
• 11th Circ. Reinstates Diagnostic Co. Owner's $6M Verdict
• Health Fraud Defense Attys Riding High As Wins Pile Up
• Direct General Fights PIP Claim Coverage Loss At 11th Circ.
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Ex-Strasburger Deals Pro In Dallas
• Health Hires: DLA Piper, King & Spalding Expand FDA Groups
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive OxyContin Anti-Abuse Patent
• Anthem Can't Fight Data Breach MDL By Digging Through PCs
• $200M Suture Antitrust Suit Nixed For Lack Of Market Power
• Closing IT Co. Barred From Deleting Health Data
• Puerto Rico Judge OKs Gay Marriage After 1st Circ. Order
• Proposed FDA Powdered Glove Ban: Effect On Device Makers
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• ACA Coverage As Predicted, But From Unexpected Sources
• Omnicare Blasts Bid To Revive $630M FCA Row In 5th Circ.
• Ex-Access CEO Can't Now Claim Substance Abuse
• Attys' Fees Should Be Allowed To Boost Cap, Court Told
• Theranos Boosts Board With MDs Amid Blood Test Spat
• Intuitive Surgical Owes $300M For Bad Robot, Jury Told
• Experian Seeing 70 Tax Phishing Scams Weekly, Director Says
• Del. Judge OKs Ch. 11 Sale Plan For 6-State Hospice Firm
• 1st Circ. Orders Puerto Rico Court To Recognize Gay Marriage
• Novartis, Feds Ordered To Hash Out Kickbacks Discovery
• Fla. Judge Trims Sentences For $63M Health Care Fraud
• Abbott Prevails In $219M Whistleblower FCA Trial
• ACLU, Planned Parenthood Challenge Indiana Abortion Law
• Millennium Lab Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Probe of $1.8B Recap
• Ex-Abbott Rep Says Profits Trumped Safety In $219M FCA Trial
• 6 Takeaways From Novartis FCPA Case
• Hospital Got Too Personal With Medical Leave Questions: DOL
• Amicus Briefs In ERISA Case Improper, 6th Circ. Told
• State AGs Turning Eye To Health Breaches, Ill. Official Says
• Pharmacist Fights To Keep $16M From Wal-Mart Bias Verdict
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Mitel Networks, KKR
• Dallas Trial Boutique Launches East Texas Office
• Construction's $2.6B In Claims Easily Tops At AAA In 2015
• Texas Medical Equipment Co. Owners Charged With Fraud
• NLRB Judge Says Health Center Illegally Undermined Union
• JLL Racks Up $1B For Latest PE Fund
• BioPharma Services Provider InVentiv Files $100M IPO
• Ebola Funds Go To Zika As Congress Stalls On $1.8B Request
• Fla. High Court Asked To Strike Down Workers' Comp Law
• NLRB Member 'Tainted' Nursing Home Case, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Nursing Homes Say $300M FCA Relator Has Found Nothing
• Fla. High Court Urged Not To Hear Abortion-Delay Law Suit
• As $125B Deficit Looms, Ill. Gov. Tackles Health Care Fraud
• Ill. Health Data Operator Sues To Stop Data Wipeout
• Sweeping Medical Innovation Bill Nears Senate Vote
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• Physicians Realty Trust Pays $725M For 52 Properties
• 6th Circ. Sides With Union In Arbitration Board Dispute
• Anthem, Insurers Battle Data Breach MDL Claims
• San Francisco Becomes 1st City With Fully Paid Parental Leave
• FTC Offers Aid To Health Apps In Navigating Privacy Law Web
• Class Challenges 7th Circ. Junk Fax Ruling Favoring Biz Owner
• Fla. Settles 10-Year Suit Over Children's Medicaid Care
• Ex-CEO Wants Stay In Former Oriole's Insider Trading Suit
• Atty, Judge Charged With Social Security Fraud Scheme
• Purdue Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Anti-Abuse OxyContin IP
• Marketing Co. Wants Assets Unfrozen In FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Miss. Lawmakers Pass Ban On Common Abortion Procedure
• Health Network Wants Bellwethers Paused In Meningitis MDL
• FDA Panel Outlines Hub For Medical Device Data
• AseraCare Ruling: FCA Is Not For Differing Medical Opinions
• Feds Trim Pay Boost For Medicare Advantage In 2017
• Nursing Manager Asks Justices To Hear Discrimination Case
• Feds Insist Arnold & Porter Has Conflict With Senator's Pal
• Cancer Centers Face Another Class Action Over Data Breach
• FTC Can Present Exec Testimony At Hospital Tie-Up Hearing
• Faegre Baker Daniels, Berchtold Settle Malpractice Suit
• DFW Capital Nabs $360M For Fifth Fund
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Aetna Win In $73M Late-Payment Row
• Public Info-Based FCA Suit Can't Survive, PharMerica Says
• Suture To Take $200M Antitrust Suit Dismissal To 10th Circ.
• Boston Scientific Testing Surgical Mesh For Fake Parts: FDA
• Union Settles Objections To Auto-Parts Maker's Ch. 11 Plan
• Wisconsin Asks Supreme Court To Review Abortion Law
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• The High Court's Preemption Tango And The Future Of ERISA
• Background Check Challenges For Home Health Care Agencies
• Houston Psychiatrist Gets 12 Years For $158M Medicare Fraud
• Life Sciences IPOs Edge 1 Firm Ahead Of Peers In Quiet March
• LSU Hospital Operator's Antitrust Suit Can Proceed: Judge
• Abbott Whistleblower Blasts Directed Verdict Bid
• Orthotic Co. Beats Claims That Audits Caused Stock Drop
• Fla. Insurance Regulator OKs Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Lab Co., Aetna Float $77M Deal To End Fraud Claims In Ch. 11
• NY Hospital Beats Breast Cancer Survivor's Bias Suit
• Universities Protest House Panel's Fetal Tissue Subpoenas
• Chicago Doc Charged In Scheme To Avoid Visa Tests
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• New Ariz. Law Requires Outdated Abortion Pill Procedure
• Hospital Execs' Hearing Statements Not Hearsay, FTC Argues
• CSX, Amtrak Say Fed Law Preempts Mass. Sick Time Regs
• Assessing Labor Issues In Deals With Health Care Facilities
• Viewing Recent Opioid Regulations In Context