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Health - May, 2016

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• Anthem Data Breach MDL Claims Mostly Kept Alive
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• DC Circ. Revives Suit Over $325M Czech Arbitration Award
• Indian Health Service, ND Tribe Reach Self-Governance Deal
• Ala. Chief Justice Says His Suspension Is Unconstitutional
• Texas Lt. Gov. Urges Schools To Defy Transgender Rule
• Wandering, Snacking Judge Made Trial Unfair: La. High Court
• Walgreens Dragged Into Theranos' Faulty Blood Tests Fight
• SV Life Sciences Raises $273.5M For Planned $400M Fund
• Wash. Medicaid Ordered To Cover Expensive Hep C Drugs
• Justices Turn Away Hospital Racial Discrimination Appeal
• FDA And Digital Health: Time For A Cultural Exchange
• 7th Circ. Allows Kmart FCA Suit Over Medicare Payments
• Wellness Program Doesn't Violate ADA, 7th Circ. Told
• DOJ To Appeal Epic Loss In AseraCare FCA Case
• Feds Fine Medicare Advantage Plan For Deceiving Shoppers
• Justices Divided: 3 Cases That May Tie Up The High Court
• Texas High Court Orders Review Of Docs In Malpractice Suit
• CareFirst Dodges Policyholders' Data Breach Class Action
• Texas Eye Clinic Can't Dodge Medicare Billing FCA Suit
• 8th Circ. Restores Ex-Lab Worker's Pregnancy Bias Claims
• Patient Recruiter Sentenced To 5 Years For $2M Fraud Scheme
• White House Releases Privacy Framework For Health Initiative
• Water Polo Org Says Concussion Suit Misconstrues Law
• Ohio Co-Op Joins Ranks Of Failed ACA Nonprofits
• Altria Sues FDA Over 'Black & Mild' Cigar Ban
• Ill. Supreme Court To Review Hospital Tax Ruling
• Centauri Health Nabs $50M From Silversmith Capital
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• Gov't Contractors Railroaded Again By The False Claims Act
• 7th Circ. Nixes Class Waiver In Split With 5th Circ.
• Another Customer Hits Theranos With Blood Test Rip-Off Suit
• Healthfirst Dodges NJ Hospital's $26M Repayment Suit
• Mount Sinai To Replace Beth Israel With Smaller Hospital
• Feds Join $50M Calif. FCA Suit Against Prime Healthcare
• Ohio Planned Parenthood Defunding Looks Illegal, Judge Says
• PharMerica Wrong On FCA's 1st-To-File Bar, High Court Hears
• Bon Secours Must Face Ex-Employee's FCA Suit
• Indiana University Sues To Block State Fetal Tissue Law
• Fla. Heart Doc Says Settlement Imminent In FCA Suit
• Buchanan Accused Of Distracting Court In Team Buy Fight
• Professional Negligence Under MICRA: A Goldilocks Dilemma
• Pa. Justices Say Bankrupt Cos. Can Add Trustees To Suits
• How To Prepare Your Employees For Litigation Discovery
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• Saint Francis Hospital Pays $107M To End Pension Suit
• NY Gov. Promises He'll Sign Bill To Ax 'Tampon Tax'
• Genetically Modifying Mosquitoes Could Stem Spread Of Zika
• NY Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In $3M Medicare Fraud Case
• Chicago Hospitals Say FTC Delay Will Be Merger Death Blow
• CVS Hit With Overtime Suit In Fla. Federal Court
• Ex-Health Network CFO Indicted For Bribery
• Houston Pair Arrested For $6M Ambulance Billing Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stada Arzneimittel, Yahoo, Infraero
• Aetna-Humana Deal Will Hurt Competition, Missouri Says
• Texas, 10 Others Sue Over Obama's Trans Bathroom Guidance
• Horizon Weighs In For Paytime In 3rd Circ. Data Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Zurich Win In Lantheus' $70M Coverage Bid
• 3rd Circ. Puts Pa. Hospital Merger On Hold For FTC Appeal
• Who Won In High Court's Luis Decision?
• The Risk Of Data Misuse By Health Care Co. Employees
• FTC Says Chicago-Area Hospital Merger Would Raise Costs
• Fla. Clinic, Medical Device Co. Settle Row Over Award
• OIG Audits Laden With 'Legal Defects,' AHA Says
• 2 Cos. Ready IPOs Totaling $341M While Bank Nets $80M
• Citing Zika Risk, House Cuts Pesticide Rules Amid Veto Threat
• Ringleader In $2M Medicare Fraud Gets 15 Months
• HFF Lines Up $43M For Dallas Senior Community
• ACLU Seeks Docs On Catholic Hospitals' Pregnancy Care
• US Backs Mass. Sick Time Law In Row With CSX And Amtrak
• CMS Demands Indian Health Service Fix SD Hospital Issues
• Medtronic Can't Shake FCA Kickback Claims
• Green Lights Ahead For Medical Pot Legal Work In Pa.
• OrbiMed Nets $307M For Israel Health Care Fund
• An FCA Update As We Await High Court's Escobar Decision
• Unclaimed Property Auditors Move Beyond Life Insurers
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Atty Must Justify $540K Fees In VitalSpring Investor Suit
• Ex-Health Co. VP Says New Evidence Could Dash $25M Verdict
• 2 Suits Claim Fla. HMO Underpaid Doctors By Millions
• American Capital Nets $97M On Treatment Center Sale
• Reed Smith In Houston Snags Antitrust Pro From K&L Gates
• NFL Tried To Sway NIH Concussion Grants, House Report Says
• Medtronic, Ex-Sales Rep Settle Alleged Retaliation Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anthem, Teva, SF Holdings
• Doctor Says Counts In $34M Medicare Fraud Are Duplicative
• GOP Unveils New Tactics To Reform ACA Programs
• Oil Explorer, Biotech Junk IPOs Amid Bumpy Market
• Ex-Client Says Texas Law Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Claims
• Cardiac-Monitoring Firm Loses Appeal Over Loss Of VA Pact
• Ex-Dartmouth Prof. Loses Bid To Sanction LabMD In Leak Row
• Hospitals Call FTC's Dire Merger Forecast 'A Work Of Fiction'
• High Court Won't Review 9th Circ.'s Pension Liability Test
• 4th Circ. Takes A Conservative Approach To LGBT Rights
• NHI Acquires 5 Bickford Senior Facilities For $87.5M
• Insurers Shouldn't Overreach In Gov't Investigations
• Pierre-Paul Medical Docs Release May Be Trouble For ESPN
• Allied Presses 9th Circ. To Recoup $8M FTC Defense Costs
• Health Hires: K&L Gates, Norton Rose Get Health, IP Attys
• NFL Alumni Org Can't Escape $1M Breach Of Contract Suit
• Insurer Can Push Bad Faith Claim Over $31M Deal, Court Says
• Union Backers' Threats Tainted ManorCare Vote, DC Circ. Says
• Okla. Lawmakers Call To Impeach Obama For Trans Letter
• Wal-Mart Dodges $1.4M Penalty In Late-Operations Lawsuit
• Okla. Gov. Won't Sign 'Unconstitutional' Abortion Bill
• NJ Appeals Court Axes Hospitals' Challenge To Charity Care
• No Kickback Loophole For 'King Of Nursing Homes,' Feds Say
• Insurer Gets Tribe's ERISA Claims Tossed In Payment Row
• La. Governor Signs 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period
• Pot Companies Eyeing California Ahead Of Nov. Election
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• FTC, Pa. Push 3rd Circ. To Keep Hospital Merger On Hold
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Breaking The Health Company Compliance Program Monopoly
• Key Data Privacy And Security Concerns For Investment Firms
• What Nonprofits Need To Know About Nonexempt Employees
• Hospital Data Breach Action Remanded In Light Of Spokeo
• Cogentix Board Shakeup Put On Hold As Proxy Fight Looms
• Caretaker Status Required To Prove Neglect: Calif. High Court
• More Pink Slips For Partners Expected As Work Dries Up
• $40M Deal OK'd For Mental Health Care In Illinois Prisons
• Senate Passes $140B HUD, VA Bill; Adds $1.1B Zika Funding
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• Eisai Asks 3rd Circ. To Rehear Lovenox Antitrust Suit
• Bill Effectively Banning Abortion Heads To Okla. Governor
• Connectivity Can Boost Mental Health, FCC's Clyburn Says
• $81.6B VA Bill Passes House, Includes Medical Marijuana OK
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• How The House GOP Won Its Challenge Against The ACA
• New OT Rules To Hit Retail, Hospitality Cos. Hardest
• Final OT Rule Could Put Employers In Classification Bind
• Tenn. Health Group Says Clinic Wasn't Agent In Meningitis MDL
• House OKs $622M Zika Bill That Dems Say Won't Stop Virus
• Texas Hospital Network Buys Forest Park Facility For $115M
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Let Pa. Hospital Merger Go Forward
• Senate GOP Again Rejects $1.9B Zika Funding Package
• SC Lawmakers Approve Bill Banning Abortion After 19 Weeks
• Health Staffing Co. Owes H-1B Worker Back Pay: DOL Judge
• No New Trial For Abbott Whistleblower In $219M Stent Row
• 5th Circ. Axes Testimony Behind Light Therapy Defect Verdict
• Mexican President Proposes Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
• Ex-Warner Chilcott Exec Wants Recordings Barred From Trial
• Transgender Bathroom Debate: What's The Deference?
• EEOC Says Co. Cannot Duck Challenge To 'Wellness' Program
• Highmark Hits US With $223M Suit Over Unpaid ACA Money
• After Review, Judge Says False Claims Act Suit Can Proceed
• Texas AG, Others Ask White House To Clarify Trans Rule
• Latham Snags Ex-Shearman & Sterling Capital Markets Partner
• Tata Slams Epic's Wider Injunction Request On Trade Secrets
• ESPN Seeks Escape From Pierre-Paul Medical Records Suit
• Novartis Splits Pharma Biz In Two, Parts With Drug Exec
• Senate Advances $1.1B Zika Funding Measure
• Fed's Transgender Letter Justifies Rehearing, 4th Circ. Told
• Canada Introduces Bill To Protect Transgender Citizens
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• LA County Says Atty Tricked Doc Into Testifying In Jail Row
• The Myth Of 'Price Disconnects' In US Pharma Markets
• False Claims Act Trends: Technical Data, Software And IP
• An App A Day: Navigating Health App Regulatory Guidance
• Calif. Tribe Says U.S. Discouraging Health Spending
• EEOC Regs Clear Path For Widespread Wellness Plan Use
• St. Joseph's Underfunding Pension Plan, Nurses' Suits Say
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Adopt Octane Fitness In Trademark Cases
• Mass. AG Hits Back At CSX, Amtrak In Suit Over Sick Time Law
• House GOP Rep. Proposes $622.1M In Zika Funding
• Obama Has Edge As Justices Urge Contraception Compromise
• Senior Care Co. Wants Bellwether In Overbilling Fight
• Millennium Lab Ch. 11 Exam Bid Fatally Flawed, Cos. Say
• Valeant Expands Drug Discount Program After Price Increases
• Nurse Convicted In $14M Medicare Fraud Loses Acquittal Bid
• Pa. Hospital Hit With $5M Verdict Over Feeding Tube Death
• Greenberg Traurig Slams Bankruptcy Estate's $2M Clawback
• High Court Won't Review Minn. Home Worker Unionization Law
• PE-Backed Cos., Biotech Prime 3 IPOs Totaling $439M
• EEOC Issues Final Rules On Employer Wellness Programs
• In The ACA Age, Employee Handbooks Can Help — Or Hurt
• High Court Punts On ACA Birth Control Battle
• In Congress: Appropriations
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Split 6th Circ. Clears Abbott In FCA Suit Alleging Bribe
• 'Too Cute' Yoga Teacher Can't Sue For Sex Bias, Judge Says
• NLRB Must Show Plan Change Tied To Election, DC Circ. Told
• Doc Claims Anthem Illegally Limits Calif. Provider Network
• Illinois Union Can Rep Nonpublic Employees, Judge Rules
• Insurers Sue To Duck Coverage Of Medical Informatics Breach
• Hospital Loses DQ Bid In Arbitration Row Over Witness Pay
• House Passes Comprehensive Anti-Opioid Abuse Bill
• ACA Pay Rule Threatens Emergency Care, Suit Says
• House GOP Lawmaker To Unveil Zika Funding Plan
• Seek Alternatives To Questionable Mergers, Officials Say
• Doc Gets 8 Years For Unwarranted Opioid Prescriptions, Fraud
• The Future Of Medicare Physician Reimbursement
• Michigan Man Pleads Guilty For Role In $3.5M Medicare Fraud
• Humana Says Doctor Gunning For Too Much Info In FCA Row
• Obama Tells Schools To Let Trans Students Pick Bathrooms
• FTC Orders Divestitures For Air Liquide's $13B Airgas Deal
• Half Of Workstation's Patent Claims Obvious, PTAB Rules
• Deal Ends Malpractice Suit Over Joan Rivers' Death
• KaloBios Must Make Decision On Drug Trials, Hospital Says
• Hospice Care Execs Dodge Shareholders' Medicare Fraud Suit
• Senate Debates $140B Funding For VA, Transpo, Military
• Texas Nurse Sickened By Shot Can't Pursue ADA Claims
• HHS Rips UnitedHealth's 'Erroneous' Medicare Advantage Suit
• Advocates Say Medical Conditions Dire At NJ Immigration Jail
• House Passes DOJ Anti-Opiate Abuse Grant Bill
• Sanofi Wins Temporary Reprieve From Kickbacks Action
• Records To Be Unsealed From Ky. OxyContin Suit
• VA Too Slow To Process Health Providers' Claims, GAO Says
• Pa. Hospital Merger OK Halted For 2-Week 3rd Circ. Appeal
• Texas Hospital Can't Escape Paramedics' Overtime Suit
• Healogics Shakes Whistleblowing Doctors' FCA Suit
• FTC Head Says Rate Caps Can't Save Hospital Mergers
• BCBS Mich. Seeks Partial Redo In Tribe's ERISA Suit
• House GOP Wins Challenge To ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidies
• Protecting Medical Marijuana Users From DUI Prosecution
• Aegerion To Admit Guilt, Pay $40M Over Drug Marketing
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• 9th Circ. Further Defines Disabilities Under Longshore Act
• Texas Hospital Chain Says Ebola Nurse Row Is Agency Matter
• Merck, Genentech Sold Unapproved Drugs, FCA Suit Says
• House Passes New Hurdles For Opioid Drug Approvals At FDA
• Mom Can't Sue Employer, Insurer For Gender Bias Against Son
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Ohio Law That Strips Funding
• Lowenstein Nabs Ex-Federal Prosecutor In NJ
• GOP Sens. Say Recovery Of ACA Exchange Funds Fell Short
• Colo. Pot Dispensary Fights IRS Over Uprooted Deductions
• Sens. Want Answers On Broadband Program Consultant Fees
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• 3 Tips For Assuring Success Of Tribal-Run Federal Programs
• Rehab Care Co. Destroyed Records In FCA Inquiry, DOJ Says
• FTC, Pa. Request Stay To Take Hospital Merger To 3rd Circ.
• Pa. Judge Rules 5 Drug Trial Patents Invalid Under Alice
• Insurers Press For Escape From Anthem Data Breach MDL
• CVS Affiliate Settles Worker Overtime Claims For $1.47M
• Ohio's Medicaid Reform Explores Unmapped Territory
• J&J, Merck, Endo Probed Over Pharmacy Benefit Managers
• FTC's Pa. Merger Loss Puts Obamacare Defense On The Table
• Express Scripts Looks To Deep-Six Pharmacy Antitrust Claims
• PharMerica Says Public Disclosure Testimony Sinks FCA Suit
• House Passes Five Bills To Curb Opioid Abuse
• 3 Tips For Tribes Taking Charge Of Federal Programs
• 2nd Circ. Revives Overpriced Medical Record Fees Row
• Hospitals Can't Blame Gov't In Meningitis MDL, Judge Told
• 'Brainspotting' Therapy Trademark Row Can Go Forward
• Paul Weiss, Skadden Advising HCP On Planned REIT Spinoff
• Stoel Rives Helped Prop Up $17M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• Genentech Facing Class Action Over Cancer Drug Skimping
• Colo.-Based Marijuana Biz Law Firm Expands Into Fla.
• New Pa. Medical Marijuana Law: What Employers Should Know
• Medco Says Revived Hemophilia Kickback Suit Still Fails
• Whistleblower Can't Be Sued For Doc Disclosure In FCA Suit
• Atty For Ala.'s Top Judge Vows To Fight Ethics Charges
• Tenn. Hospitals Want Discovery Stays Lifted In Meningitis MDL
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Tossing Of Monitoring Patent Under Alice
• Docs, Drugmakers Call Medicare Pay Experiment Unlawful
• PharMerica Off The Hook For Successor Liability In FCA Suit
• UK Health Trust Fined $260K Over HIV Patients' Email Leak
• Air Ambulance's Tax Exemption Hinges On Co-Owner's Status
• End To Ariz. Abortion Pill Limits Now Up To Governor
• FTC, Pa. Can't Block Hospital Merger
• SEIU Illinois Says State's OT Cap For Caregivers Is Cruel
• 10th Circ. Rejects Woman's Bid For Disability Benefits
• Health Care Funds Push For Class Cert. In Celexa Drug MDL
• KKR To Net Up To $1.2B In Sale Of Walgreens Boots Shares
• ACLU Sues Miss. Over Law Shielding Anti-Gay Beliefs
• Debunking The Myths Of Anthem's And Cigna's Market Power
• In Congress: Energy, Opioids, Puerto Rico
• 4th Circ. Backs NLRB In Nurse Unionization Fight
• Abbott Whistleblower Seeks New Trial In $219M Stent Row
• Health Hires: Wilson Sonsini Gets Bump In M&A, Cooley In IP
• No New Trial Needed In $374M Medicare Fraud, Gov't Says
• Texas Justices Refuse To Review Atty Hospital Fraud Row
• Ex-CEO Wants House Arrest For $1.8M Medicare Fraud
• Hellman & Friedman Reaches Deal to Buy MultiPlan
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• Anti-Abortion Group Calls Conference Videos 'Free Speech'
• Intellia's $108M IPO Leads Pair Of Biotech Floats
• Evidence Destroyed In NJ Hospital Exec's Death, Suit Says
• Taxation With Representation: Stikeman, Ropes & Gray, Weil
• Epic Wants Wider Injunction After $940M Trade Secrets Win
• NFL Player Says Right To Privacy At Stake In ESPN Tweet Row
• US Takes On Narco Freedom Drug Rehab FCA Suit
• Fla. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Abortion-Delay Challenge
• House Democrats Push For $600M To Fight Opioid Abuse
• Ill. High Court Hands Mixed Bag To Transit Retirees
• Split NLRB Panel Says CVS Class Action Waivers Violate Law
• Ill. Service Groups Sue State Over Unpaid Contracts
• Monsanto Beats $20M PCB Cancer Claims In Calif. Trial
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Ohio Hospital Conspiracy Case
• Express Scripts Hid Risk of Losing Major Client, Investors Say
• Calif. Jury Convicts 2 Doctors In $9M Medicare Fraud
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• E-Cigarettes Will Be Subject To FDA Regulation
• Planned Parenthood Sues Kansas For Pulling Medicaid
• Fla. Justices Question State Farm's Need For Hospital Info
• FTC Says Ala. Health Bill Could Harm Competition
• NJ Court Says Hospital Injury Reports Barred In Med Mal Suits
• Ex-Chargers Doctor Accused Of Negligence In Seau's Death
• Fed. Circ. Skeptical Becton Dickinson Patent Survives Alice
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader's Dad Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Fla. Doctor Found Guilty On 162 Health Care Fraud Counts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Hellman & Friedman, Carlyle
• Ex-VP Objects To Proposed Judgment On $25.4M Verdict
• Settlement Language: Get Specific When Liens Are Involved
• IRS Misallocated Millions In ACA Tax Credits, Watchdog Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Normandy, Fla. Polo Club, Nugent
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Lovenox Antitrust Suit Against Sanofi
• What Is Your Squirm Factor?
• Chubb Drops Coverage Appeal Over $188M NY Trust Shortfall
• NCAA Called Back Into Death Liability Suit In Appeal
• 4th Circ. Revives Narcoleptic Driver's Employment Suit
• Jury Convicts Last Conspirator In $278M Ponzi Scheme
• Rulings Clear Up Controversy Over Fla. Medical Pot License
• FCA Penalties Set To Double, Raising Fears Of Excess Fines
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Suit Assailing NJ AG Use Of Insurer Probes
• Adult Film Co. Kink.com Fined For Condom Use Violations
• Texas Medical Staffer Stuck With Calif. Law In Secrets Row
• Laid-Off TransCare Workers Sue Lynn Tilton's Equity Firm
• NYC Cuts $4.3M Deal For Overbilling Medicare For Ambulances
• Miss. Lets Ruling Allowing Same-Sex Adoption Stand
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zodiac Aerospace, Stada, S. Kidman & Co.
• Health Data Co., Patient Settle Info Breach Suit
• 2 Biotechs Set Terms On IPOs Totaling $108M
• FTC Floats Hospital Spinoff Plan As Antitrust Remedy
• Texas Hospital Gets Doctor's Future Damages Award Nixed
• Fla. Radiology Center Blasts Atty Fee Request In FCA Row
• Ogletree Adds Ex-Michael Best Employment Atty In Milwaukee
• HMS Settles Trade Secret Suit With Health Services Rival
• Heritage Group Nets $220M For 2nd Health Care Fund
• NY Court Cuts $25M Asbestos Liability Award Against Ammco
• Interpreting Duran V. US Bank In The Aftermath Of Tyson
• Hospital Worker Tells 9th Circ. SEIU Reneged On Side Pact
• Gynecologist Accuses Hospital Of Silencing Her On Abortion
• BNSF Wants Payment Order For Applicant Medical Tests Axed
• Horizon Can't Keep Omnia Docs Hidden From Challengers
• Nursing Home Subcontracted To Skirt Union, NLRB Judge Says
• 3rd Circ. Backs NJ Doctor's Kickbacks Conviction
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over $2M In Pay From Bankrupt Firm
• Tribe Looking For Special Health Cost Treatment, Feds Say
• 3rd Circ. Partially Revives Cigna ERISA Benefits Class Suit
• 10th Circ. Backs Denial Of Disability Benefits For Veteran
• Texas Gets Extension On $3.7B Medicaid Waivers
• Gay Couples Cohabiting Is Like Marriage: Va. High Court
• High Court Won't Review $6M Win For Allstate In RICO Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor, Eagle Brook, Crescent Heights
• New Orleans Woman Convicted Over $3M Health Care Fraud
• Developments At The NAIC Spring Meeting: Part 3