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Health - October, 2016

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• J. Crew Case Irrelevant To Horizon Breach Appeal: Customers
• Doc In Menendez Case Says He's Not A Flight Risk
• Health Care IT Co. Says Investors Cost It $2M In Taxes
• FTC Head Defends LabMD Security Ruling From Sens.' Barbs
• Stryker Can't Escape Hip Replacement Suit
• Mount Sinai Says Flu Shot Text Allowed Under TCPA
• US Looks To Reinstate Charges In Meningitis Outbreak Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Fla. Workers' Comp Law
• Justices Could Tip Power Balance In FCA Seal Dispute
• Health Co. Execs Want 2nd Look At $20M LeClairRyan Deal
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $6.1B TeamHealth Deal
• 7th Circ. Blocks Ruling That OK'd Ill. Hospitals' Merger
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• Rainmaker Q&A: Baker Donelson's Timothy Lupinacci
• FDA OKs St. Jude Device For Lowering Certain Stroke Risks
• Justices To Mull If FAA Preempts State Arbitration Law
• FCA Decision Tracker: How Escobar Is Being Interpreted
• 1st Circ. Reverses Hospitals' $17M Win Against HHS
• CVS Settles Wage Statement Suit For $3M
• Alliar Launches $210M IPO, Brazil's First This Year
• Don't 'Friend' Potential Jurors, IP Row Judge Warns Attys
• Fla. Grad Student Wage Class Action Heads For Trial
• Omnicare Survives Ex-Agent's Bid To Revive $630M FCA Suit
• Feds Call Doc In Menendez Case A Flight Risk
• Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Bathroom Case
• Colgate, Tom's Face Suit Over 'Natural' Product Claims
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• Elite Gymnast Names Karolyis, National Team In Abuse Suit
• Doctor's Office Again Denied Coverage For TCPA Fax Suit
• Wal-Mart Sees $1.4 Judgment Vacated In Optometrist Dispute
• Ex-Warner Chilcott Rep Gets Probation For HIPAA Violation
• Big FCA Sampling Case Looks Like A Dud At 4th Circ.
• FCA At The 4th Circ.: Contemplating 2 Key Issues
• University Of California Hits St. Jude With IP Suit
• Drug Giant Merck Prices $1.1B Euro-Denominated Bond
• 9th Circ. Reopens Hospital Worker's Suit Against SEIU
• Hospital-Practice Mergers May Land In FTC Crosshairs
• Horizon Says J. Crew Dismissal Helps Its Data Breach Case
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Health Care REIT HCP Drops $186M On East Coast Portfolio
• Cornerstone Ex-CEO Tells Jury PE Fund Stole Prime Deal
• Latham Attys, Craigslist Blast EveryMD Motion For Sanctions
• 2 States' Laws Apply To Negligence Suit, NJ Justices Say
• Judge Rejects 3M's Claim Patent Suit Is Barred By Laches
• Prime Owes Hospital Workers $6.5M In Back Pay, Union Says
• Real Estate Rumors: HFZ Capital, Stiles, ABS Partners
• 2nd Fla. Appeals Court Rejects Medical Malpractice Cap
• Ex-Hospital COO Indicted In Dental Program Bribery Scheme
• The SEC's Aggressive Stance On Employee Agreements
• Ex-Sanofi EpiPen Alternative Auvi-Q Coming Back In 2017
• Medical Tech Co. ConvaTec Nets $1.8B In London IPO
• No Stay In ERISA Suit While Justices Mull Church Ties
• Post-Spokeo, Standing Challenges Remain Unpredictable
• Immigrants' Arizona Medicaid Suit Moot, Magistrate Says
• Board Tosses Appeal Over VA Heart-Monitoring Contract
• Ex-Access CEO Must Repay $1.5M Kickbacks, 2nd Circ. Says
• Robbins Geller Made Lead Counsel In Insmed Stock Drop Suit
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Health Care PE Firm Perceptive Advisors Closes $323M Fund
• Venezuelan Hospital Awarded $21M In Bribery Scheme
• St. Jude, Medtronic Sued Over Heart Valve Patents
• Hospital Twisting AmEx Ruling In Steering Suit, DOJ Says
• MedAssist Can't Duck TCPA Suit Over Hospital Robocalls
• FDA Warning Wire: Device Deaths, Otsuka Woes, Teva Details
• Escobar Downplays Justices' FCA Findings In 1st Circ.
• Fla. Doc In Menendez Scandal Can Await Fraud Trial At Home
• No Fees For Florida Hospice Provider In Dismissed FCA Case
• Antitrust Authorities Step Up Merger Enforcement
• Texas Nursing Home Co. To Pay $5.3M In FCA Deal
• How Pharma Cos. Can Shape The Drug-Pricing Landscape
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Fla. Medical Marijuana Measure May Boost Business For Firms
• Demystifying The Migration To Cloud Technology
• States Ask For Quick Win In ACA Transgender Rule Fight
• Feds Hammer House's ACA Suit At DC Circ.
• CORRECTED: Pfizer Looks To Shake Damages Expert In Trade Secrets Trial
• US Customs Taps AmeriHealth Exec As Trade Audit Head
• Texas Ebola Nurse Settles Suit With Hospital Owner
• AARP Sues EEOC Over Wellness Program Incentives
• Relator Seeks To Keep Pharmacy Prez In FCA Kickback Suit
• Abbott Whistleblower Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $219M Suit
• Nursing Homes Say CMS Arbitration Ban Should Wait On Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Inverness Counsel, Menetti, Ed Napleton
• Tiversa, LabMD Spar Over Defamation Claims
• Escobar Makes FCA Sampling Improper, Hospice Chain Says
• Providence Health To Pay $352M To End ERISA Suit
• VA Unveils New Medical Supply Purchasing Program
• Judge Defers Ruling In 'Sober Living' Home Pay Case
• Battle Over $63M Award Doesn't Belong In Mass., Court Hears
• Nursing Home Chain Inks Record $145M FCA Deal With DOJ
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Ex-Blue Shield Exec Can't Ditch Suit Over Revealed Secrets
• Church-Linked Hospitals Urge Justices To Hear ERISA Cases
• PE Fund Turns To High Court In Texas Hospital Buy Suit
• SuperValu Can't Shed FCA Suit Over Pharmacy Prices
• Fla. Pharmacy Owner To Settle Tricare Fraud Charges For $4M
• Illinois Senate Contenders Diverge On Trade, Health, Banks
• US Given Chance To Refile $320M FCA Suit
• Health Hires: Crowell & Moring, Goodwin, Faegre
• HealthEquity's PE Backers Shed Stakes In $89.6M Offering
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Suit Against USC Hospital
• McDermott Gains Transactional Partner From Locke Lord
• OPINION: The 2nd Circ.'s Misguided Approach To Antitrust
• Temasek Partners With Asian Healthcare Co. In $250M Deal
• Medical Co. Never Bought Duty To Defend, Insurer Says
• SC Health Giant Wants Plug Pulled On $50M Antitrust Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Atkinson Andelson's Paul Fleck
• Planned Parenthood Wins Suit Over Miss. Abortion Law
• 2 Blue Cross Support Orgs Escape Antitrust MDL
• NY Blood & Cancer Center To Pay $5.31M In FCA Deal
• Texas Justices Take Andrews Kurth Malpractice Suit
• Blue Cross Fights Mich. Tribe's Doc Bid In ERISA Suit
• Don't Forget To Consider State Privacy Laws In M&A
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• CVS To Pay $600,000 To Settle Controlled Substance Claims
• Escobar Dooms Doc-Switching Suit, Mt. Sinai Hospital Says
• NY Atty Loses 2nd TCPA Appeal In A Week At 2nd Circ.
• Staffing Pros Tell 9th Circ. The Job Is Menial, Merits OT
• Chancery 'Unlikely' To OK Nutrisystem Director Removal Rule
• Obama Defends ACA, Urges Republicans To Drop Attacks
• Omnicare Pays $2.24M To End FCA Suit Over Improper Billing
• Ohio School Can't Stay Trans Student's Bathroom Case
• Ex-NJ Prosecutor Joins Epstein Becker's Health Group
• Medicaid Fraudsters In Illinois Task Force's Crosshairs
• AT&T Tells Texas Court To Drop ERISA Insurance Dispute
• EEOC Urges Judge To Uphold 'Onionhead' Religion Decision
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Walgreens, Rite Aid Delay Closing Of $17B Merger
• Whistleblower Drops Multimillion-Dollar Lincare FCA Suit
• Aetna-Humana Row Survives ACA Exchange Exits, DOJ Says
• Kan. AG Takes Back Dred Scott Cite In Abortion Case
• DTSA's Reach Extended To Continuing Misappropriation
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein
• PE Fund Denies Poaching Execs In $700M Texas Hospital Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Health Clinics' Hidden Medicare Costs Are Fishy
• Acadia Healthcare Sells Behavioral Facilities For £320M
• Relator Pulls State Insurance Fraud Claim Against Medtronic
• Tribe Health Plan Administrators Dodge $2.1M ERISA Suit
• 1 Year After Yates Memo: The DOJ's Yates-Lite Approach
• OPINION: Social Security Disability At 60
• Barnes & Thornburg Win Not A Free Pass, Indiana Judge Says
• US Deserves A Shot After $320M FCA Suit Failed, Court Told
• Doc, Health Co. Owner Get Prison For $34M Medicare Fraud
• 11th Circ. Finds Tribe Immune To Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
• Feds Accuse NY Cancer Center Of Medicare Fraud Schemes
• Why Telemedicine Is About To Take Off
• What To Know About CMS Medicare Physician Payment Reform
• Physical Therapy Chain Execs Convicted Of Health Fraud
• Trial Looms In Suit Over PHC-Acadia Merger
• St. Jude Forms Medical Device Cybersecurity Board
• AseraCare Pounds Gov't Bid To Revive Hospice FCA Case
• Mich. Tribe Wants Info On Blue Cross Profits In ERISA Suit
• Foley & Lardner, DLA Guiding Pot-Focused REIT's $175M IPO
• Abbott, St. Jude Ink $1B Deal To Shed Product Portfolio
• 11th Circ. Upholds Fla. Health Care Fraudster's Sentence
• St. Joseph To Pay $2.1M Over Leaked Patient Records
• NY Blood Center Smacks 'Be The Match' With Contract Suit
• Texas Medical Board Drops 5th Circ. Telemedicine Appeal
• Ex-Medical Lab CEO Can't Escape Aetna Kickback Suit
• Ysios Capital Closes $139M Euro Biotech, Health Care Fund
• OPINION: How Courts Have Mislabeled Human Embryos
• Biggest Test Yet For Statistical Sampling In FCA Cases
• Split 8th Circ. Revives Hospital Tech's Discrimination Case
• Nursing Homes Want CMS' Arbitration Ban Thrown Out
• Cadwalader Brings Back Orrick Partner For Litigation Group
• Hanover Granted Quick Win In Medicare FCA Suit
• Provigil Pay-For-Delay Suit Belongs In Pa., Teva Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Norton Rose's James Wiehl
• Mylan's $465M EpiPen Deal With DOJ Too Lenient, Sen. Says
• Anthem, Cigna Ordered To Disclose Merger Breach Allegations
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Highlights Of HHS Privacy Guidance For Cloud Providers
• 3rd Circ. Pipes Decision May Change FCA Litigation
• Omnicare Pays $28M In Depakote Kickbacks Case
• 2 Docs, 8 Others Charged In $100M Tricare Fraud Scheme
• Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Approved
• Sava Senior Care Fights To Pare Down FCA Suit
• Clinic CEO Gets 18 Years, $13.5M Fine For Money Funneling
• US House Storms Into $5B ACA Risk Corridor Case
• 3 Firms To Lead IPOs Totaling $518M As Deals Begin To Slow
• Health Hires: Greensfelder, Cozen O'Connor, Goodwin
• Pa. Hospital Systems End Merger Plan After 3rd Circ. Defeat
• Infection Risk In LivaNova's Blood Temp. Device, CDC Warns
• Judge Won't Revive Claims In Anthem Rate MDL
• Obama Opens Door To Pharma Trade With Cuba
• The End Of At-Will Employment
• Investigating Noncompliance Under New Stark Law Regs
• Spokeo Still Standing: No Sign Of A Circuit Split
• Texas Hospital Chain Tells Jury PE Firm Cost It $700M
• Tech Writers Class Certified After 7th Circ. Waivers Ruling
• Menendez Didn't Justify Classified Info Bid, Feds Say
• Corinthian Ch. 11 Estate Can Access Health Provider Info
• Convicted Ex-NY Sen. Decries 'Hellish Conditions' At Prison
• Kirkland Guides Arsenal Capital In $1.3B Fund Close
• Escobar Supports Nixing $40B FCA Suit, Celgene Says
• Docs' Suit Over Egg Industry Influence On Gov't Axed
• New Cybersecurity Regulations For NY Insurers And Banks
• Rainmaker Q&A: Podhurst Orseck's Peter Prieto
• 5th Circ. Says EEOC Can Pursue Fired Nurse's ADA Claim
• LabMD Says Tiversa Must Face Ga. Leak Suit After Pa. Ruling
• Life Alert To Pay $3.2M To End Workers' FLSA Suit
• AmEx Ruling 'Major Blow' To DOJ Patient Suit, Hospital Says
• Ex-Amedisys Tax VP To Serve 4 Years, Pay $15.5M For Fraud
• Gov't Says Hospice Operator Made False Medicare Claims
• Luv n' Care Defends Shiboleth IP Malpractice Suit As Timely
• Calif. Life Sciences Cos. Sued Over Sale Of Fetal Tissue
• NJ Justices Won't Hear Malpractice Row Over Bad Signatures
• Theranos, Walgreen Blood-Test Suits Consolidated In Ariz.
• DOL Finalizes Rule On ACA Whistleblower Complaints
• Ex-Nursing Home Execs Indicted In $16M Kickback Scheme
• Blue Cross Mich. Unveils Revamped $30M Antitrust Settlement
• Whistleblowers Revive Novartis Xolair Kickback Suit In NY
• NJ Chiropractor Charged In Medical Imaging Kickback Scheme
• Safeway Dodges Flu Shot Reminder TCPA Suit
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Lessons In Proactively Avoiding Age Discrimination Claims
• LabMD Urges 11th Circ. To Stay FTC Data Security Order
• Health Care Co. Beats Privacy Patent Suit At Fed. Circ.
• MD Anderson Sues Lyme Disease NonProfit Over Trademark
• Similar NY Case Moots Del. Derivative Suit, BioScrip Says
• FDA Says Faulty Device Didn't Affect Xarelto Trial Results
• Army Accused Of Price Bamboozle In $40M Staffing Contract
• Fund Sues Theranos Over Stock Purchase Agreement
• Norton Rose's New US Managing Partner Eyes Expansion
• Latham Attys' IP Filing Hasty, Merits Sanctions, EveryMD Says
• Justices Won't Hear ERISA State Law Claims Appeal
• Fraudster Health Clinic CEO Should Get 27 Years, Feds Say
• Justices Won't Review Tobacco Cos.' $125M Payment To Pa.
• Biotech Zymergen Banks $130M From Private Investors
• Highlights Of The FDA's Abbreviated New Drug Applications
• Ex-Rite Aid GC Says Chancery Wrongly Tossed Fee Bid
• DOJ Blames Merger Trial Discovery Woes On Aetna, Humana
• 1 Year After Yates Memo: Measuring Its Impact
• Investor Sues Tenet After $513M Deal In Kickback Scheme
• 4 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $1B Amid Energy Rebound
• Health Republic's Curious Liquidation: Part 5
• LabMD's Claims Against Tiversa Mostly Fail, Judge Says
• Calif. Panel Tells Insurers To Cover Health Net's Class Defense
• JPML Consolidates Cancer Center Data Breach Suits In Fla.
• Fed. Claims Won't Halt Vet-Owned Biz System Contract
• Texas Doctor Gets Over 5 Years For $6.6M Medicare Fraud
• 7th Circ. Out Of Line On Contract Breach Case, Justices Told
• Mylan Inks $465M Deal Over EpiPen Rebates
• Fla. Hospice Provider Wants Fees After Escaping FCA Suit
• Menendez Faces Renewed Corruption Charges
• Rainmaker Q&A: Reed Smith's Scott Bolden
• NY Health Dept. Wrongly Denying Speech Aids, Suit Says
• Provider Lessons From Tenet's $513M Fraud Settlement
• Walk The Line: Sanctioning Institutional Creditors
• Rainmaker Q&A: Jackson Walker's Mary Emma Karam
• Judges' Rebukes Won't Make NLRB Drop 'Nonacquiescence'
• Medical Group Must Face Insurers After $37M Loss To Aetna
• Anthem-Cigna Infighting Should Be Divulged, Judge Told
• Ex-Advocate Doc Awarded $1M In Retaliation Firing Suit
• DOJ Pummels Medical Supplier's Kickback Defenses
• Blue Cross Wants Tribe To Hand Over Docs In ERISA Suit
• 4 Firms Steer IPOs Totaling $672M Led By 'Unicorn' Coupa
• New State Capital Closes $131M PE Fund, Buys Rehab Centers
• FTC Says Minn. Providers Can Merge Without Noncompetes
• Rainmaker Q&A: Quinn Emanuel's Juan Morillo
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Health Care M&A Fades After Year In The Spotlight
• Real Estate Rumors: Golub, Apicha Healthcare, Feil
• Medicare Fraudster Wants 40-Year Sentence Vacated
• Theranos Closing Labs, Slashing Staff Amid Legal Troubles
• J&J Mea Culpa May Help Contain Device Data Security Fallout
• UnitedHealth Gouged Patients On Drug Prices, Suit Says
• Cert. Granted In JPMorgan, BNY Mellon Hospital Bond Suit
• Gov't EpiPen Spending Increased Nearly 500%, CMS Says
• Novartis Pays $35M To End Elidel Off-Label Marketing Suit
• MD Anderson Sues Ohio Charity Over Cancer Trademarks
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Benecard Data Breach Suit
• Feds Move To Nix Seneca Nation's Health Funding Dispute
• Anti-Abortion Group Founder Gets Public Records Suit Tossed
• Accountant Gets 2 Years For Kickback Scheme In $51M Fraud
• What To Expect From A Congressional Investigation
• Woman With Philly Political Ties Slams Multiple Fraud Counts
• Texas Dentist Files $10M Suit Over Botched Autopsy Report
• Kirkland Assists As Health Care PE Shop Closes $365M Fund
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• Universal Health Forced Commitment Suit Sent To State
• DOJ Approach To Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud Is Affirmed
• Rainmaker Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• High Court Ruling Bars Medicaid Suit, Calif. Tells 9th Circ.
• J&J Says Insulin Device Can Be Hacked But Risk Is Low
• DC Circ. Rips NLRB's 'Suicide Mission,' Orders Attys' Fees
• Accountant Ducks Buchanan's Negligence Claims In AFL Row
• Feds Balk At Insurer Demands On ACA Money
• Tax Court Upholds Penalties Over Chiropractor's Unpaid Taxes
• Okla. High Court Nixes Law Restricting Abortion
• UAE Men Fight Cerner's Bid To Seize Condo For $63M Award
• Gov't Can't Suppress Docs In CIA Torture Suit
• Pa. Judge Largely OKs Ballard's $20M Antitrust Fee Claim
• Pharmacists Duck Criminal Charges Over Meningitis Outbreak
• Mass. Health Insurers Want $1B Hospital Expansion Trashed
• Hospital Chain Asks 1st Circ. To Reverse NRLB Ruling
• Rainmaker Q&A: Deans & Lyons' Chad Castille
• FCC Commish, Sen. Push For Rural Telehealth In W. Va.
• Post & Schell Nabs Ex-McCarter & English Managing Partner
• Aetna, Humana Request Sanctions Over Blocked CMS Docs
• Pa. Nursing Home Chain Inks $2M Deal Over Violations
• A New Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction In Product Liability
• 5 Key Details In Tenet's $513M Kickback Settlement
• CVS' $13M Deal To End 78K Workers' Bag Check Claims OK'd
• High Court Won't Hear RICO Causation Suit Over Sanofi Drug
• Abortion Foes Can't Escape Planned Parenthood Video Suit
• NJ Hospital Wins Appeal Over Religious Flu Shot Exemption
• Geico Says Medical Device Co. Bribed Docs In RICO Suit
• PE-Backed Medical Tech Firm Seeks $1.8B In London IPO
• False Claims Act Lawsuits Increasingly Target Universities
• Tenet Hospitals To Pay $513M, Admit Kickbacks
• Rainmaker Q&A: Nixon Peabody's Jill Gordon