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Health - June, 2017

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• Illinois Must Pay Medicaid Debt Under Consent Decrees
• HMO Owners, BankUnited Strike Deal To End $1.2B RICO Suit
• Investor Says He Lost $4.8M As Shkreli Fund Failed
• $400B In Fed. Contracts To Sunset Amid Trump Shake-Up
• Ex-Rite Aid GC Again Seeks To Have His Legal Fees Covered
• Health Center Not Owed Coverage For Suit, Insurer Says
• 2nd Circ. Revives Brooklyn Hospital Worker's FMLA Suit
• Novartis Escapes End Payors' Gleevec Antitrust Suit
• Drug, Device Cos. Paid $8.2B To Doctors, Hospitals In 2016
• Rite Aid Managers Snag $5.5M Settlement In OT Suit
• DC Circ. Clears DEA To Block Opioid Supplier's Sales
• Health Hires: DR Welch, Greenspoon Grow Cannabis Teams
• Senator Says CMS Chief Might Have Violated Ethics Pact
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Should Florida Hospitals Halt Peer Review?
• Benefits Row Can Test Obergefell's Reach, Texas Justices Say
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• Shkreli Investor Says She Felt 'Betrayed' By Bait And Switch
• J&J Says Calif. Talc Cancer Case Is Sunk By Shoddy Experts
• SEC Sues IT Co. Quadrant 4 System Over $4.1M Fraud Scheme
• Allergan Settles Eye Doctor Kickback Suit For $13M
• Calif. High Court Takes Up Row Over Patient Rights Law
• Winstead Boosts Texas Offices With 5 New Attys
• New CBO Report Adds Fresh Challenges For ACA Repeal
• Ambulance Co. Exempt From Consumer Fraud Claim: Court
• Nossaman Adds 3 Ex-Michelman & Robinson Partners In SF
• Trump Paid Leave Plan 'Unworkable,' Groups Tell Congress
• Health Care Winners And Losers From The Better Care Act
• A Broader Availability Of Administrative Proceeding Appeals
• Standing Dooms 4th Circ. Challenge To NC Gay Marriage Law
• Citing Advocate Ruling, Judge Signs Off On $4M ERISA Deal
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• 4 Predictions For Value-Based Care And Digital Health
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• ACA Watch: What BigLaw Lobbyists Think Happens Next
• Shkreli Atty Dubs Him 'Genius,' Denies Fraud As Trial Begins
• 7th Circ. Ends Home Health Care Co.'s Suit Over Bankruptcy
• House Passes Tort Reform Bill To Cap Med Mal Damages
• Ex-WellCare GC Pleads Guilty To Fla. Medicaid Fraud
• Health Co. Job Applicants Get Cert. In Background Check Row
• NJ Doc Hits Robert Wood Johnson With Disability Bias Suit
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Boot Radiation Suit From Federal Court
• Theranos Customers Defend Joint Venture, Battery Claims
• LA Hospital Agrees To $42M FCA Settlement Over Kickbacks
• NJ Sports Doc Gets 1 Year for Prescription Bribes
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• Nurses' Retaliation Suit Over Procedure, Not Law, Court Says
• The Hydra Of Abortion Law: 1 Year Into Whole Woman's Health
• Judge Says Ruling Imminent On Ill. Medicaid Bill Backlog
• Potential Impact Of Senate Health Care Bill: A Closer Look
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Key Talc Expert Defends Cancer Link Ahead Of Calif. Trial
• U. Chicago Seeks Win Against Nurses Union In Policy Row
• Defense Pushes For Prosecutor Testimony In $1B Fraud Case
• Shkreli Attorney Claims Bad Press Tainting Jury Pool
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Ransomware Attacks Raise Key Legal Considerations
• FDA Warning Wire: Belladonna In Kids' Teething Products
• Tax Cuts In Senate Health Bill Unlikely To Spur Growth
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Texas Court Says Securities Fraud Finding Dealt Too Soon
• WilmerHale Adds 2 Freshfields Patent Partners In London
• Lincare Pays $20M To Resolve False Billing Probe
• Senate Bill May Force Rise In Suits For Opioid Funding
• Martin Shkreli Goes On Trial — What To Expect
• Ill. Medicaid Classes Say State Should Pay $586M A Month
• Why Whole Woman's Health Still Matters 1 Year Later
• ACA Repeal Vote Delayed As Support Ebbs
• Express Scripts Defends Privilege Log In Antitrust Suit
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• J&J Battles Talc Cancer Expert Before First Calif. Trial
• Harsh Words For Shkreli From Jurors As Selection Begins
• DQ Bid Over Judge Wife's Social Media 'A Zero,' Judge Says
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• Texas High Court To Hear UT Health Science Defamation Row
• Psychologist Seeks Toss Of $550M Social Security Fraud Case
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Diagnostic Labs Pay $13.45M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• Justices Clear Same-Sex Parents To Be On Birth Certificates
• Pharmacist Gets 9 Years In Deadly Meningitis Outbreak
• ACA Repeal Means 22M More Uninsured, CBO Says
• Roche Defends Suit Over Alleged $89M Test Strip Scheme
• UK Won't Probe IBA-Mallinckrodt Deal Under Revised Rules
• Ex-La. Assistant AG Not Discriminated Against, 5th Circ. Says
• Why Actuarial Equivalence Matters For Medicare Advantage
• Justices To Hear Baker's Fight Over Gay Couple's Cake
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Free Clinic Immune From Med Mal Suit, Ill. Court Says
• Fla. Gov. OKs Bill To Implement Med. Marijuana Expansion
• NJ Court Tosses $1.4M Fees Award In Equipment Lease Row
• Ex-NFLers Say Workers' Comp No Bar To Painkiller Claims
• $10M Settlement Struck In Providence-Matrix Deal Suit
• Texas Justices To Hear Hospital's Insurance Discovery Row
• Nursing Home Can't Arbitrate Wrongful Death Row: Ga. Court
• Bankrupt Hospital Laundry Co.'s $125M Sale To KKR OK'd
• Philly Nonprofit Boss Convicted In $1M Fraud Scheme
• Ill. AG Can Represent State Worker In Workers' Comp Row
• Anthem Inks Record $115M Deal Over Massive Data Breach
• Brazil Antitrust Agency Probes Alleged Medical Supply Cartel
• Dialysis Co. Says United Is Dragging Its Feet On Discovery
• House Debates Whether Atty 'Bad Drug' Ads Harm Patients
• Texas Court Nixes $31M Suit Against Nursing Home Execs
• NY Post Tells Judge It Stands By 'Biggest Loser' Exposé
• Feds Seek 35 Years For Pharmacist In Meningitis Outbreak
• Feds, Shkreli Trade Claims Of Dubious Witness Tricks
• 5 Key Takeaways From Senate's ACA Repeal Bill
• NY Lawmakers Pass Bill To Extend Med Mal Time Limits
• 8th Circ. Says Hospital Can't Do 180 On Union's Cafeteria Use
• Judge Denies Acquittal Bid In Meningitis Outbreak Case
• SEC Says Atty Stole Part Of $89M EB-5 Investments
• Ind. Pharmacy Heads Charged With Selling Misdosed Drugs
• Activists Say Judge's Wife's Facebook 'Likes' Support DQ
• 11th Circ. Keeps Health Workers' Convictions In $63M Fraud
• Ex-Congressman Joins King & Spalding's Public Policy Team
• Hospital Can Tap Coverage For Hep C Suits, NH Justices Say
• Provider Concerns When Recommending Medical Marijuana
• FTC Sues To Halt Merger Of ND Physician Groups
• Ambiguous Regulation May Not Preclude FCA Liability
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• Senate GOP Unveils ACA Repeal Bill
• Details Emerge On Senate's ACA Repeal Bill
• Bard Investors Sue To Stop $24B Becton Dickinson Merger
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• 11th Circ. Questions FTC Data Security Enforcement Approach
• Feds Seek To Oust Texas Politico's Atty Over Client Conflict
• Jones Day Expands IP Practice With 2 New Partners
• Aetna, Humana, States Reach Deal Over Costs In Merger Fight
• VA To Dispose Of Or Reuse 430 Vacant Buildings In Two Years
• Cerner Looks To Keep Man From 'Spiriting Away' Award Funds
• 7th Circ. Hospital Ruling Provides Exclusive-Dealing Lessons
• How The FCA Is Weeding Out Medicare And Medicaid Fraud
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• News Outlet Presses Judge For Meningitis Juror Names
• NJ Medical Biz CEO Denied Coverage In Battle With Board
• Convicted Pharmacist, Feds Fight Over Sentencing Range
• What To Watch As LabMD, FTC Square Off Over Data Security
• NJ Justices Probe Redaction Order In Horizon Plan Challenge
• Medtronic Beats 'Free Services' Kickback FCA Suit, For Now
• Surgical Co. Investors Nab $7M Settlement In Stock-Drop Suit
• Zenefits Ends DOL Wage Claims With $3.4M Worker Payout
• Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies State's Elder Abuse Law
• Pa. Health Centers Urge FCC Action On Rural Program Funds
• 4 Signs A Med Mal Defense Atty Should Switch Sides
• Doc's Suit To Block Criminal Charges Tossed By 3rd Circ.
• AIDS Nonprofit's Referral Bonuses Not Kickbacks, Court Says
• Manatt Adds Former Clinton White House Counsel In DC
• 5th Circ. Agrees Texas Dental Regulation Unconstitutional
• USF Budget Hurting Rural Broadband, Experts Tell Sens.
• 5th Circ. Backs Hospital's Quick Win In Age Bias Suit
• Flawed Commentary Can't Stop Trans Rights Momentum
• FCA Lessons From A Year Of Escobar
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Prosecutors Face DQ Bid In $1B Medicaid Fraud Case
• Don't Believe The Tweet — Shkreli Low On Cash, Atty Says
• Nursing Supervisor Gets 1.5 Years For Role In $20M Fraud
• Kimberly-Clark Can't Redo $454M Fraud Trial, Court Told
• J&J Talc Trial Derailed By High Court's Plavix Ruling
• Bard Settles 75 More Suits In Pelvic Mesh MDL
• Ind. Court Ends Malpractice Suit Against Barnes & Thornburg
• NJ Doc Not Covered By Insurance In Med Mal Row, Court Says
• The Evolution Of Opioid Suits And Insurance Coverage
• Ex-Insys Exec Cops To Opioid Fraud Scheme
• Examining State Law Claims Under ERISA At 2nd Circ.
• Texas Justices Won't Revive Hospital's $10M Win Over Rival
• R&W Insurance: An Effective Treatment In Health Care Deals
• Texas High Court Nixes Suit Over Doc's Ouster
• CoPilot Pays $130K To End NY Probe Into Patient Data Breach
• Hall Booth Grows Med Mal Practice With New Fla. Office
• Vets Getting More Biz Post-Kingdomware, But Work Remains
• Suture Co. Looks To Take Nixed Antitrust Suit To High Court
• Amedisys Pays $44M To End Investors' Medicare Fraud Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes 3 Cleveland Clinic Test Patents Under Mayo
• Genesis HealthCare To Pay $53.6M To Settle FCA Allegations
• Shkreli Wants Millions In Bail Back For Bills
• Trans Student Cites Citizenship Ruling In Bathroom Row
• How Hamilton Meats Has Shaped Calif. Economic Damages
• The Latest On Escobar's FCA Impact
• Jurors With Strange Verdict In Meningitis Case To Be ID'ed
• Ex-NFLers Can't Appeal Some Claims In Painkiller Suit
• One Year Later, Escobar Is Roiling FCA Landscape
• Health Hires: McGuireWoods, Polsinelli
• Ex-Williams Cuker Atty Blew Pa. Med Mal Case, Suit Says
• Boeing Wants To Split 'Frankenstein-Like' ERISA Action
• Gov't Statements Show Expansive View Of Escobar Liability
• Attys Dish On Escobar's FCA Impact One Year Later
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Escobar FCA Impact Clearer After A Year Of Interpretation
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• The Justices And Masterpiece Cakeshop: 18th Time A Charm?
• J&J Appeals $48M Award Over Man's Severe Motrin Reaction
• Kickback Suit Against Fla. Anesthesiologists Dismissed
• Mother, Daughter Get Over 11 Years For $20M Medicare Plot
• Ill. Panel Won't Force Budgetless State To Pay Social Services
• Ex-Pa. Doctor Sentenced To 25 Years For Running A Pill Mill
• Defective Bayer Warnings Led To Leg Amputation, Suit Says
• NYU Hospital Sues Association Over Millions In Payments
• Anthem, CalPERS Sued Over Reimbursement Levels
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. Hospitals Can't Recoup Full Indigent Care
• HHS Chief Gets Bipartisan Bashing On Capitol Hill
• Ex-Client Sues Blasingame Burch Over Pelvic Mesh Deal
• Texas Panel Frees MD Anderson Docs From Med Mal Claims
• House Passes Tax Credit Fix For Veterans Under AHCA
• House OKs COBRA Tax Credits, Dependent On AHCA Passage
• Pharmacist Says Feds' Misconduct Taints Meningitis Case
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Warner Chilcott Wins Transfer Of Ex-Sales Reps' Suit To NJ
• Trump Budget Cuts Would Fall On Poor, Study Finds
• Tenn. DAs, Addicted Baby's Guardian Sue Opioid Makers
• SEC Dings Atty Over Pot Growing Co.'s Securities Fraud
• Rx Black Marketeer Must Repay $30M To NY Medicaid
• New Senior Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $640M Deal
• Mass. Justices Say Needle Handouts Don't Need Town OK
• Rakoff Rips Guidelines, Gives Ex-Visium Manager 1.5 Years
• Mass. High Court Affirms Doctor's Suspension
• Theranos, Walgreens Get Blood Test Suit Largely Axed
• South Texas Woman Gets 12 Years For $2.5M Medicaid Fraud
• Ariz. Court Affirms Yanking Doc's License Over Painkillers
• Mich. Officials Charged Over Flint Water Crisis Death
• Bathroom Access Case Shows Need For High Court Review
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• Horizon Omnia Plan Row Tossed Back To NJ State Court
• ACA Repeal Means 13M More Uninsured, Gov't Report Says
• DOI Blasts Nooksack Group's Bid For Redo In Funding Row
• McKesson, CVS Look To Toss, Pause Cherokee Opioid Suit
• Bar Association Urges Congress To Reject Tort Reform Bill
• Calif. Court Tosses Ex-Permanente Nurse's Retaliation Suit
• House Passes Bill Making It Easier To Fire VA Employees
• Texas Medicare Fraudster Gets 17 Years Behind Bars
• Witness In $25M Med Device Trial Gets 15 Months For Lying
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• Home Health Co. Owner Gets 3 Months For Medicare Fraud
• Jewish Groups, Others Back Trans Bathroom Rule Challenge
• Ex-UT Doc Takes Retaliation Suit To Texas High Court
• FDA Lines Up Forum On Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
• Going Against The Grain, Centene To Expand ACA Presence
• Kroger Unit Fired Contaminated-Test Whistleblower, Suit Says
• FCA Settlement Raises Questions For Health IT Industry
• Miami Man In $126M Health Fraud Ring Gets 4.5 Years
• Ga. Pharmacy Pays $2M To Resolve False Claims Act Probe
• Ex-Pot Co. Owner Seeks To Shift SEC Fraud Claims Onto Atty
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Talc Is Clearly Toxic, Expert Says In J&J Cancer Trial
• Judge Won't Toss Ill. Medicaid Application Backlog Cases
• Feds Seek $132.8M From Convicted Meningitis Fraudster
• Health System Covered For Competition Suits, 11th Circ. Told
• Trans Man's Title VII Claims Revived In Gender Bias Suit
• Boston Heart Lab Still On Hook In False Claims Suit
• Lab Supplier's $6.4B Sale Has Investors In Dark, Suit Says
• Provider Asks Justices To Review Fla. Arbitration Decision
• THL Credit Secures $511M For Direct Lending Fund
• J&J Targeted Minorities With Deadly Talc, Jury Told
• Fla. Justices' Med Mal Cap Ruling May Mobilize Lawmakers
• Contention Gives Way To Compromise In Fla. Special Session
• Low Broadband, High Disease Rates In Many Areas, Says FCC
• Pro, Anti-Abortion Groups Tussle Over Bid To DQ Judge
• No Perjury Prosecution Over Costly Denver VA Hospital: DOJ
• Gov't Off The Hook For Paying More In Med Mal Settlement
• Walgreens, McKesson Look To Block Cherokee Opioid Suit
• 7th Circ. Rebuffs Hospital's $300M Antitrust Suit
• NY Court Trims Agency Redactions In Patient Injury Report
• Native American Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2017
• Jury Awards $4.4M To Doc Defrauded By Associate
• Doc Says Houston Hospital Secretly Taped Patient Calls
• 7th Circ. Trans Bathroom Decision Misapplied Title IX
• 6 Highlights From Busy Health Policy Day On Capitol Hill
• Judge Orders Speedier Payment Of Ill. Medicaid Bills
• Permanente Nurses Get OK For $6M Boot-Up Time Deal
• 11th Circ. Tosses Bias Suit Against Fla. Hospital, Staffing Firm
• NJ Hospital, Nurses Reach Tentative Deal In ERISA Suit
• Nurse Wants Rehearing In Suit Over Son's Gender Surgery
• EU High Court Nixes German Co.'s Glucose Health Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tivity Health, Smithfield Foods, Uber
• CMS Insider Trading Case Gets New Judge After Complaints
• Pa. High Court Case Stokes Fears Of Malpractice Suit Deluge
• Calif. City's Pot Ordinance Flouts Legalization, Groups Say
• Fla. Justices Strike Med Mal Cap In Personal Injury Suits
• Pension Fund, Union Fight Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• Texas Treatment Center Settles FCA Claims For $3M
• Fed. Circ. Says It Can Review VA General Counsel Decisions
• What To Know About High Court's ERISA Exemption Decision
• Remaining NFL Teams Seek To End Painkiller Suit
• Wells Fargo Can't Apply Verdict To Nonjury ERISA Claims
• Health Care Providers Win Cert. In Geico Payment Dispute
• Fla. Legislature Reaches Deal To Address Medical Marijuana
• Dallas Surgeons Say Feds Overreaching In Fraud Charges
• Sex Harassment Not 'Severe' In Med School Suit: 6th Circ.
• Fla. Med Mal Defense Firm Switches To Plaintiffs Side
• NJ High Court Limits State's Subpoena Power In FCA Action
• Reps. Float Bill To Eliminate Kingdomware 'Loophole' For VA
• McBrayer Adds Med Mal Pro, Associates In Ky.
• Mylan, Others Rigged Generic Drug Prices, Suits Say
• Pa. Justices To Mull If Settlement Can Spur Malpractice Suit
• Sessions Stops 3rd-Party Donation Settlements
• Device Maker, UPenn Sued For Heart Surgery Infection
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Health Care Cybersecurity On Life Support
• Texas Gov. Announces July Special Legislative Session
• Sleep Lab Rejects Emory's Coverage Bid After $20M Verdict
• Texas State Sen. Moves To Nix Feds' Kickback Case
• Fla. Court Sides With Atty In Nursing Home Malpractice Row
• Weyerhaeuser, Door Designer Beat Asbestos Suit At 7th Circ.
• Health Industry Lagging On Cybersecurity, Task Force Says
• NJ Hospital Hit With Privacy Suit Over Fitness Center Ads
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Aetna Gets Suit Over Provider Payments Into Federal Court
• McCarter & English Adds 2 Product Liability Litigators
• Senate Passes VA Reform Bill Allowing For Easier Firing
• Ex-Insys Manager Will Plead Guilty To Insurance Fraud
• Olympus Settles Pa. Suit Over FDA-Flagged Surgical Tool
• Sloan Kettering Secures Sanctions In Drug IP Case
• 7th Circ. Upholds Doctor's Conviction In Kickback Scheme
• Ky. Doctor Gets 4 Years For Bad Opioid Rx, Medicaid Fraud
• Lessons From Risk Minimization FCA Cases Post-Escobar
• Trump Taps Kirkland Partner, Other BigLaw Attys For Posts
• MDLive App User Drops Data-Sharing Class Action
• 4 Takeaways From High Court's ERISA Exemption Ruling
• CMS Scraps Nursing Home Arbitration Ban
• Prison Health Co. Settles Kickback, FCA Claims For $2.5M
• 'Professional' Junk Fax Litigants Ripped Over Possible Perjury
• Express Scripts, CVS Face ERISA Suit Over EpiPen Costs
• VA Picks Cerner For New Electronic Health Records System
• Student, School Clash In 4th Circ. Trans Bathroom Case
• UnitedHealth Challenge Of $58B In Tricare Contracts Tossed
• Kimberly-Clark Wins Bid To Move False Ad Row To Ga.
• Express Scripts Must Face Antitrust Suit, NY Pharmacy Says
• Ky. Atty Guilty Of $550M Social Security Fraud Is Missing
• Lincare FCA Settlement Awaits DOJ Approval
• Justices OK ERISA Exemption For Church-Affiliated Hospitals
• Congressional Forecast: June
• Cigna Subpoenas Brownstein Hyatt Docs In Anthem Fight
• 2nd Circ. Revives NY Archdiocese Worker's Age Bias Claims
• Drug Return Co. Wants Acquittal, New Trial In $116M Fraud
• 11th Circ. Reverses Benefit Win For Atty Hurt In Fall
• CMS Abandons Nursing Home Arbitration Appeal
• Judge Recuses Self From FCA Suit Over Cancer Center Ties
• Health Hires: Epstein, Greenberg, McDermott, Polsinelli
• Ethics, Not Sex, Behind DU Doc's Demotion: 10th Circ.
• Rehab Cops To $27M Medicaid Fraud, Will Pay NY Millions
• NJ Gov. Reaches Tentative Deal In 'Ebola Nurse' Suit
• Why Even Public Info Must Be Kept Private Under HIPAA
• Blue Cross Exec Tests HIPAA By Describing $12M Patient
• Feds Say Shkreli's Past Fund Failures Relevant To Trial
• High Court's Snub Shows FCA Disclosure Bar Still Strong
• Hospital Laundry Co. Cancels Auction, Readies Sale To KKR
• Chancery Grants Express Scripts Investor's Records Request
• 1st Circ. Reverses NLRB, Says Rude Worker Can Stay Fired
• Ex-NFLers Looking To Appeal Gutting Of Painkiller Suit
• Bard Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Catheter Tying
• No Quick Wins In Antitrust Suit Against Michigan Hospital
• Pa. Justices Urged To Free UPMC From Hepatitis Spread Suit
• Health Insurance Startup Raises $160M In Funding