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Health - September, 2017

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• Justices Back Finding Doctor Caused Preemie's Vision Loss
• Dems Urge ACA Reset After HHS Boss Price Resigns
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Dad Settles SEC Insider Trading Case
• CUNY Professor Sold Fake Health Care Certificates, Feds Say
• Mass. Hospital Loses Bid To Block Nurses' Upcoming Strike
• Boston Doctor Charged With Medicaid 'Double Dipping'
• VHA May Have Overpaid For Prosthetics, Watchdog Says
• EEOC's Wellness Rule Timeline Shows Need To Act: AARP
• HHS Chief Price Resigns Amid Jet Travel Scandal
• Ex-Katten Atty Seeks Jurors Without 'Pharma Bro' Baggage
• Health Hires: Jones Day, K&L Gates, Pierce Atwood
• DOD Makes Sweeping Changes To Tricare Program
• 4th Amendment And Shared Servers: Lessons From Shkreli
• Pharma Sales Rep Cops To NJ Prescription Fraud Scheme
• Senate GOP Releases Budget To Serve As Tax Reform Vehicle
• Consider Value Vs. Budget Impact In Mass. Drug Prices
• Congressional Forecast: October
• Nurse Not Mistreated For Being White, 6th Circ. Rules
• NH Justices Find Hospital Not Owed Coverage For Hep C Suits
• Chancery OKs $10M Settlement Of Providence-Matrix Deal Suit
• Feds Make Political Money Link In Menendez Bribery Trial
• HHS Says Price To Pay Back $52K In Private Jet Costs
• Gov't Intervenes In FCA Suit Alleging False MRI Billing
• Patients Who Sued Menendez Doc Get Only $1M From Insurer
• J&J Loses Bid For Rehearing Of FCA Ruling By 1st Circ.
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• Ex-Rep. Mel Reynolds Guilty On All Four Counts In Tax Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Goldman Sachs, Farbman, Extell
• Mass. Hospital Sues To Block Nurses' Strike
• Ex-Senator Says He Met With Doctor At Menendez's Request
• Ex-Tenet Execs Face New Charges In Alleged $400M Fraud
• Ohio Court Upholds Hospital Win In Suit Over Boy's Death
• Owner Of Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Must Forfeit $7.5M
• Czech Republic Wins Dismissal of $374M Arbitral Award
• Woman Fights J&J's New Trial Bid After $417M Talc Verdict
• Additional Funding For VA Choice Program May Run Out Soon
• Medical Device Co. Blasts Geico's 'Shotgun' Kickback Suit
• Becton Planted Article To Quash Competition, Suit Says
• FTC Strikes Deal Over Integra's $1B Offer For J&J Unit
• AmerisourceBergen To Pay $260M After Mislabeling Drugs
• Meningitis Pharmacy Treated 'Donald Duck' And Other Fakes
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• Menendez Threatened Hearing, State Dept. Official Testifies
• Latest ACA Repeal Failure Only A Pause, Not A Full Stop
• Patient Hits Aetna With Privacy Class Action Over Letters
• FDA Warning Wire: Inspector Blocked At Chinese Drug Co.
• Sofia Vergara's Ex-Fiancé Loses Bid To End Pre-Embryo Suit
• Rights Groups Say ICE Denies Pregnant Women Medical Care
• Gay Man's IVF Costs Not Tax-Deductible, 11th Circ. Says
• California Proton Sale, Contractor Settlement Approved
• Kickbacks Enabled Dirty Health Deal: Fla. Whistleblower
• NLRB Judge Says Lab Drivers Are Protected Employees
• Fla. Marijuana Law's Black Farmer License Draws Challenge
• OxyContin Maker Can't Flee City's Suit Over Opioid Crisis
• Backers To Resuscitate ACA Repeal After Failure
• EU Deepens Probe Into Essilor-Luxottica Megamerger
• Morgan Lewis Pushes Pa. Court To Toss $30M Conflict Suit
• UnitedHealth Investor Seeks To Probe Overbilling Claims
• Pa. House Panel OKs Cap On Nursing Home Suit Punitives
• Pharmacy Seeks Plan Reinstatement In $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• Insights On Provider Consolidation And Narrow Networks
• Menendez Friend's Atty Threatened Fed. Agency, Witness Says
• Houston Doc Appeals To Texas Justices In Free Speech Row
• Docs Sue Insurer For Delays, Communication In Med Mal Suit
• GOP Support Falters For Last-Minute Health Care Reform Bill
• 16 States Won't Intervene In FCA Suit Against Compounder
• Okla. Cancer Center Wins Bid To Move Bungled Stem Cell Suit
• Kimberly-Clark FCA Suit Tossed For Overlapping Other Case
• Judge Rips Insider Trading Suspect's 'Arrogance'
• Privacy Takes A Backseat To Whistleblowing Under HIPAA
• Manufacturers Must Focus On Securing The Internet Of Things
• Fla. Nursing Home Hit With 2 More Suits Over Irma Deaths
• Dignity Health Escapes Indemnity Co.'s Med Mal Claims
• Inspector General To Review Price's Use Of Private Jets
• CVS Customers Kiss Drug Packaging Claims Goodbye
• Aegerion To Pay $40M To End Host Of Juxtapid Claims
• Suit Over CVS Mix-Up Belongs In State Court, Customer Says
• Pharma Insider-Trading Suspect Arrested Again
• Hospital Group Seeks To DQ Rival's Atty In Antitrust Suit
• McCain Opposes ACA Repeal, Imperiling Bill
• Meningitis Pharmacist Shrugged Off Safety Rules, Jury Told
• EEOC Says It Will Float Wellness Rule Update By Mid-2018
• Walgreens, Benefits Manager Hit With $1.5B Antitrust Suit
• School Can't Use Med Residents To Get $3M FICA Refund
• Ky. AG Hires Motley Rice, Others In Opioid Fight
• Mass. Digital Health Developments: What To Know Now
• ACA Repeal Would Destabilize Individual Markets, Experts Say
• Allscripts Seeks Pause For 7th Circ. Ruling On TCPA Consent
• UnitedHealth Asks 8th Circ. To Rehear $350M Insurance Feud
• Carnival Cruise Sued Over Passenger's Kidney Failure
• Doctor Tearfully Recalls Outbreak In Meningitis Murder Trial
• 1st Pa. County Sues Opioid Makers Over Addiction Epidemic
• Dental Supply Co. Escapes Price-Fixing Claims In NY
• Texas Appellate Court Ends Suit Over Nursing Home Injuries
• FDA Warns Of Liver Damage, Deaths With Intercept Drug
• Feds Fight Shkreli Bid To Release $5M In Bail Funds
• What The DOJ's Elite Health Fraud Squads Are Watching
• J&J Unit Must Face Whistleblower's Retaliation Case
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• 3 Key Points About Mass. Employee Defamation Claims
• Calif. Jury Clears Vestagen In Med-Scrub False Ad Trial
• Fla. Pulls License From Nursing Home Where 9 Died After Irma
• FBI Agent Says Menendez Did Not Disclose Doctor's Gifts
• Xarelto Bellwether Loser Says New Study Merits Retrial
• Why A Rare Tie Vote Doesn't Foretell Roadblocks At FTC
• J&J Blocking Remicade Biosimilar Sales, Pfizer Says
• Senate To Vote On ACA Repeal As Insurers Balk
• Miami Woman Gets 4 Years For Spa Silicone Injection Scheme
• Fla. Doctor Gets 8 Years For Role In $4.8M Medicare Fraud
• Meningitis Murder Trial Dogged By Accusations Jurors Misled
• Caution In Mixing Methadone, Benzos Can Reduce Risk: FDA
• Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty In $5.1M Medicare Fraud
• VA Fires DC Center Chief For 2nd Time, Using New Powers
• Gov't Fights Sanctions Bid In Ex-Nurse's Privacy Suit
• Considerations For Competitors Collaborating Post-Hurricane
• Blurring The Line Between Health Care Provider And Payor
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• Caffeine Expert Details Coffee Craving In Prop 65 Trial
• 'Smears' Evidence Not Allowed In Menendez Trial, Judge Says
• Trump Administration Backs 'Last Chance' ACA Repeal Bill
• Pa. AG Touts Efforts Regarding Trump, Equifax, Opioid Makers
• Pharmacy Solely Liable For Meningitis Outbreak, Clinic Says
• Facebook Users Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Privacy Claims
• Judge OK's $4.5M Bond For Doc In Genital Mutilation Case
• FDA Warning Wire: More Belladonna Teething Pills Draw Ire
• Catalent Makes $950M Bid To Buy Cook Pharmica
• State AGs Widen Probe Into Opioid Makers, Distributors
• We Must Protect Consumers From Illegal Debt Collectors
• Pharmacist Killed Patients By Shunning Safety, Jury Told
• Insurer Wants Provider List Kept Secret In Fla. Contract Fight
• Mass. Opioid Substitution Law A Nice Idea, But Falls Short
• Physician Practice Acquisitions And Antitrust Scrutiny
• Mystery Note In Coffee Cancer Row Risks Mistrial: Nonprofit
• Menendez Friend Blocked Access To Flight Data, Witness Says
• Rebuke Of Bentham Deal May Chill Canada Class Suit Funding
• Cancer-Focused Biotechs Launch 2 IPOs Totaling $200M
• Fla. Pharmacist, Staffer Convicted For $30M Tricare Fraud
• Minn. Appeal Panel OKs Partial Block Of Sick Leave Law
• GOP Health Care Push Puts Short-Term Fix In Peril, Dems Say
• Medical Co. Employee Defends Retaliation Claim In FCA Case
• What To Watch For In 2nd Meningitis Murder Case
• Houston Takes Same-Sex Benefits Case To Supreme Court
• Medical Clinic Owner Gets 7 Years For $55M Fraud Scheme
• Ill. Court Revives Brain Tumor Suit Despite Time Limits
• Large And Small Cyberrisk Solutions For Health Care Cos.
• Fla. Justices Give Employers Ammo For Noncompete Fights
• Buchanan, Doctor Settle Suit Over Arena Football Team Buy
• Bostwick Labs Gets Confirmation Of Uncontested Ch. 11 Plan
• Hatch Pressures HHS To Act On Nursing Home Abuse
• DOJ Director Turned Sessions Aide Tapped For Civil Division
• Authors Say Pa. Judge Can't Bring Libel Suit In Home Court
• Fla. Hospital Takes Med Mal Arbitration Bid To High Court
• Joint Commission Hesitates On New Telehealth Standards
• Are Opioids The New Tobacco?
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• East Coast Medical Marijuana Lessons For Nev. Employers
• Menendez Reimbursed Doc After Media Inquiry, Witness Says
• Fla. Justices Say Home Health Referral Sources Are Protected
• Fla. Medical Group's Ex-CFO Settles FCA Charges For $100K
• 5th Circ. Affirms 80-Month Sentence For $3M Medicare Fraud
• District Court Can't Hear Tribe's Suit, VA Tells 9th Circ.
• Pa. Justices To Mull Employer Duty In UPMC Data Breach Row
• VA Choice Program Riddled With Problems, Watchdog Says
• Pain Clinic Can't Depose FDA In Meningitis Cases, Feds Say
• House Spending Bills Target NLRB, ACA Rules
• OIG's Warranty Safe Harbor Opinion And Value-Based Care
• Ransomware And Medical Devices: A Growing Risk
• Feds Highlight Free Flights At Menendez Bribery Trial
• University Of Illinois Hospital Averts Nurses' Strike
• Ex-IT Worker Gets 2.25 Years For Clinic Hack
• California Proton Reaches Deal For Facility Transition
• PharMerica Investor Sues Over $1.4B KKR, Walgreens Buyout
• Insurer Hit In Stock-Drop Suit Over Execs' Hidden Legal Woes
• Martin Shkreli In Custody After Clinton Comments
• Texas Bar Sues Austin Atty Over Misleading ADA Letters
• Katten Muchin Picks Up Jenner & Block Trials, Fraud Expert
• Senate GOP Starts Latest Health Care Reform Push
• UnitedHealth Blasts Dialysis Co.'s Bid To Toss Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of FCA Suit Against AndroGel Maker
• FTC Assistant Director Leaves For Crowell & Moring
• Nursing Home Can't Show Patient Incapacity In Arbitration Bid
• Sanctions Compliance Lessons From Recent OFAC Actions
• Policing The Police In Hospitals After Utah Nurse Arrest
• Gov't Witness Spars With Prosecutor At Menendez Trial
• Kimberly-Clark Indemnity Suit Halted As Halyard's Proceeds
• Senators Inch Toward ACA Deal As New Repeal Bid Looms
• Texas Hospital Urges High Court To Toss Nurses' Salary Fight
• FDA Warning Wire: Strychnine In Homeopathic Drugs
• Indicted Insys Execs Face October 2018 Trial
• No New Trial For Doc Who Lied About Cosmetic Procedures
• Health Plans Want RICO Suit Against Abbott Rebooted
• Ransomware Issues Too Often Lost In The Shuffle: Part 2
• Menendez Provided Visa Help For Doctor, Ex-Staffer Says
• Physiotherapy Fights PE Bid To Trim $248M Fraud Suit
• Pa. Panel Denies Appeal Over Unnecessary Surgery Claim
• 9th Circ. Says Nurse Fired For Union Support, Not HIPAA
• Pardon Can't Restore Nurse's License, Del. Court Says
• Cohen Milstein Wants Fees From $360M Hospital Antitrust Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Army Hospital Admin's Firing Over Threats
• Why Punishing Sexually Abusive Physicians Is Challenging
• During Hurricane Season, Await Possible HIPAA Privacy Relief
• Surgeon Says Firing Was Retaliation For Raising Safety Issues
• 1st Circ. FCA Ruling May Spawn 'Parasitic' Suits, J&J Says
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• UPS Can't Duck ERISA Suit Over Benefits Cap, 9th Circ. Says
• Lasser Hochman Beats Suit Over Health Center Row Tactics
• 8th Circ. Again Revives FCA Suit Over Bayer Cholesterol Drug
• CEO Accused Of Tipping Ex-MLB Player Faces Perjury Charge
• Shkreli Looks To Kill Conspiracy Charge Post-Trial
• Fed. Circ. OKs Sanctions, Injunction In Skin System IP Row
• Galena To Pay $7.5M To Settle Opioid Kickback Suit
• Ky. Hospitals Ask 6th Circ. To Rethink Tax Refund Ruling
• Pa. Marijuana Grower Failed To Disclose Probe, Suit Says
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Grand Jury Seal In Bone Cement Test Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Kaufman, Northwell, William Lauder
• Doc Says Anti-SLAPP Law Can't Sink Defamation Suit
• Pa. Judge Drops NJ Pharmacy Tech From CVS Wage Suit
• J&J Unit Escapes Bulk Of Surgical Stapler Liability Suit
• VA Introduces Expedited Disability Claim Process
• Ex-Covidien Employee Can't Escape Contract Breach Suit
• FDA Slams EpiPen Maker For Not Investigating Defects
• Health Hires: AIG, Debevoise, Hinckley, K&L, PhRMA, Stinson
• Aligning A Product's Marketing, Regulatory And IP Plans
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Judge Blasts Feds' 'Tabloid' Angle At Menendez Trial
• Ill. Hospital Asks Judge To Block Nurses' Strike
• Feds Want Shkreli's Bail Revoked Over Clinton 'Threat'
• Needless Medical Care Fueled By Med Mal Fears, Poll Says
• Staffing Co. Gets Cut Out Of Bias Suit Against Hospital
• Luxembourg Decision On $383M Award An Outlier, Court Told
• FDA Says Baby Foods Can Say They Prevent Allergies
• No Kickback Fines For Pharmacy Discounts, HHS OIG Says
• Insurance Co. Off The Hook In Ambulance Death
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive UnitedHealth's $350M Insurance Feud
• Ballard Spahr Settles $20M Antitrust Fee Suit With Symphony
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• Lambda Legal Asks Supreme Court To Settle Gay Bias Split
• Suit Over Claims Admin's Deal In $16M Award Heads To Trial
• Menendez Bribery Trial Offers Competing Takes On Friendship
• Theranos Gets Class Limited To Indirect Share Purchasers
• Ill. Hospital Must Hand Over Documents In Infant Death Case
• McCaskill Slams Opioid Drugmaker Over Sales Efforts
• ACA Peace Breaks Out After Years Of Partisan Combat
• Peekay Reaches Deal With Creditors, Stalking Horse Bidder
• Atty Scolded For Sanctions Bid Over 'Formatting' Error
• DC Circ. Pauses CareFirst Ruling Pending High Court Appeal
• FDA Releases Guidance On Connected Medical Devices
• EEOC Accuses Texas County Of Underpaying Female Doctors
• VA Enrollment Oversight Needs Overhaul, GAO Says
• Judge's Meddling Undoes Bio-Med Convictions, Justices Told
• FDA Warning Wire: Unapproved Surgeries On Kids Draw Fire
• NY Health Worker Fired For Whistleblowing, Suit Says
• SEC Inks $6.5M Deal In Marijuana Stock Fraud Row
• Ascension Health Settles ERISA Suit With $29.5M Deal
• Immigration Atty Dodges SEC's Bid For EB-5 Ban
• CVS Seeks Quick Win Once More In Cashier Seating Suit
• No Need For Justices To Review Arbitration Case, Patient Says
• Prosecutors Blast Menendez's 'Erroneous' Jury Instructions
• Failed Biotech's Investors Warn Of 'Chilling' Wage Suit
• CVS Settles Heart Logo Trademark Suit From App Maker
• Congressional Forecast: September
• NJ Judge Tosses Chiropractors' Suit Over Horizon Tiered Plan
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Sullivan, Hogan
• Judge Won't Halt Menendez Trial On Voting Days
• Get 'Ultra-High Dose' Opioids Off Market, FDA Is Urged
• 8th Circ. Revives Whistleblower's Wrongful Termination Suit
• HHS Seeks Another Delay Of 340B Drug Price Ceilings
• Hospital Inks $12.2M FCA Deal Over Medicaid 'Donations'
• Tenet To Sell Philadelphia Hospitals To Paladin For $170M
• Dell EMC Settles Transgender Bias Claim For $110K
• Shkreli Trial And Other Magic Tricks: A Chat With Ben Brafman
• Menendez Trial To Test Line Between Friendship, Corruption
• LabMD Says FTC Can't Delay 1st Amendment Case Appeal
• Texas Justices Take Up Xerox Challenge To $1B Medicaid Suit
• Can You Stop Photography During An FDA Inspection?