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Health - November, 2017

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• NJ Hospital Can't Escape Med Mal Row As 4 Docs Beat Suit
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe Benecard In $75M Medicare Suit
• Idaho Doc Gets 16 Years For Illegal Opioid Prescriptions
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVS, Terra Firma, SoftBank
• Fla. Court Revives Hospitals' Medicaid Rate Challenges
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-Nixon Peabody Employment Partner
• Roche Drops Medical Supply Co. From $89M Test Strips Suit
• NJ Panel Advances Bill To Close Loophole For Opioid Access
• Teladoc Drops Antitrust Suit Against Texas Med Board
• Texas Panel Nixes Walgreens' Bid To Toss Assault Suit
• The Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Prosecutor, Health Care FCA Pro
• 10 Tips For Effective Practice Before The 5th Circ.
• J&J Unit Workers Say Biz Knew Pelvic Mesh Device Risks
• Email Scam Not A Covered Fraud, Insurer Org. Tells 2nd Circ.
• Atty Seeks Arbitration For Ex-Pot Co. Exec's Malpractice Suit
• Prenatal Vitamin Maker Fights To Stop OTC Label Change
• Northwestern Memorial Can't Escape Ex-Nurse's Age Bias Suit
• 7th Circ. Clears Prison Medical Contractor In Inmate's Suit
• BioChemics Obtains 11th-Hour Deposit On $17M Owed To SEC
• Pharma Marketers Can't Escape Tricare Kickback Suit
• AGs Back Pa.'s Suit Over Contraception Mandate Exemptions
• Gymnastics Doc Pleads Guilty To More Sexual Abuse Claims
• HHS Pick Bashes ACA, Sweats Drug Prices On Capitol Hill
• Siemens Picks Frankfurt For 2018 IPO Of Health Care Unit
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds BOE's $17M Sales Tax Reshuffle
• On Rehearing, Fla. Panel Reverses Allstate PIP Win
• Feds Seek 30 Years For Fla. Eye Doc's $32M Medicare Fraud
• Preparing Your Company Witnesses For The Gotcha Question
• Philly Doctor, Staffer Accused Of Running Opioid Pill Mill
• Judging A Book: Saris Reviews 'Locking Up Our Own'
• KKR Collects $1.45B For Health Care PE Fund
• J&J Unit Didn't Provide Pelvic Mesh Warning, Witness Says
• Geico Seeks $15M Paid To Fla. Med Group For 'Fake' Claims
• Firm Must Face Ex-Client's Suit Over Missed Deadline To Sue
• Hospital Asks Texas Justices To Nix Ex-Worker's Award
• Health Equip. Co. Asks 6th Circ. To Toss Fire Death Verdict
• Trump Admin. Draws Fire Over ACA Benefit Changes
• Feds Point To Email Trove In Ex-Katten Atty Fraud Trial
• FDA Warning Wire: Issues At Pharmacy Linked To Vision Loss
• Budget Committee Vote Sends Tax Bill To Full Senate Floor
• VA Neglecting Payout Reimbursement Requirement, OIG Says
• Warren Asks Trump's HHS Pick About ACA, Drug Prices
• Pa. Judge's Suit Over Book Portrayal Sent To Home Court
• Exercise Council Says Insurer Owes $2M In TM Suit Coverage
• Clinic, Docs To Pay $1.2M To End Stress-Test FCA Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens Healthineers, Uber, Albea
• Pa. Justices Urged To Block UPMC Data Breach Claim
• OIG Revokes Patient Charity's Kickback Liability Protection
• My Supreme Court Debut: 'Ladies' Day' At The High Court
• The Broad Reach Of Medicare Act's Preemption Provision
• Arrested Insys Founder Kicks Off Jog-Blocking Ankle Monitor
• Shire Trade Secrets Complaint Against Ultragenyx Accelerated
• Top Privacy Enforcer In Conn. AG's Office Headed To Cigna
• Del. Justices Reject Third Chance For BioScrip Investors
• Atty Scolded For Mental Health Queries In Fraud Trial
• Shkreli Mentor And Investor Says He Lied To Feds
• Health Care Providers Seek Win In Geico Payment Dispute
• Cottage Health Pays Calif. $2M To Settle Data Breach Suit
• Ex-WellCare GC Gets 6 Months For Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Assisted Living Co. Settles EEOC National Origin Suit
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of 'Top-Hat' Plan ERISA Suit
• Watchdog Knocks VA's Oversight Of Docs' Performance
• Cancer Center 21st Century Faces Pushback Over Ch. 11 Plan
• NH Hospitals Fight To Keep CMS Suit Win At 1st Circ.
• Shkreli Deal Legit, Investor Says Ex-Katten Atty Told Him
• Gymnastics Doctor Cops To Abuse Of Young Athletes
• Florida Sued For Dragging Feet On Medical Pot Licenses
• Ex-Health Care CFO Admits Stealing $1.1M From Company
• Hospital Was Right To Disclose Probe Of Doc, NJ Panel Says
• Amerisource Cuts $625M FCA Deal Over Repacked Drugs
• Pa. Justices Affirm $2M Verdict Against Nursing Home
• Fla. Woman Gets 6.5 Years, Owes $45M For Medicare Fraud
• Texas Panel Says Doc Must Obey Med Board Subpoena
• Fla. High Court Ruling May Ease Path For Med Mal Suits
• Amarin Case Demonstrates Limits Of ITC Jurisdiction
• Future MACRA Concerns For Hospitals And Health Systems
• MD In Health Care Fraud Trial Has Mental Defect, Jurors Told
• FCA Enforcement Under Sessions DOJ Offers More Of The Same
• Fla. Hospital Faces FCA Suit Over Alleged Referral Scheme
• DOJ Accuses Doc Of Faking Prescriptions To Get Opioids
• Mass. Home Health Co. To Pay $1M For OT, Record Issues
• Dialysis Patients Face Undoing By Experts In Fresenius MDL
• Ex-Galleon Trader Says He Didn't Report Shkreli To Feds
• FDA Warning Wire: Insomnia Drug Promo Omits Risk Info
• Mass. Governor Signs Law Protecting Birth Control Coverage
• Fla. Hospitals Launch Wide-Ranging Opioid Liability Suit
• Debt Collector Gets Initial OK For $600K TCPA Settlement
• Ex-Galleon Trader Details Shkreli Vendetta At Ex-Katten Atty Trial
• Children's Hospital Sues Insurer For Data Breach Coverage
• Justices Urged To Hear Gay Bias Case Even Without Employer
• Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Nixed On Free Speech Grounds
• DOD Slow To Target Rising Rx Costs, Fraud Risks: Watchdog
• Abbvie Says Medical Mutual Being 'Cagey' In Androgel MDL
• Blank Check Co. Highland Acquisition Pulls $250M IPO
• SEC Judge Refuses To Bar Shkreli Without Tie To Adviser
• Don't Waste This Planning Cycle: Year-End Strategies
• NJ Lawyers, Others Exempt From Proposed Freelancer Law
• Abortion Foes Tell 9th Circ. Free Speech Trumps Tape Suit
• Orexigen Seeks Toss Of Suit Over Drug Trial Leaks
• DOJ Denies Claims Of Change To FCA Dismissal Policy
• Exonerated Doc Isn't Innocent In $200M Medicare Con: Feds
• Alaska Tribal Health Org Sues For Land Cleanup, Transfer
• Providers' Challenge To La. Abortion Law Can Proceed
• From Snaps To Tweets: The Craft Of Social Media Discovery
• Health Hires: Hogan Lovells, Jones Day, Morgan Lewis
• Feds Broker $1.25M Nursing Home Substandard-Care Deal
• Mainstreet Inks $425M Deal For 42 Health Care Centers
• EEOC Wins Sex Orientation Bias Suit Against Pa. Health Clinic
• Children's Health Org Backs Hospitals In 1st Circ. CMS Row
• Scientists See No Solution As Talc Cases Test The System
• Taxation With Representation: Andrews, Mayer, Jones, Delaby
• Senate GOP's Tax Plan Approved By Finance Committee
• Feds Likely To Give Menendez Trial Another Shot, Attys Say
• Tech Co. Must Face Suit Over Patient Monitoring System
• Shkreli Auditor Says Investor Settlements Seemed Legit
• Transgender Inmate Sues For Transfer To Women's Prison
• Insys Founder Denies Plot To Bribe Doctors Over Opioid Spray
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive FCA Suit Against CVS Caremark
• Senate Panel Mulls Approving Judges Who Used Marijuana
• NJ Yanks Doctor's License Over Unjustified Opioid Rx
• Doc Says $4.5M 'Pill Mill' Charges Are Tainted By Bias
• NJ Board Can Order Drug Evaluation For Nurse, Court Says
• FTC's Ohlhausen Sees Light At End Of Pay-For-Delay Tunnel
• An Interview With Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
• J&J, Talc Supplier Not Liable For Woman's Asbestos Illness
• Menendez Trial Ends With Hung Jury
• Senate Bill Targets Opioid Safety For Vets Not Treated At VA
• Hurdles To Consider When Securing A Personnel File
• Calif.'s New Focus On Drug Pricing Transparency
• DOD Backs 1st Service Member Sex-Reassignment Surgery
• Senate Tax Bill Moving Through Markup Amid Dem Protests
• Baker Donelson Review Flags More Past Conduct At Hospital
• Ex-NJ Doctor Loses Appeal Over Ineffective Lawyer Claims
• Quest Row Shows High Court's Antitrust Paradox, Judge Says
• BioScrip Investors Ask Del. Justices For 3rd Try At Suit
• Nooksack Can't Get Second Look At Toss Of Funding Suit
• Brooklyn Doc, Execs Plead Guilty To $30M Medicare Fraud
• Online Health Network Hit With $179M Judgment In FTC Probe
• Ex-Katten Atty Wanted Shkreli Loan Disclosed, Jury Hears
• Shanghai Pharma To Pay $557M For Cardinal Health China Biz
• DC Circ. Threads Needle On Docs Privilege In FTC Row
• Bipartisan Bill Would Block 340B Drug Program Cuts
• PharMerica Kickbacks Not Public Knowledge, 3rd Circ. Told
• Judging A Book: Gilstrap Reviews 'Alexander Hamilton'
• Applying Privacy Laws To Health Info About Opioid Use
• Opioid Epidemic Brings Ramifications For Physicians
• Menendez Defense Objects To Judge's Instruction To Jury
• W. Va. Court Won't Sink Doc's Hospital Retaliation Claims
• 9th Circ. Urged to Let Arbitrators Get Docs From Third Parties
• Astellas Seeks Coverage Of DOJ Suit Over Alleged Fraud
• Fla. Bill Would Increase Nursing Home Oversight
• Miami Children's Hospital Sheds Doctors' False Ad Claim
• Feds Extend Immunity To Ex-Retrophin Exec Over Hacking Claim
• Progressive To Settle Medicare FCA Suit For $2M
• Preferred Care Nursing Homes Go Bankrupt After Lawsuits
• Cherokee Opioid Fight Should Inspire Other Tribes, AG Says
• Levi & Korsinsky Seeks Lead In Insurance Stockholder Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, KKR, Lufthansa
• House Democrat Demands Staff Info On Deregulation Efforts
• Injectable Silicone Linked To Disfigurement, Deaths, FDA Says
• The Case For Creating A Mediation Department At Your Firm
• Post-Escobar Guardrails And Policy-Setting Relators
• Senate GOP Includes ACA Mandate Repeal In Tax Plan
• Walgreens Hit With Suit Over Sale Of J&J Talc Products
• Woman Seeks $24M As Trial Over Asbestos, J&J Talc Closes
• Ex-Katten Atty Trial Rocked By Claims Of Witness' Cybercrime
• Deadlocked Menendez Jurors Are Told To 'Clear Your Heads'
• Morgan Lewis Boosts Houston Office With Health Care Duo
• Hospitals Sue HHS Over Big Cut To 340B Drug Payments
• NJ Doctor Accused Of Recklessly Pushing Addictive Opioids
• 9/11 Victims Say Saudi Arabia Can't Nix Terror-Support Claims
• Troutman Sanders Attys DQ'd From HealthSouth FCA Suit
• Health Alliance Sues For $21M In ACA Risk Corridor Claims
• 3 Fast Facts About Trump's Pick For HHS Chief
• High Court Won't Hear Health Care Workers' Bargaining Suit
• Pelvic Mesh Jury Sides With J&J Unit In Houston
• Justices Will Hear Suit Over Calif. Abortion Disclosure Law
• High Court Turns Away 4 Notable Employment Cases
• Magellan Health Fights Investor Bid To Halt Unit Merger
• How Tax Reform Could Impact The Health Care Industry
• Being There: Defending Depositions
• Trump Taps Vet Of BigLaw, Big Pharma As Next HHS Chief
• 3 Recent Bid Protest Decisions You Should Know About
• Endo Cert Bid Calls AGs' Use Of Private Attys Unconstitutional
• Retrophin CEO Says He Was Suspicious Of Ex-Katten Atty
• Menendez Trial To End In Hung Jury, Excused Juror Predicts
• Hospital Wants Texas Justices To Protect Reimbursement Info
• Texas Clinic Owners Accused Of $9.1M Injured Worker Fraud
• Doctors' Negligence Left Patient Paralyzed, Suit Says
• New NJ Gov. Poised To Pit State's Legal Muscle Against Trump
• Privacy Rights Exist After Death, Fla. High Court Says
• Wyo. High Court Says Hospital Immune To Med Mal Suit
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy Ducks Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• Ex-Community Health Care Dentist Alleges Racial Bias
• VA Parking Lot Contractor Accused Of $11M Fraud, Bribery
• DOJ Dropping ManorCare FCA Case After Witness Discredited
• Insurer Must Cover Sexual Abuse Suit Against Psychiatrist
• Witness In Banker's Insider-Trading Trial Gets Probation
• NY Agency Ordered To OK Speech Device For Disabled Girl
• Class Attys Fight Fee Cut At 7th Circ. In Pharmacy TCPA Row
• Bankrupt Cancer Center Will Allow Patient Data Breach Suit
• PRO REIT Paying $41M For Canadian Property Portfolio
• The Legal Fallout For Harvey Weinstein's Hired Hands
• Trump DC Circ. Nominee Among Picks To Clear Senate Panel
• Contraception App Co. Raises $30M From Investors
• Honeywell Doesn't Owe Retirees Health Benefits: 6th Circ.
• Feds Fight Ex-Katten Atty's Effort To Savage Accountant
• Psychiatrist Ducks Libel Claims Over Worker Evaluations
• Indian Health Service Must Weigh Tribe's Claims, Judge Says
• VA Nurse Faulted For Failing To Resuscitate Patient
• 6th Circ. Says 1st Amend. Not Violated In Mich. Vaccine Case
• Affiliate Drug Discount Exempt From Antitrust Law, FTC Says
• Doc Gets Nearly 3 Years In $100M NJ Lab Referral Scheme
• Baylor Can't Ditch Ex-Medical Resident's Termination Suit
• Colo. Pot Company Fights IRS Power At Supreme Court
• Jury Persuasion In An 'Alt-Fact' World
• Med Mal Insurer Sues Pa. Gov. Over $200M Cash Grab
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Wiley Rein Gov't Contracts Atty
• DOJ Says Sanctions Inappropriate In Nursing Home FCA Row
• Morgan Lewis Fails To Halt $30M Client Conflict Suit
• Radiation, Not J&J Talc, Caused Woman's Cancer, Jury Told
• No Verdict In Menendez Trial After Senator Definition Query
• Investor Says No Sham Deal Talks With Ex-Shkreli Atty
• Prosecutor Defends Actions In $1B Health Care Fraud Case
• Millennium Lab Trustee Seeks $35M Ch. 11 Bank Clawback
• Mass. High Court Mulls MIT Liability In Student Suicide
• Cancer Center Patients Say Ch. 11 Can't Nix Data Breach Row
• FDA Warning Wire: Salmonella At Food Plant
• Medtronic, Others Beat Catheter IP Suits With TC Heartland
• Investors' Claims Against NEA Funds Likely To Survive
• Fired Dr.'s Whistleblower Claims Against Hospital Revived
• Fla. Appeals Panel Revives Negligence Suit Against Urologist
• Cybersecurity Key To Unlock Rural Internet Use, Senate Told
• Calif. Medicaid Transpo Biz Accuses Group Of Monopoly
• Applying The Investors' Playbook To Legal Career Planning
• My Supreme Court Debut: 2 Courts To Convince
• 'Asbestos' In J&J Talc Was False Positive, Jury Told
• Menendez Jury Takes On Claim Of Bribery Among Friends
• Fla. Prosecutor Fights DQ Bid In $1B Health Care Fraud Case
• Whistleblower Objects To 21st Century Ch. 11 Plan
• Shkreli Investors Recount Few Dealings With Ex-Katten Atty
• Doctor Asks Texas Justices To Toss Pharmacy's Slander Suit
• Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty In $100M Fraud Scheme
• Hospital Sues PR Firm For Libel Over Hepatitis C Outbreak
• Feds Fight Kimberly-Clark's Bid To Have FCA Suit Tossed
• Claims Court Won't Nix Wrongly Awarded $103M NASA Deal
• The Law Firms Spinning The White House Turnstile
• Who's Repping Whom? Law360's Guide To The Mueller Probe
• Has Trump Been Good For BigLaw?
• What Trump's War On Regulations Means For Lawyers
• Kimberly-Clark Says 'Bald Assertions' Can't Sustain FCA Suit
• Arthrex Asks Fed. Circ. To Toss PTAB Nix Of Suture IP Claims
• Tribe Seeks Quick Win In HHS Health Program Funding Suit
• ManorCare Wants Sanctions Against DOJ Attys In FCA Suit
• J&J Talc Litigation Roundup
• Real Estate Rumors: NJ Casino Agency, Peterson, HCP
• How IT And Procurement Pros Can Inform Law Firm Budgeting
• Menendez Trial To Turn On Question Of Criminal Intent
• Trained But Unpaid Nurses Seek Approval Of $9.5M Deal
• Gov't Seeks To Bring Immigrant Abortion Row To High Court
• Humana Sues For $611M In ACA Risk Corridor Payments
• Fed. Circ. Revives Tricare Outpatient Underpayment Dispute
• Feds, Schemer's Wife Reach Deal On Fla. Home Forfeiture
• Janssen, Marketing Co. Can't Escape TCPA Suit After Spokeo
• Zoll Says Philips Can't Add $4M Interest To Patent Win
• NJ Med Mal Settlement Scuttled Over Payment Method Dispute
• FDA To Target Addictive Properties Of Opioids, Cigarettes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Broadcom, CVS, Belfius
• Transcare Trustee Can Subpoena Patriarch Partners Ex-Exec
• House OKs CHIP Extension Funded By Tighter ACA Rules
• Health Hires: Jackson Lewis, EBG, Spencer Fane, AMRI
• Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence At Law Firms
• Lab That UnitedHealth Accused Of Fraud Sues Lloyd's
• No Trace Of Mesothelioma In J&J Talc Miners, Jury Told
• Witness Left Firm Of Ex-Katten Atty's Relative, Jury Hears
• Feds, Defense Clash Over Bribery Tale In Menendez Trial
• Nursing Home Chain Hit With $1.5M Verdict In Sex Bias Suit
• House OKs Bill To Repeal Medicare Advisory Board
• Epic's Software Double-Bills Gov't For Anesthesia: FCA Suit
• State AGs Rip HHS Opt-Outs For ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Bankrupt Cancer Center Fights Patient Data Breach Claims
• Insurer Claims Lies Nix Duty To Defend In $100M Fraud Row
• Ex-Pharma Exec Admits Insider Trading On Cancer Drug Info
• PE Shop Aisling Closes $280M Medical Therapies Fund
• 7th Circ. Upholds 6-Year Sentence For Medicaid Fraud
• Countering Statutes Of Limitations With Equitable Estoppel
• OB-GYN Fake-Identity Suit Belongs In Md. Court, Patients Say
• AmerisourceBergen Eyes $575M FCA Deal After Criminal Plea
• Proportionality, Not Perfection, Is What Matters
• Ill. Appeals Court Undoes Decision On Suicide Responsibility
• Janssen Must Fork Over More Employee Info In Opioid Suit
• Menendez Jury Gets 'Official Act' Lesson Ahead Of Closings
• Investor Denies Contact With Ex-Katten Atty Before Deal
• Hospitals Vow To Sue CMS Over Slashed 340B Reimbursement
• J&J Talc Plaintiff Wants 2nd Shot At Reviving $72M Award
• FDA Warns 4 Cos. On Pot Compound Cancer Claims
• White House Panel Urges Sweeping Action On Opioid Crisis
• Alaska, Ohio City Latest To Sue Over Opioid Marketing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, I-Med Radiology, Kaltura
• Feds Want Less Time For Key Witness In Insider Trading Case
• Dentist's Unsanitary Habits Put Vets At Risk, Suit Says
• Florida Amendment 7 Objections Are On Life Support
• Hospital Squares Off With NLRB Over Picketers In DC Circ.
• Seneca Nation, Feds Strike Deal In Health Care Funding Suits
• Make Way For The 'Unicorns'