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Health - March, 2018

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• Kimberly-Clark Won't Face Suit Over Ebola Prevention Gowns
• Benefit Co. Exec Wants Out Of Fraud Suit Over $26M In Bills
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates Med Mal Verdict
• Getaway Driver For Crooked Atty Who Jumped Bail Pleads Out
• Pharmacy Owner Gets 13 Years For $4.3M Kickback Plot
• Ex-Katten Atty Should Hand Over A Half-Million, Feds Say
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive TCPA Suit Over Patient Survey Calls
• Gov't Can't Expand FCA Case Over Hep B Tests, Judge Says
• Honeywell Can Pull Retirees' Health Benefits, Judge Rules
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Wellness Rule Clarity May Wait For New Commish, EEOC Says
• Agilent Looks To Reacquire IP Assets Shed In Varian Deal
• VA Counsel Pulled Strings To Get Wife Hired, Probe Finds
• Pa. Jury Awards $20M Over Surgery Patient's Drug Death
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Pa. High Court Ruling Erodes Medical Peer Review Protection
• Quest Beats Out-Of-Pocket Overcharge Suit, For Now
• Cohen Milstein Waived Right To Collect $600K: Magistrate
• Cancer Centers Will Pay Up To $11.5M In Kickback Suit
• Defunct Pharmacy Must Face Ex-Worker's Retaliation Claim
• NJ Court Expands Unemployment Pay Eligibility For Quitters
• Personal Health Co. Accolade Scores $50M From Investors
• Cozen O'Connor Adds LeClairRyan IP Attorney In D.C.
• Class Of Illinois Medicaid Applicants Certified Over Delays
• Pa. Justices Take Up Appeal In Failed Liver Transplant Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Revive Doc's Suit Against Hospital
• Shook Hardy Adds Life Sciences, Food & Bev Pro In Philly
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Courts Continue To Clarify ERISA Pleading Standards
• Whistleblower Atty Says Shield 'Came Up With' FCA Scheme
• Pharmacies Again Sue Express Scripts After Talks Fail
• Fla. Cancer Centers Accused Of Illegally Dividing Up Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Platinum Equity, Gazprom
• Trump Picks His Doctor To Lead VA As Shulkin Shoves Off
• 38th Doc Snared In Referral Bribe Scheme Gets 18 Mos.
• Judge OKs Drug Distributor Info Sharing In Opioid MDL
• Sister, Not Ex, Gets Employee's Death Benefit, 6th Circ. Says
• Cigna Sheds ERISA Suit Over Suspended Disability Payments
• ERISA Suit Against NFL Plan, Cigna Left Largely Intact
• Jury Clears Allergy Advocacy Group In Antitrust Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Summit, IBM, Greystar
• Pharmacy Owner Gets 5 Years For $10.5M Tricare Fraud
• 5th Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Sleep Center Fraudster
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• How NY And NJ Medical Cannabis Regulations Are Evolving
• UnitedHealth Says Beneficiaries Can't Tie It To Claim Denials
• Punk Rock Ob-Gyn Gives Juror CPR, Gets Med Mal Mistrial
• Cherokee Say Opioid Claims Don't Belong In Federal Court
• Extra Time Ordered For $4.1B Kindred-Humana Merger Vote
• ​​​​​​​Anxiety Patients, Others Now Qualify For NJ Medical Pot
• HHS' $7.3M Funding Cut To Navajo Nation Overturned
• DLA Piper Hires White Collar Partner From Alston & Bird
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Pa. Justices Limit Reach Of Medical Peer Review Privacy Law
• GSK Buys Out Novartis Stake In Healthcare JV For $13B
• Data Breaches Fueling AG Probes: BakerHostetler Report
• Fla. Gov. OKs Backup Generator Rules For Nursing Homes
• White House Hits Back At Report VA Chief Faces Ax
• Shkreli To Appeal Fraud Conviction, 7-Year Prison Sentence
• NEA Can't Shake Portfolio Co.'s Del. Investor Suit
• Ill. Human Services Dept. Dodges Suit Over Racial Slurs
• Ex-Atty Wants Counts In $550M Social Security Fraud Tossed
• Blue Shield's $23M Deal Ends Network Misrepresentation Row
• Doc Charged In Insys Case Gets Limited Prescription Power
• Clinic Didn't Cause Renal Disease, Feds Tell 5th Circ.
• Insurer Denies Bad Faith In Handling Of $5.2M Med Mal Suit
• NJ Doc Gets 3 Years For $3M Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
• Antitrust Group Calls For DOJ To Block CVS-Aetna Deal
• Higher Ed Should Approach Marijuana Laws Cautiously
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• 1st Circ. Rejects CVS Workers' ERISA Claims As Hindsight
• Drugmaker's Investors Sue For Books On $885M In Sanctions
• Ala. High Court Says HealthSouth Must Face Stockholder Suit
• State Opioid Taxes Seen As Well-Intentioned But Misguided
• New FDA Policy Takes Aim At Big Compounders
• Nurses Back AG On Staffing Question At Mass. High Court
• Trump Says Fed. Gov't Will Sue Drugmakers Over Opioids
• Treatment Center Says Service Terms Void In $30M IP Suit
• Alere, Feds Reach $33.2M Deal In Medical Device FCA Suit
• Cherokee Push Judge To Send Opioid Suit To State Court
• Honeywell Retirees Ask Full 6th Circ. To Mull Benefits Row
• Pa. Nursing Home Faces Lawsuit Over Fatal Fire
• Google, Anthem Beat Some Claims In ERISA Suit
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• 4 Highlights From Congress' Two-Day Opioid Hearing
• NJ Sick Leave Bill Advances Amid Health Worker Concerns
• Broker Pleads Out Ahead Of $300M Stock Fraud Trial
• CVS Exposed HIV Status Of 6,000 Patients, Suit Says
• Akerman Adds Ex-Baker Donelson Health Antitrust Co-Chair
• Health Care System Must Face Some Claims In ERISA Suit
• 9th Circ. Backs UnitedHealthcare Win In Mental Rehab Suit
• Swiss Microsensors Maker Prices $290M IPO Atop Range
• Aetna Fights Settlement Admin's Bid To Exit HIV Privacy Row
• 6 Consumer Protection Enforcement Trends To Watch At FTC
• Transport Co. Owner Charged With Fraud, Laundering Millions
• Ill. High Court Will Hear Case On Suicide Foreseeability
• Comvest Partners Lends ER Management Co. $170M
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• House Passes 'Right To Try' Experimental Treatments Bill
• Ex-Lab, Marketing Execs Denied Retrial Over Juror's Posts
• Biometric Scans Violate Privacy Law, Hospital Workers Say
• Ark. Sues Drugmakers, Distributors Over Opioid Epidemic
• Gov't Slams Ex-Katten Atty's Move To Nix Conviction
• Puma Biotech Insider Trader Pays Penalty, Can Go Home
• Fed. Circ. Reverses UnitedHealth Unit $12.3M Patent Loss
• Ex-Judge Found Liable In FCA Suit Over Social Security Docs
• A Potentially Promising Future For Pa. Medical Marijuana
• Calif. Medical Supplier Fights DOJ's Entry Into FCA Suit
• Sessions Memo Backs Death Penalty In Opioid Cases
• Globus Recruits Violating Noncompete Deals, DePuy Says
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• UnitedHealth Group Gets Pushback On Bid To Exit ERISA Suit
• Millennium Lab Ch. 11 Cases Closed, But Not Retroactively
• More Sharing Of Opioid Sales Data Possible, DEA Chief Says
• Wells Fargo Reaches Confidential Deal Resolving ERISA Suit
• Ill. Atty Never Filed Suit He Was Hired For, Regulator Says
• Humana To Pay $2.5M To Resolve DOL's Pay Bias Claims
• Medicaid Rule Can't Govern Radioactive Drugs, Suit Says
• Blue Cross Unit Fights Sanctions Bid In Aggrenox MDL
• Real Estate Rumors: Walton, Google, Care Resource
• Geico Under-Reimburses For Health Services, Providers Say
• Relator Assails Early Out For Janssen, J&J In Off-Label Row
• DOL's Health Plan Worries Overblown, Biz Advocates Say
• Kennedy Scolds Sotomayor At Abortion Case Arguments
• Walgreens Strikes $5.5M Drug Overcharge Deal With Mass. AG
• Considerations For Appointing Equity Committees In Ch. 11
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• A Closer Look At Long-Awaited DC Circ. Robocall Ruling
• Examining The Enforceability Of Physician Noncompetes
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Mass. Court Ruling Eases Way For Brand Drug Label Claims
• Co. Did Not Warn Of Mesh Product Risks, NJ Jury Told
• Chiropractors, Attys Say Geico Fraud Claims Lack Specifics
• UnitedHealth Unit Can't Trim FCA Suit Over Inpatient Billing
• Trump Unveils 4-Point Plan For Easing Opioid Crisis
• Constellation Healthcare Files For Voluntary Chapter 11
• Philly Cardiologist Settles Federal Stent Fraud Allegations
• High Court Won't Hear Two Consumer Protection Suits
• Doc Can Opine In Diet Pill Death Suit, NJ Appeals Court Says
• Health-Focused PE Firm Scores $450M For New Fund
• High Court Won't Review FCA First-To-File Case
• NJ Man Indicted In $1M Medicare DNA Testing Scheme
• Western Pa. Cities Latest To Strike At Opioid Manufacturers
• Law360's Health Editorial Advisory Board
• Pitfalls To Avoid When Selecting Document Review Attorneys
• NJ Employers Should Note Evolving Cannabis Laws
• Private Equity FCA Suit More Likely Outlier Than Omen
• Ex-PharMerica Exec Shakes Trade Secrets Suit
• Pharma Cos. Liable For Generic Labels, Mass. Top Court Says
• Hospital Seeks Data On Worker Fired After Skipping Flu Shot
• Drug Cos. Say Cherokee Opioid Suit Must Stay In Fed. Court
• NY Docs Got Lap Dances, Booze From Insys, DOJ Says
• Up Next At High Court: Calif. Abortion Law, Tribal Immunity
• 5th Circ. Can't Review Bid To Move Suit Over Tonsil Surgery
• Experts At Heart Of Tension In Health Care Prosecutions
• Title VII, NYC Law Differ On Damages, 2nd Circ. Says
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Plastic Surgeon's 3-Year Prison Sentence
• Aegerion Placed Under Supervision In Misbranding Settlement
• Ill. Judge Says He'll Stay Out Of Okla. Arbitration Dispute
• Asbestos Firm Must Face Insurers' Coverage Payback Suit
• Failed ACA Insurer's Suit Tossed Over Jurisdiction
• Horizon Never Promised Providers Tier 1 Status, Judge Says
• Cigna Reaches Deal To End Behavioral Health Benefits Suit
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• 3 Fla. Home Health Co. Owners Charged With Medicare Fraud
• Bankrupt Laser Co. Hid Assets To Duck Court Judgments: Suit
• Dem Bill Takes On Tribal Opioid Crisis With New Program
• Cigna, Express Scripts To Face Tough Antitrust Review
• Treatment Program Owner Gets 11 Years For $175M Scheme
• Capgemini Workers Nab Class Cert. In Health Benefits Row
• Drugmakers Get Blowback As 340B Changes Gain Steam
• How To Negotiate Wireless Infrastructure Agreements
• Personal Jurisdiction In 3rd Circ. After 'Shuker'
• Key Statistical Issues In Eye Doc Fraud Sentencing
• VC Firm Flagship Commits $50M To Gene Control Researcher
• False Claims Act An Unlikely Tool In Opioid Crackdown
• Time To Outlaw Sexual Orientation Bias, 8th Circ. Hears
• NJ Nursing Home Must Reinstate Workers, Recognize Union
• Houston Man Sues Hospital Over English-Only Instructions
• Tribes Need Gov't Funding To Fight Opioids, Senate Panel Told
• Research Lab Gets Quick Win In Ex-Worker's Benefits Suit
• New AHIP Chief Dishes On Health Policy Vision
• GSK Says It Can't Find Marketing Contracts In Zofran MDL
• Ex-NJ Federal Prosecutor Returns To Kramer Levin
• Second Fertility Clinic Sued Over Destroyed Eggs
• Idexx Underpaid Lyme Disease Patent Royalties, UT Says
• Morgan Lewis Liable In $30M Conflict Suit, Ex-Client Says
• Insurer, Heart Association Duck TCPA Texting Suit
• What To Expect From DOJ Shift In Marijuana Enforcement
• Md. School Board Can't Duck Trans Teen's Locker Room Case
• NFL Board Must Redo Ex-Cornerback's Benefits Case
• Mass. Nurses Union Plans To Fight Hospital Flu Shot Mandate
• Shkreli's Sentence Shows Risks Of Open Defiance
• New Ky. Law Bars Physician Peer Reviews In Med Mal Cases
• House Fails To Pass 'Right-To-Try' Bill After Dems Object
• Tikehau Nabs $50M For Health-Focused VC Fund
• Opioid Bills Would Up Feds' Control Over Quotas, Imports
• Alaska Tribal Org Says Feds Can't Duck Land Cleanup Row
• FTC Seeks More Info On DaVita's $4.9B Sale to Optum
• Calif. Genetic Test Co. Pays $11M To Resolve FCA Claims
• FDA Warning Wire: Online Eye Exam Gets Agency Side-Eye
• Oregon Enacts Drug Price Transparency Law
• Burt Barr Says No Way Ex-Client Could Collect $3M Judgment
• 5th Circ. Revives Doc's Illegal Search And Seizure Suit
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Sentences Trimmed For 2 Fla. Women In $74M Medicare Fraud
• Wash. Health Care Price-Fix Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Medical Monitoring Co. Ends FCA Case For $550K
• Cigna Must Face RICO Claims In Insured Price Suit
• FCA Materiality May Return To High Court
• Pensioner Fights Adventist Health's ERISA Suit Exit Bid
• NJ Justices Probe Hospital Privilege To Shield Care Report
• Mass. AG Loses Fight Against Trump Contraception Rules
• Idaho's Insurance Chief Dishes On His ACA End Run
• Centene Hit With Suit Over $6.8B Health Net Buy
• Magellan Health Ducks Investor Suit Over AlphaCare Merger
• Ohio Couple Sues Fertility Center Over Damaged Eggs
• Pharmacist, Employee Get Prison For $30M Tricare Fraud
• Advisory Services Firm Aims To Exit Health Plan Co.'s Suit
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• Walgreens Must Face Bulk Of Suit Over Rx Club Prices
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Ex-Husch Blackwell Client Is Latest Target of Investor Suit
• FDA Accuses Scope Makers Of Flouting Safety Studies
• Health Hires: Aronberg, Bracewell, Miles, Polsinelli, Sidley
• Texas Pharma Delivery Co. Wins $24M In Tech Battle
• DOJ Turns Down 4 ManorCare FCA Suits After Stinging Loss
• Vigilante Hacker To Face Trial, Lawyer's Dismissal Bid Denied
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DOL Told Health Plan Rule May Hurt Insurance Markets
• Ex-VA Nurse Assistant Charged With Hitting Resident
• Eye Doc Convicted Of Medicare Fraud Wants Bond, New Trial
• FTC Materials Barred In Imminent Solodyn Pay-For-Delay Trial
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Baker
• 2 Pa. Doctors Arrested For Excessive Opioid Prescriptions
• Shkreli Gets 7 Years In Prison For Securities Fraud
• How Settling With The Gov't Is Costlier Under New Tax Law
• Genentech Fights For $5.8M In 'Exceptional' IP Attys Fees
• 11th Circ. Upholds Yale Doc's Fee Award In Defamation Suit
• Anthem Blue Cross, Health Net Violated FCA, 9th Circ. Told
• Texas Hospital Settles Paramedic, Nurse OT Suits
• 2nd Circ. Says Religious Ties Nix Hospital Chaplain's Bias Suit
• Baker McKenzie Snags 5 Ex-Hogan Attys, Opens LA Office
• Trump Administration Rejects Idaho's Bid To Skirt ACA
• NJ Hospital System Pursues Sale After Failed Prior Deal
• Marijuana Magnate's Assets Frozen In $7M SEC Suit
• DOJ Leaning More On FCA In Fight Against Opioid Abuse
• Calif. Claims Cancer Nonprofit Inflated Value By Millions
• NJ Doc's Change In Testimony Leads To New Med Mal Trial
• 6th Circ. Lifts Block On End To Honeywell Retiree Benefits
• Heart Pump Maker Pays $3.1M To Settle Kickback Charges
• Investor Hits Dental Supplier With Suit Over Antitrust Case
• Pot Business Asks 10th Circ. For Equal Treatment From IRS
• Cigna Inks $67B Deal For Express Scripts
• Roche Released From Suit Over Man's Bowel Disease
• Feds Say Mass. 'Just Guessing' Birth Control Rules Harmful
• 11th Circ. Affirms $7.5M Tobacco Award In Engle Progeny Suit
• Shkreli Attys Call 15-Year Sentence 'Severe,' Ask For 1.5
• VA Watchdog Slams Mismanagement At DC Medical Center
• CVS Prices $40B Bond Sale To Help Fund Aetna Acquisition
• BCBS Affiliates Can't Dismiss Hospital Benefits Payment Suit
• Opioid MDL To Get Litigation Track Amid Settlement Talks
• Blue Cross, Takeda Settle Actos Cancer Claims
• Health Exec Presses 8th Circ. On Sexual Orientation Bias
• What Happens If The DOJ Joins The Opioid MDL?
• Dem AGs Knock DOL's 'Association Health Plans' Rule
• EEOC Says Nursing Center Illegally Fired Pregnant Employees
• Ambulance Cos. To Shed Hawaii Air Unit To Finish Merger
• Deputy AG Asks For Insurers' Help To End Opioid Crisis
• Sen. Feinstein Wants Refugee Resettlement Head To Resign
• Kaiser Dodges Some Claims In Suit Over Excess Skin Surgery
• UPMC, Medicor Ink $21M Deal To End Kickback Claims
• DOJ Civil Division Pick Promises A False Claims Focus
• Cert. 'Reluctantly' OK'd In Suit Claiming Misdated Debts
• Boston Hospital Says Lack Of Billing Info Sinks FCA Suit
• Foley Hoag Guides $1.2B Health Care Software Sale
• Doctor Certification Org Fights New Antitrust Claims
• HCR Manorcare Approved For Quick Trip Through Bankruptcy
• SEC Bars Convicted Ex-Visium Mgr. Over Pumped Portfolio
• NY AG Announces EmblemHealth Data Breach Settlement
• Wilson Sonsini Snags DOJ, FTC Vet From Gibson Dunn
• Labor Sec. Says He's Fine With Congress Protecting Tip Pools
• Claims Court Tosses PwC VA Deal After Ernst & Young Protest
• Fraud Conviction Stands Despite Lack Of Trial ID: 7th Circ.
• Enclarity Can't Shake TCPA Suit Over Info Verification Fax
• Man Accused In $1B Health Fraud Wants Prosecution DQ'ed
• PPG Retiree Class Seeks Quick Win In Health Benefits Suit
• Teva Blocking Senate Opioid Investigation, McCaskill Says
• Feds Seek 15-Year Term For Martin Shkreli
• New State Capital Snaps Up $255M For Latest PE Fund
• 'Risk Corridor' Litigation: Who Speaks For The Gov't?
• Congressional Forecast: March
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Chinese Vaccine Co. Sues 'Dissident' Shareholders Over Coup
• Riker Danzig, Cole Schotz Launch NJ Cannabis Practices
• J&J Unit Can't Shake $15M Pelvic Mesh Verdict In NJ
• HHS Chief Vows 'Bold' Action On Value-Based Provider Pay
• 2 Firms Edge Ahead In February Aided By Blank Check IPOs
• DEA Agrees To Large Data Release In Opioid MDL
• Class OK'd In Background Check Suit Versus Medical Supplier
• Bill Would Boost Tribes' Access To Opioid Treatment Funds
• HCR Manorcare Files Ch. 11 To Wipe Out $445M In REIT Debt
• Hospitals Can't Arbitrate Lien Suit, Texas Court Says
• Shkreli Must Give Up $7.3M, Wu-Tang Clan Album
• Baker Donelson Can't End Billing Advice Malpractice Suit
• Justices Pause 5th Circ. Arbitration Ruling In Antitrust Fight
• Exploring Limits Of Anti-Kickback Law Employee Safe Harbor
• NJ Firefighter Cops To Role In $50M Drug Fraud Scheme
• Cherokee Nation, Drug Cos. Wrangle Over Opioid Suits
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Health Care Cos. Lose Class Bid In Janssen Junk Fax Suit
• Health Care REIT Adds Medical Property Portfolio For $142M
• Judge Rejects 'Imprecise' Dismissal Bids In $15M Geico Suit
• 5th Circ. Lowers Bar To Review Benefits Claims Denials
• Steel Co. Gets Preliminary OK For Health Plan Settlement
• Lawyers Needed To Cut Through The Weeds Of Pot M&A
• Holland & Knight Helps Bring Reforms To Fla. Prisons
• Hawaii Nurse Wins $3.8M Verdict Over Hate Mail, Noose
• Chiesa Shahinian Loses Atty Fees Challenge Over Standing
• Tricida Secures $100M In Debt Financing For Latest Drug
• 'Revolving Door' At DEA Faces Scrutiny In Opioid MDL
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Part Of 'Hybrid' Medical Device Suit
• Trump May 'Do Some Litigation' Against Opioid Cos.
• Pensioners Seek Class OK In Church Plan ERISA Suit
• Valeant To Shell Out $58M To End Solodyn Pay-For-Delay MDL
• HHS Must Reconsider Formula For ACA Payments
• Political Cash 'Taint' Leads To Row Over Class Action Lead
• Jury Says Omnicare Didn't Misclassify Drivers In FLSA Suit
• Details Emerge On DEA Data Release In Opioid MDL
• Ex-Lab Execs Fight $17M Medicare Fraud Jury Verdict
• Mortuary Hit With $15M Judgment In Whistleblower Suit
• PTAB Upholds Eye Treatment Tool Patent
• Make An Informed Choice About Arbitration
• Whistleblowers Get $1.3M Cut Of $4.4M Mt. Sinai FCA Deal
• Miami-Dade County Hires Legal Team To Launch Opioid Suit
• Fla. Jury Awards Doctor $2.85M In Whistleblower Trial
• Navajo Lose Quick Bid To Halt Head Start Funding Cuts
• NJ Medical Board Bars Doc From Prescribing Painkillers
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations
• Using The Purchase Funnel To Analyze Consumer Behavior