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Health - May, 2018

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• Ex-Katten Atty's Inflation Claim Lacks Evidence, Feds Say
• Anthem, Express Scripts Fight Pricing Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Operator Of Bogus NYC Health Clinics Gets 3 Years In Prison
• Doc's CMS Miscoding Suit Can't Be Heard, Judge Laments
• SEC Gets Immigration Atty DQ'd In EB-5 Scam Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Abraaj, European Medical Center
• UnitedHealth Can't Get Insurance Bid Info, Pa. Court Says
• Feds To Depose 12 New Docs In FCA Case Over Hep B Tests
• NY Doc Gets 4 Years For Part In $100M Referral Bribe Scheme
• 'Opioid Babies' Need Separate Track In MDL, Attys Say
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Pa. Pharmacy Owners Ink $3.2M False Billing Settlement
• Polsinelli Expands Into Seattle With 8 Foster Pepper Attys
• HHS Medicare Drug Reimbursement Cap Illegal, Suit Says
• 17 AGs Blast HHS Rollback Of Nursing Home Protections
• Navigating NLRB's Continually Shifting Landscape
• Insurers Must Face Coverage Suit Over DOJ Response
• Groups Urge 9th Circ. To Keep ACA Birth Control Rules Halted
• FDA Issues Challenge For New Tech To Fight Opioid Crisis
• Texas Settles Rehab Therapy Medicaid Fraud For $15.2M
• Horizon Blue Cross Slips Suit Over Elbow Surgery Denial
• Businesses Tell Trump Admin. To Suspend ACA Tax Penalties
• GSK, Reed Smith Atty's Widow Spar Over Case's Fiscal Impact
• Hospital Gets 2nd Shot To Shield Patient Docs In Med Mal Suit
• Blood Test Co. Says Rival Falsely Advertised FDA Status
• Is Your Mental Health Parity Compliance Up To Par?
• Jones Day Nabs Ex-Assistant US Atty For White Collar Team
• Staffing Co. Workers Denied Cert. In Dallas Hospital Bias Suit
• Health Care REIT Scores $175M From Hospital Network Sale
• The Potentially Far-Reaching Impact Of Sports Betting Case
• Calif. High Court Told Workers' Comp Is Sole Med Mal Remedy
• Destroyed Video Prompts Mo. Hospital Slip-And-Fall Retrial
• Arnold & Porter Scores FCA Attys For Gov't Contracts
• Fla. Gov. Asked To Drop Smokable Med. Marijuana Appeal
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Medical Debt Collector Hit With Class Action In Mass.
• Humana Fights To Keep $45B Tricare Deal's Info Secret
• Duane Morris Adds 7 IP Attys From Vedder Price
• WellCare Taps Kirkland For $2.5B Meridian Acquisition
• Opioid Suit Against McKesson Doesn't Fit In MDL, Tribe Says
• 8 Supreme Court Blockbusters Awaiting Decisions
• Cigna Denied Quick Win In Surgeon's Reimbursement Suit
• Medical Supplier Pays Feds $1.9M To End FCA Suit
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• Group Home Can't Use Mental Health Law To Nix Death Suit
• Alibaba Sells Pharmacy Assets To Health Unit For $1.35B
• Analyzing The Economics Of Litigation Funding
• Cigna Units, Surgical Centers Settle $8M ERISA Suit
• How Courts Are Interpreting DC Circ. Autodial Ruling
• Rule 23 Changes: How Electronic Notice Can Save Money
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• Bad Jury Charge Nixes $1.9M Med Mal Award: Texas Justices
• 5 Flash Points As FDA Gets Earful On Compounding Guidance
• Monopoly Argument Falls Short In Bid For New Fla. Hospice
• Fla. High Court Won't Lift Stay In Pot Right-To-Grow Appeal
• 21st Century Oncology Escapes Contract Fraud Claims
• Del. High Court Lets Contempt Order Be Enforced In IP Suit
• BCBS Wants Instant Appeal Of Per Se Ruling In Antitrust MDL
• Fired Recruiter Must Arbitrate Bias Claim In NY: NJ Court
• Insurers Use Calif. Fraud Law Against Health Providers
• Officials Must Note Financial Conflict Of Interest Law
• Post-Dynamex Considerations For Calif. Health Care Cos.
• Bryan Cave Partner Exits LabMD's Cover-Up Suit, For Now
• Teledentistry Co. Hits Ga. Dentistry Board With Antitrust Suit
• Alabama Hospital Beats Ex-Accounts Clerk's Harassment Suit
• Aetna Says Law Firm Responsible For Health Info Breach
• Howmedica's Decade Of Misconduct Won Zimmer $13M Fees
• EBH Gets Interim Approval To Tap Into $14.2M Ch. 11 Loan
• Cigna, American Specialty Colluded To Charge Plans: Suit
• Boston Jury Awards Nurse $28M In Hospital Retaliation Suit
• Senate Sends $55B VA Reform Bill To Trump
• Pfizer Pays $24M To End Medicare Copay Kickback Claims
• Kirkland Guides LNK's $100M Investment In Dermatology Biz
• NY Doc Convicted For Distributing Opioids That Killed 2
• DOJ 'Vindictiveness' May Explain FCA Bid: Podiatry Chain
• Ex-Lab, Marketing Execs On Hook For Over $111M In FCA Case
• Addiction Rehab Network Hits Ch. 11 With $207M In Debt
• FDA Wants Risky OTC Teething Treatments Pulled Off Market
• Stinson To Enter Texas With Lackey Hershman Merger
• Biosimilars Imperiled By Big Drug Rebates, FDA Chief Warns
• Del. Construction Co. Ducks Care Facility Build Defect Suit
• Real Estate Co. Boosts Portfolio With $382M Senior Living Buy
• Empire Blue Cross Gets Early Win In Suit Over Botox Denial
• Firm Gets $3.2M For Work On Woman's Deceased Inmate Case
• UPenn Health Care Group Accused Of Overbilling State $9M
• CORRECTED: Convictions Don't Mean Valeant Is Off The Hook
• Norton Rose Loses 14 Health, Life Sci Attys To Reed Smith
• Cherokees Slam Drug Cos.' Bid To Pause Opioid Suit
• Tribal Health Care Group Accused Of Racial Bias
• Researchers Can't Sell Medical Marijuana, Pa. Judge Says
• No Asbestos In J&J Talc Mines, SC Mesothelioma Jury Hears
• Horizon Must Cough Up Docs, Data Breach Plaintiffs Say
• Ex-Insys Execs Rail Against 'Inflammatory' RICO Indictment
• House Sends 'Right To Try' Treatments Bill To Trump
• Physiotherapy Trust Claims Revived By Supreme Court Ruling
• Small Biz Won Record $105.7B In Gov't Contracts In 2017
• Express Scripts Beats Investor Suit Over Anthem Disclosures
• 9th Circ. Urged To Keep ACA Birth Control Rules Blocked
• FDA Warning Wire: Rodent Feces At Mass. Candy Plant
• Sanofi Must Divulge Docs In FCA Fight Over Cancer Drug
• O'Melveny Adds DOJ Fraud Unit Chief To White Collar Roster
• Book Authors Say Judge's Defamation Suit Ignores Context
• NJ Rehab Center Loses Bid To Arbitrate Wrongful Death Suit
• Health Tech Is The New Focus For Cybersecurity Policy
• Ex-Manager, CEO Convicted In $9.7M Valeant Kickback Plot
• Google, Others Launch New Round Of Patent-Buying Program
• Bankrupt Miami Hospital Gets OK For Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• 5 Women Sue USC Claiming Sexual Abuse By Gynecologist
• Law Firm, Scrubs Maker Hit With $250K Fine In TM Row
• Highmark Fights Cert. In Antitrust Suit Over Insurance Rates
• Health Care System's Defenses In Wash. ERISA Suit Trimmed
• Health Care Co. Seeks Whistleblower Sanctions In FCA Suit
• Honeywell Says No Contributions Owed In Benefits Row
• Justices Turn Away Solvay FCA Off-Label Marketing Case
• Pa. Hospital Gets Partial Win In Patient Death Case
• Ex-Ogletree Atty With Brain Injury Sues Over Benefit Cutoff
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• FDA Notices Show Agency Is All In On Tobacco Regulation
• UnitedHealth Asks Del. High Court To Nix Investor Books Win
• Fla. Argues To Keep Stay During Pot 'Right To Grow' Appeal
• Tribes Insist On Being Heard In Noisy Opioid MDL
• DEA Drops Enforcement Order Against Opioid Distributor
• Tribe Sues HHS Over Alleged Contract Underpayment
• Health Hires: Michael Best, Martin Clearwater, McCarter
• USAID's $9.5B Health Supply Contract Scrutinized By Panel
• Trump Admin. Stonewalling Attys' Probes Into Elder Abuse
• Fla. Health Center Owners To Serve Time, Pay $4M For Fraud
• Judge Limits Order Barring $200M Pa. Malpractice Fund Grab
• VA Finalizes $10B Cerner Electronic Health Records Deal
• LabMD's Frivolous Suit Claims Should Be Axed, Judge Says
• Triton, KKR Sell Finnish Private Health Care Biz To CVC
• Expert Was Qualified In Ear Med Mal Case, NJ Panel Finds
• Calif. Hospital Must Reinstate Canceled Raises, DC Circ. Says
• Duke Wants Sanctions Over FCA Whistleblower's Convos
• Highlights Of Proposed Medicare Payment And Policy Rules
• $9.7M Valeant Payment Was Legal, Ex-Execs Argue In Closing
• New Track And Field Limits Question Gender Identity In Sports
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Nurse's Retaliation Lawsuit
• Ex-NJ Lab Workers Sentenced In $100M Bribery Scheme
• Aetna Seeks To Dodge Sleep Apnea Reimbursements Suit
• Mass. Doctor's Kickback Convictions Are Fair, Judge Says
• Tribal College Dodges FCA Suit After 9th Circ. Revival
• DOJ Deputy Says Health Care Remains Antitrust Priority
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• GSK, Zofran Users To Pick 16 Potential MDL Bellwether Cases
• Fla. Ruling Expands Menu Of Claims For Injured Patients
• Bridal Shop's Suit Over Ebola Stigma Tossed By Texas Panel
• Cigna Gets Podiatry Group's ERISA Suit Booted From Court
• A Look Inside Trump's 4-Point Plan For Curbing Drug Prices
• 9th Circ. Clarifies Anti-SLAPP Law In Planned Parenthood Row
• 3rd Circ. Says Anti-Assignment Clauses Stand In ERISA Plans
• Feds Show Valeant Jury Spending Records, Doctored Emails
• 3 Ex-Constellation Execs Charged With $300M Stock Fraud
• Maker Of Anti-Clot Device Must Face Suit Over Pierced Vein
• Pa. Justices Urged To Revive Nursing Home False Ad Suit
• Tennis Org Wants $10M Blood Test Injury Suit Arbitrated
• Man Asks Fla. Justices For Right To Grow Pot During Appeal
• Bid To Extend UPMC Medicare Deal Draws Pa. Justices' Ire
• FCA Questions That High Court May Address Next Term
• Blue Cross Can't Dodge Fla. Atty's ERISA Suit, Judge Says
• Steward Must Convince Jury Doc Fired For HIPAA Violation
• Democratic AGs Can Fight Latest Anti-ACA Suit, Judge Says
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• Demanding Fairness In Evaluating Past Medical Damages
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• Surgery Patient Can't Advance Atty 'Collusion' Suit
• Defense Buffeted By Tough Rulings In Valeant Kickback Trial
• ZimmerBiomet Scores $13M In Fees In Howmedica IP Fight
• Ex-Katten Atty Says Gov't Inflating Retrophin Losses
• Blue Cross Denied Appeal In Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• Health Co. Must Face Pregnancy Bias Claims: 10th Circ.
• Analogic Shareholder Sues To Block $1.1B Altaris Merger
• 3rd Circ. Already OK'd Lipitor State Claims, Health Plans Say
• 6 States Sue Purdue Over Alleged Deceptive Opioid Marketing
• Insys Bribed Docs To Write Opioid Scripts, DOJ, 6 States Say
• CVS Seeks Exit From Proposed HIV Privacy Class Action
• FDA Warning Wire: Pesticides, Poisoning, YouTube Promos
• Calif. Appeals Panel Revives UC Prof's Whistleblower Case
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Hogan Lovells, Manatt Phelps Partners
• Opioid Legislation May Expand Telehealth Coverage
• VA Parking Lot Contractor Pleads Guilty To $13M Fraud
• The Burden Of Medical Records During Bankruptcy
• Emerging Enforcement Trends For Patient Support Programs
• Alleged Valeant Betrayer's Boss Testifies He Was 'Concerned'
• St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ. Rivals' Attys Didn't Earn $7.5M Fee
• Brand-Name Drug Cos. Not Liable For Generics' Tags In W.Va.
• Minn. Hospital Beats Patient's Suit Over Privacy Violations
• Bankrupt Miami Hospital Works Toward OK For Auction Plans
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up DOJ Health Care Antitrust Atty
• Hospital Workers Urge Deal In 'Church Plan' Suit, $1.2M Fees
• Texas Doc Charged With Faking Diagnoses In $240M Scheme
• NY Med. Staffing Co. Owner Indicted For Visa Fraud Scheme
• Quinn Emanuel Nabs Ex-Acting US Attorney For Boston Office
• Canada's Aurora Cannabis Scoops Up R&D Co. For $2.5B
• Herbert Smith Guides Healthscope As Brookfield Offers $3.3B
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Challenges In Billing Physician Observation Services
• TCPA Trends: Impact On Future Litigation And Compliance
• Texas Plans Opioid Deception Suit, Opposes State MDL
• Trump Vows Cheaper Drugs 'Very Soon,' But That's Unlikely
• Avee's Abbott Escrow Row Partly Nixed, But Open To Change
• OptumRx Loses $6B NJ Contract For Flouting Financial Terms
• US Enters ERISA Suit To Defend 'Church Plan' Exemption
• Health Hires: Katten, Seyfarth, Holland, Dechert, K&L Gates
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Convicted After 2nd Graft Trial
• Ex-Nurse Gets 6 Years For Hiring Phony Therapists
• Katten Muchin Grows In Dallas With Retired Judge, 4 Attys
• Cherokee Nation Drops Suit Against Feds Seeking FCA Action
• Atty Traded Drugs For Sex At Men's Sober Home: Mass. AG
• Trump To Unveil 4-Point Plan For Curbing Drug Prices
• 6th Circ. Vacates Win For Norton Health Retirees In ERISA Suit
• Opioid MDL Judge Says Litigation Track Is A Settlement Aid
• Progressive Wants Fla. Justices To Flip PIP Deductible Ruling
• 7th Circ. Undoes $1M CVS Verdict In 'Pill Mill' Doc Case
• Sheldon Silver, Feds Make Final Case To Jury In 2nd Graft Trial
• Scientist Asks 3rd Circ. To Rehear $5.8M Royalty Tax Case
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• Fla. Hospital Wins Challenge To Audited Financials Rule
• DOJ Sues To Stop Clinics' Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments
• Attys Brawl Over Hospital Choice For Opioid MDL Bellwether
• ACA Birth Control Rules Top EBSA's Spring Priority List
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Novartis Says It Paid Michael Cohen $1.2M, Received Nothing
• Vet Cops To Fraud In $8M Deal To Construct Facility At AFB
• CEO Asks 1st Circ. To Nix $3M 'Little Red Hen' Payout
• Starbucks Fails To Sway Judge In Calif. Cancer Warning Case
• Neb. Tribes Sue Pharma Cos. Over 'Havoc' From Opioid Crisis
• Pai Prods Alaska Telecom Not To Shirk Rural Service Duty
• Hospital Pensioners Slam Request To End $166M ERISA Suit
• Ex-Pharmacist Denied Meningitis Acquittal Bid Amid Appeal
• Digital Medicine Co. Reaps $55M In Temasek-Led Fundraising
• Texas Hospital's Nixing Of Patient's Bill Can't Ax Class Claims
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals To Pay $57M To End DOJ Inquiry
• Drug Execs Deny Blame For Role In Opioid Crisis
• NY Doc's Legionnaires' Outbreak-Linked Firing Suit Revived
• DEA Must Divulge National Data In Opioid MDL, Judge Rules
• 30 Calif. Counties Suing Opioid Makers, Distributors
• Report Exposes Cybersecurity Flaws At Military Med Centers
• Pa. Fed. Judge Rejects LabMD's Call To Step Away From Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Hudson's Bay, Ashkenazy, David Katz
• Doc Group Threatens Legal Action Over DOL Payment Rule
• Diagnostics Co. Urges Justices To Deny Mayo Challenge
• Hospital Wins Nix Of Suit Over Changed Benefits On 2nd Try
• 4 Takeaways From Failed Wrongful Termination Claims
• Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Litigator To Dallas Office
• RxStrategies Says CVS, Rival Swiping Its Customers
• 'Evidentiary Incontinence' Bothers Judge In FCA-Firing Retrial
• Patriarch Calls $10M TransCare Clawback Suit 'Nonsensical'
• White House Argues To Rescind Some Health Care Spending
• Opioid MDL Attys Must Disclose Outside Funding, Judge Says
• Drug Cos. Can Add Support To Pause Cherokee Opioid Suit
• No Kickback Sanctions For Ostomy Samples, Watchdog Says
• DEA's Proposed Opioid Limits Meet Industry Resistance
• Bryan Cave Partner Accused Of Hiding Lab Hack From FTC
• 7th Circ. Revives Man's Suit Over Attack At VA Hospital
• Dr. Dre Can't Block OB-GYN's 'Dr. Drai' Trademark, TTAB Says
• Clifford Chance, Davis Polk Lead Good Doctor's $1.1B IPO
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Ex-Miller Canfield Employment Pro
• Diabetic Care RX Case Is A Warning Sign For Private Equity
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Insurer Asks 4th Circ. To Nix $87M Heparin Coverage Ruling
• Rite Aid Wants Ex-GC's Legal Fee Demands Thrown Out
• Staffing Co. Wrongly Nixed Nurse Pension Payments: DC Circ.
• Becton At Center Of Antitrust Suit Over Syringes, Catheters
• DC Circ. Mulls $1.6B Cut To Hospitals' 340B Reimbursement
• Mt. Sinai Beats Fired Worker's Race Bias Suit
• Tribes From Wash., ND Pile Onto Opioid MDL
• Pa. Judge OKs Redo In Flaherty Fardo Malpractice Row
• Last Insurer Settles With Mylan In $67M Antitrust Appeal
• 5th Circ. Says Kin Can't Prove Plot In Wrongful Death Suit
• Doctor Escapes Suit Over Shoddy Biomet Hip Replacements
• Perkins Coie Nabs Tech, VC Partner From DLA Piper
• Navajo Prez Blasts Possible End To Medicaid Rule Exemption
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• Los Angeles Latest To Sue Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• No Racial Motive For Nurse's Demotion, Texas Court Says
• Gordon & Rees Adds 11-Atty Medicare Compliance Team
• ACA Pay Rule Concerns Unfounded, Physicians Group Told
• House VA Chair Moves To Make Over Care Programs
• NJ Panel Boots Podiatrist's Malpractice Suit Over Biz Buyout
• Class Evidence Need Not Be Admissible, 9th Circ. Says
• Jury Convicts Defendants After Medicare Insider-Trading Trial
• 8th Circ. Asked To Revive Express Scripts Antitrust Suit
• Hospitals Seek IRS Guidance On Whether They Face GILTI Tax
• Tiversa Fights To Keep Magistrate Judge In LabMD Suit
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• CMS Finally Agrees To Follow High Court Opinion From 1988
• Remand of NJ Hysterectomy Suit Was Right, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pharma Industry Seeks Texas MDL For Opioid Cases
• Teen Fights Bid To Nix Microsoft 'Wilderness Program' Suit
• NFL Retirement Plans Blast Ex-Player's Bid For Attys' Fees
• Spa Co. Sent Automated Mass Texts, TCPA Suit Alleges
• Court Backs Protest Over Army Nursing Services Contract
• Unusually Quiet Medicare Insider-Trading Jury Works 3rd Day
• BCBS Antitrust Judge Out Of Patience, But Not GIFs
• BCBS Tells 6th Circ. To Keep Tribe's Reduced Attys' Fees Win
• Employee Arbitration Agreement Insights From Rhode Island
• Opioid Cos. Sued Over Ballooning Health Insurance Costs
• 5 Takeaways As DOJ Investigative Powers Get Challenged
• PharMerica Beats Final Claims In 2007 Kickback Lawsuit
• Medical Firm ResMed Disputes $190M Tax Bill In Australia
• IRS, Labor Dept. Keep Rules On Health Insurers' ACA Burden
• Nursing Home Gets Trial Win Restored In Sepsis Suit
• 2nd Circ. Partially Revives NYC Worker's Retaliation Claims
• Worker Rallies Didn't Taint Union Vote, DC Circ. Says
• Schlumberger Worker Benefits Row Time-Barred, Judge Says
• J&J Subsidiary's Breast Implants Caused Cancer, Suit Says
• The Rapidly Evolving Medicare Telehealth Landscape