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Health - June, 2018

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• Justice Kennedy Leaves Mixed Record On Civil Rights
• Drug, Device Cos. Give $8.4B To Docs, Hospitals In 2017
• Pa. Hospital Must Face Suit Over Murder By Patient
• Texas Justices Asked To Hear Bridal Shop's Ebola Stigma Suit
• Ex-Pa. Medical Center Worker Stole Patient Files, Feds Say
• Sober Home Owner Gets 3½ Years For Bribes, Fraud
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Drug Trial Investor's Fraud Suit
• Vaccine Skeptic Doctor Put On Probation By Calif. Board
• Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9
• Health Hires: Fenwick, Dechert, Holland & Hart, Carlton Fields
• Kennedy's Retirement: Legacy, Fallout & The Battle Ahead
• Weil Steers Genstar's $910M Marine, Mobile Biz Deal
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 3
• Nursing Home Can Seek Arbitration Again In Resident's Death
• Dechert Nabs Simpson Thacher IP, Life Sciences Partner
• New Stats On Millennial Attorney Disciplinary Actions
• In A Health Provider Restructuring, Beware The Master Lease
• A Cloud On The Horizon: Trade Secret Theft In The Cloud
• Vein Center Inks $1.2M Deal Over False Billing Claims
• Why The Defense Bar Celebrates Kennedy
• Mass. Gov. Signs Family Leave, Minimum Wage Bill
• Amazon Swallows VC-Backed Pharmacy Co. PillPack
• UK Watchdog Looks To Revive £89M Drug Pricing Fine
• Roberts Becomes True Power As 'Kennedy Court' Ends
• 'Opioid Babies' Won't Get Own Track In MDL
• CMS 'Extreme Backlog' Prompts Pause Of $7.6M Recoupment
• Northeast Fertility Center Says Competitor Copied IVF Brand
• Nurse Practitioner Site Says Aggregator Swiped Its Articles
• EEOC Says Firing Over Methadone Treatment Flouted ADA
• Wis. Justices Uphold Med Mal Noneconomic Damages Cap
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 2
• Delay On Kennedy Replacement 'Ain't Going To Happen': GOP
• DaVita Hit With $375M Punitive Damages In Colo. Verdict
• Sessions, HHS Unveil $2B Health Care Fraud Takedown
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: Prioritizing Is Always Key
• IRS Commissioner Nominee Queried On Pass-Through Deduction
• The E-Sign Act: 18 Years And All Grown Up
• From Iqbal To Citizens United: Kennedy's Biggest Decisions
• Life After Kennedy: 1 Big Question, 6 Judges To Watch
• 'Goodbye, Tony!' Justices Bid Farewell To Kennedy
• GSK Planned Off-Label Pitch At Every OB-GYN, Families Say
• When Partisan Passion Raged, Kennedy Was The Vote To Get
• PPG, Retirees Reach Deal In Health Benefits Suit
• NJ Justices Pass On Horizon's Bid to Shield Tiered Plan Docs
• Education Investment Co. Scoops Dubai Campus For $110.3M
• GAO Says It Lacks Info To Finish Probe Into Zinke's Calls
• Gastric Bypass Co.'s Texts Ignored Do-Not-Call List, Suit Says
• DEA Must Release More Distribution Data In Opioid MDL
• Chiropractor Must Arbitrate Claim Atty Flubbed RICO Trial
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 1
• GOP Kicks Off Race To Confirm Kennedy Replacement
• Horizon, Surgery Centers Ink $4M Deal Over Reimbursements
• Pa. Judge Settles Defamation Suit Over Abortion Doc Book
• Class Deal Over Hospital's 'Church Plan' Receives Final OK
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: How Congress Affected My Career
• BB&T Seeks $10M In Construction Loan Guaranty Breach Suit
• Justice Kennedy's Retirement To Upset High Court Balance
• Horizon, Hospital Reach Deal In NJ Suit Over Tiered Plan
• Home Health Co. Tries To Halt $7.6M Medicare Recoupment
• Theranos Founder's Stay Bid Nixed As Judge Scolds Counsel
• GE Trims Assets To Focus On Aviation, Power
• FCA Retrial Turns On Role Of Whistleblowing Auditor
• Rehab Company's Lender Agrees To Limit Ch. 11 Credit Bid
• Hospital Says It Doesn't Belong In FCA Resident Billing Row
• Pharma, DEA Push To Keep Opioid MDL Data Under Wraps
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over New Nursing Home Death Trial
• Atty Didn't Sink Med Student's Bias Claim, NJ Court Says
• Baker Botts Lures Squire Patton Boggs Antitrust Duo
• UT Health Must Face Racial Bias Suit From Former Nurse
• Tennis Player Must Arbitrate Injury Claims Against WTA
• 4 Opioid Suit Coverage Rulings Attorneys Should Know
• Express Scripts Tells Court It Owns Pharmacies' Patient Data
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: DC Isn't As Bad As You Think
• Calif. Abortion-Info Law Likely Doomed, High Court Says
• 6th Circ. Says Cardiologist Guilty Of Health Care Fraud
• Judge Wary Of Certifying TCPA Classes Over CVS Calls
• Hospice Chain Inks $8.5M FCA Deal Over Ineligible Patients
• NY State Agency Beats Racial Discrimination Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Justices To Review Order To Arbitrate Dental Supply Row
• Miami Hospital Sold For $30M Out Of Bankruptcy
• FDA Clears First Marijuana-Derived Drug
• Humana Can't Beat Hospital Chain's Medicare Underpay Suit
• Express Scripts Limiting Pharmacy Services Market, Suit Says
• Aetna Defends Class Action Probe In Clash Over ACA Exit
• Express Scripts Investors Demand More Info On Cigna Merger
• FCC Raises Telemedicine Program Cap To $571M
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: 6 Things I Learned In Congress
• House Passes Sweeping Opioid Treatment, Medicare Bill
• Health Co. Can't Get Insurer To Cover $1.4M Arbitration Award
• In His Own Words: How Texas Judge Is Mulling ACA Case
• Calif. OSHA Employee Charged With Bribery Scheme
• Health Care Cos. Raise $228M To Cap 10-IPO Week
• ERISA Plan Accused Of Skirting $6.5M In Medical Claims
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Davis Polk, Stikeman
• Fed. Circ. Says No Extra Fees For 'Egregious' HHS Behavior
• Real Estate Rumors: Morguard, Starwood REIT, Aetna
• Plastic Surgeon Loses Appeal In Bid To Restore License
• Native American Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2018
• SuperValu Destroyed Pricing Evidence, Whistleblowers Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Centurium Capital, Tronox, BlackRock
• New HHS Native Americans Head OK'd By Senate
• Cheers To 80 Years Of The Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act
• Xerox Can't Blame Doctors In $1B Texas Medicaid Fraud Row
• Split 9th Circ. Ditches Own Precedent In Nu Image Union Row
• NYU Hospital Can't Prove Rivals Used Antitrust Tactics
• HCR ManorCare Presents New Ch. 11 Plan with Better Deal
• TransCare Trustee Pressed On $10M Suit Against Lynn Tilton
• PBMs, Insurers Back Anthem, Express Scripts In Pricing Suit
• Texas Patient Shot By Hospital Guards Gets Claim Trimmed
• Pa. AG, Tobacco Cos. Ink $357M Deal Ending Payment Row
• Immigrant Kids Are Forcibly Medicated At Shelters, Suit Says
• FDA Clarifies Communication Rules For Medical Product Cos.
• BigLaw's Associate Salary Model Is A Relic Of A Bygone Era
• Carlyle Collects $6.55B For Latest Asian PE Fund
• Fla. Nursing Home's Suspension For Irma Failures Affirmed
• Senate Fails To Pass $15B In Cuts To CHIP, Car Tech Funding
• House Passes Bills On Opioid Patient Info Sharing, Treatment
• CMS Eyes Broad Easing Of Stark Law Restrictions
• Chinese Blank Check Co. New Frontier Upsizes IPO To $230M
• Feds Fight Convicted Ex-Valeant Exec's Claims Of Juror Bias
• FCC Nominee Starks Says He'll Focus On Telemedicine
• Mintz Levin Adds Ex-MoFo Corporate Partner In San Diego
• Sen. Grassley Wants Action On Wasteful Spending At DOD
• Ex-Ascension Health Worker's Disability Claim Reopened
• Life Sciences Cos. Should Assess Charitable Donations Programs
• Purdue Pharma Axes Sales Team, Lightens Focus On Opioids
• NY, Mass. AGs To Sue Over Association Health Plans Rule
• Wound Care Center Operator Pays $22.5M To Settle FCA Suit
• 10 Steps To Modernizing Corporate Integrity Agreements
• CVS, Aetna 'Deserve Nobel' If Merger Helps Consumers: Prof
• Former Aegerion Execs Say FDA Approval Negates FCA Case
• Del. Class Slams UnitedHealth's Appeal On Books Access
• Doctor Can't Shake Convictions In Motorcycle Gang Drug Ring
• Dental Startup Beats Big Distributors' False Ad Claims
• #MeToo At Law Firms And What We Can Do About It
• FDA Warning Wire: Cancer Treatment Co. Slammed Again
• DOJ To Participate In Opioid MDL Settlement Talks
• Opioid Research Rules Tweaked In Bills Passed By House
• Texas Doc Accused Of $240M Fraud Says Charges Too Old
• Cherokee Nation Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioids In Okla.
• Meet The Judge Who Will Decide The ACA's Fate
• Patients Want New Reps In Hospital Price Hike Row
• 9th Circ. Backs Arbitration In Ex-CVS Worker's Bias Suit
• Pa. Justices OK Suit Over Worker's Past Drug Theft
• 3rd Circ. Backs Pa. School District Trans Bathroom Policy
• How To Avoid ERISA Suits Over Wilderness Therapy
• A Chat With Holland & Knight CFO Mia Stutzman
• Physician Observation Billing Concerns Are Unwarranted
• New Frontier Of US Health Info Regulation Comes From EU
• Veritas Affiliate Forms Health Care IT Co. With $4.9B Deal
• DOL Blesses ACA-Skirting Association Health Plans
• Mass. Jury Awards HIV Victim $18.4M In Malpractice Suit
• Hansen Medical Must Face Shareholder Suit Over Merger
• The Hurdles Facing BigLaw's Minority Women
• The Best Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• GCs Tackle Law Firm Culture In Diversity Push
• Knowledge Lawyers Can Help Firms Stay Ahead Of The Curve
• LabCorp Shakes HIPAA Suit Over Data Intake Station Setup
• 4 Takeaways From The FDA's Info-Sharing Guidance
• Texas Cancer Center Owes $4.3M For HIPAA Failings
• In Their Own Words: Minority Partners On Reaching The Top
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Norton Health Retirees' ERISA Suit
• Mass. Top Court Greenlights Nurse Staffing Ballot Question
• NJ Court Finds No Negligence In Priest's Fall At Hospital
• Pa. Injury Firm Inks Deal With Feds For Medicare Repayments
• An Anti-SLAPP Motion In Name Only
• The 2018 Law360 Diversity Snapshot
• FTC In Full Force: What To Expect From New Leadership
• Kirkland Guides Cressey's $1.1B Health Care Fund Close
• Insights From State AG Coordinated Opioid Investigation
• Minority Lawyers On Why They Left BigLaw
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
• Taking On The 'Petri Dish' Of BigLaw Bias
• The Best Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Law360's Pro Say: What BigLaw Should Do About Diversity
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Letter For Defendant Spells Trouble For Miami-Dade Judge
• Walgreens' Dual Role Helped Spur Ky. Opioid Crisis, AG Says
• 5th Circ. Vacates $4.3M Penalty In Medical Practice Tax Row
• Association Health Plan Rule Almost Ready For Prime Time
• New NLRB Memos Touch On Solo Strikes, Facebook Posts
• Senate Funding Bill Staves Off Cuts To Indian Programs
• Attys Reflect On Escobar's FCA Impact 2 Years Later
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Shearman, Simpson
• Theranos Founder, Ex-COO Indicted For Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Walgreens, KKR, Trammell Crow
• An Unprecedented Look Inside The FARA Unit
• Aetna Hit With Class Suit Over Wilderness Therapy Coverage
• Health Hires: Honigman, Arnold & Porter, GrayRobinson
• FCC Support Grows For Pai's $171M Telemedicine Boost
• Seminoles Seek Quick Win Against IHS Over Health Funding
• Options For Failing Marijuana Cos. And Their Creditors
• Anthem Breach Attys' $38M Fee Ask 'Overreach,' Judge Says
• Insurers, Doctors, Hospitals Assail GOP's New ACA Challenge
• Nonprofits Hit Texas AG With Suit Over Abortion Restrictions
• AGs Tell 8th Circ. Title VII Doesn't Cover Sex Orientation
• ND Health Dept. Gives Thumbs Up To Oil Refinery Near Park
• Australian Device Co. Inks New Deal To Be Bought For $1.4B
• Aggrenox Buyers Slam Insurers' Bid To Opt Health Plans Out
• Ex-Pitcher Strikes Out On 3rd Swing At MLB Defamation Suit
• Texas Creates MDL For Counties' Opioid Suits
• Faulty Sprinklers Let Pa. Nursing Home Burn Down, Suit Says
• McKesson Tries To Keep Tribal Opioid Suit In Federal Court
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 2
• Curious Case Of The Class Cert. Evidentiary Standard: Part 2
• US Doesn't Owe ACA Money To Insurers, Fed. Circ. Rules
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Walgreens Victory In Doc's Defamation Case
• 11th Circ. Again Won't Toss Medicare Fraud Conviction
• Ky. Hospital Wants Ex-Employees' Pension Suit Tossed
• DEA, Media Poised For Battle Over Opioid MDL Data Access
• Ex-NJ Lab Prez, Brother Get Prison In $100M Bribery Scheme
• Griffin-American REIT Drops $88M On Health Care Portfolio
• 5th Circ. Rejects Pill Mill Doc's Challenge To 5-Year Sentence
• Nursing Home Buyer's Quick Win Nixed In Liability Suit
• 4th Circ. Revives Optometrists' Data Breach Suit
• UnitedHealthcare Beats FCA Suit Over In-Home Exams
• BCBS Can Appeal Ruling That Limits Antitrust MDL Defense
• VA Eyes Blockchain To Simplify Contract Closeouts
• 5th Circ. Revives Texas Hospital's $58M Underpayment Suit
• Immigration Atty Urges Court To Rethink DQ In EB-5 Suit
• LLR Partners Taps Latham & Watkins For $1.2B PE Fund
• Curious Case Of The Class Cert. Evidentiary Standard: Part 1
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 1
• Examining Leadership Structure For Innovation Subsidiaries
• SuperValu Fights Quick Win Bid On Medicare, Medicaid Claims
• Advocates Back Woman's Harvard Pilgrim ERISA Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Medical Center's Win In Whistleblower Row
• NIH Unveils Research Plans To Fight Opioid Crisis
• House Passes Policy Tweaks Targeting Opioid Abuse
• Drugmakers Denied Patient Info In Opioid MDL Bellwethers
• Feds Seek Actions To Force Fla. Clinic To Pay Future Taxes
• FDA Unveils Guidance On Sharing Info On Unapproved Uses
• Hospital Plaza Transfer Sank PE Firm's Deal, 3rd Circ. Told
• Ex-Insys Execs Can't Get More Info On Charges, Feds Say
• Alta Partners Rakes In $130M For Health Care-Focused Fund
• 6th Circ. Rules Care Certification Timing Material To FCA
• Hospital System Pension Plan Members Urge OK Of $62M Deal
• Drug Cos. Unleash Opioid MDL Counterattacks
• Medical Software Co. Looks To Toss Data Breach MDL
• Aggrenox MDL Nears End As Drug Cos. Reach Final Deal
• Calif. County Continues To Fight Suit Over Hemp Seizure
• Lawmakers Seek To Hold USPS 'Accountable' In Opioid Bill
• Justices Won't Weigh Rest Break Pay, Pfizer Unit Bias Suit
• Rehab Network Extends Sale Timeline To Appease Creditors
• Ex-United Airlines Worker Wins Benefits Fight With Cigna
• The Latest On State-Level Noncompete Reform
• Simpson Thacher Leads KKR In $10B Envision Healthcare Buy
• Honeywell Only Owed Benefits Until CBA Expired: 6th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Nixes CVS' $307K Atty Fee Win Against EEOC
• 8th Circ. Says ERISA, Medicare Override Ark. Pharmacy Law
• NY Pharmacy Owner Cops To $1.5M Medicaid Fraud
• Meet The Lobbyist Battling FDA In Epic Supplement Clash
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 2
• Nursing Facility Co. To Pay $30M To End Medicare Claims Suit
• Roche, Humana Can't Flee FCA Suit Over Debt Deal
• Tennis Player Wants $10M Injury Suit Back In State Court
• House Passes $15B CHIP, Car Tech Research Spending Cuts
• ITC Urged To Investigate Canadian Convertible Sofas
• Limited Comfort For Corporate Defendants Post-LabMD Ruling
• Trustee Says Rehab Network Should Give Bidders More Time
• Wash. Justices Side With State Farm Insureds In Benefits Row
• Plan's Mental Health Coverage Lacks Parity, 9th Circ. Finds
• Trump Admin. Backs GOP's Latest Anti-ACA Suit
• FTC Facing Data Security Conundrum Post-LabMD
• Senate Panel OKs $97B Construction, VA Funding Bill
• Trump Balks At Parts Of Newly Signed $55B VA Bill
• Anthem Ducks ERISA Claims In Suit Over Premium Payments
• Health Care REIT Strikes €1.6B JV Deal For German Hospitals
• Two Christian Schools Escape ACA Contraception Mandate
• Proposed Bill Targets Cancer Risk Product Labeling
• Hospital System Shorts Employees On Overtime, Pa. Suit Says
• Mass. Justices Place Duty To Get Docs' OK On Pharmacies
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 1
• Walgreen, Kroger Join J&J's Remicade Antitrust Brawl
• Convicted Valeant Exec Says Dishonest Juror Tainted Trial
• Va. School Board Can File Quick Appeal In Trans Bias Case
• LabCorp Slams Claims It Conspired To Block Del. Startup
• 11th Circ. Frees LabMD From FTC Data Security Order
• Microsoft Can't Dodge Suit On 'Wilderness Program' Exclusion
• Gov't Keeps FCA Claims Against Sleep-Testing Co. Alive
• Athenahealth CEO Steps Down Amid Review, Elliott Offer
• 7 Common Mistakes In Company Witness Prep
• Lawmakers Raise Concerns About HHS Cyber Law Rollout
• Hard Hit By Opioids, Tribes To Get Own Track Within MDL
• Attys Seek Fees After $1.6M Deal In Anthem Autism Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Of Nurse Fired After Vaccine Refusal
• White House Tinkers With Spending Pullback Plan
• FDA Warning Wire: Online Opioid Sales, Caffeine Crackdown
• SEC Probe Into Biotech Co. Made Shares Drop, Investor Says
• AlaskaCare Illegally Excludes Trans Workers, Librarian Says
• Texas Panel Nixes IT Worker's Bias Suit Against Hospital
• Advocates Say Colo. Detention Site Providing Inadequate Care
• Moving Toward A Standard Of Care For Medical Marijuana
• A Better Method For Achieving Broader Class Action Reform
• Why The 'Onionhead' Verdict May Make Employers Cry
• Filmmaker Takes 2nd Crack At Theranos Deposition Footage
• Express Scripts, CVS Want EpiPen Cost ERISA Suit Tossed
• DOJ Adds Over 300 New AUSAs For Immigration, Drugs
• FDA Says 5 More Deaths Tied To Obesity Stomach Balloons
• Medicaid Groups' Atty Seeks Spot On Opioid Exec Committee
• USC Failed To Stop 'Creepy' OBGYN, Former Students Say
• New VA Care Program Should Address Choice Issues: GAO
• Allergy Tester Wants Baker Donelson DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• Texas Hospital Can't Nix Bill Fight Under Free Speech Law
• FDA Drug Review Office Plans Overhaul To Boost Efficiency
• 15 Minutes With MyoKardia's General Counsel
• Justices Vacate DC Circ. Ruling On Immigrant Teen's Abortion
• Why Widespread Use Of Live Video Testimony Is Not Justified
• Senior Home, Kronos Can't Shake Ill. Biometric Privacy Suit
• Charity Sues Insurer To Cover Calif. DOJ's False Ad Suit
• Physical Therapy Co. CEO Gets 19 Years For $14M Fraud
• Shkreli Deals Saved Retrophin Millions, Ex-Katten Atty Argues
• HHS To Delay Drug Pricing Rule To July 2019
• FTC Attys Protected from LabMD Revenge Claim: DC Circ.
• Theranos Indirect Investors Denied Class Cert. For Fraud Suit
• Ex-Reporter Prevails In ERISA Suit Against Prudential
• NJ Enacts Law Targeting 'Surprise' Medical Bills
• Seneca Nation Says Pharma Cos. At Fault For Opioid Crisis
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Simpson, Jones Day
• Judging A Book: Wallach Reviews 'Uncivil Warriors'
• Health Hires: K&L Gates, Womble Bond, Bellicum Pharma
• A Closer Look At New Federal 'Right To Try' Law