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Health - July, 2018

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• Costco False-Ad Eye Doc Suit Dismissal Reversed By 9th Circ.
• Starbucks Scores Small Win In Battle Against Cancer Labels
• Eye Doc From NJ Graft Trial Can't Undo Medicare Fraud Rap
• Mass. Court Affirms $32.5M Award For Forgotten Medical Note
• Doc Gets Prison For Defrauding VA Over Bogus Procedures
• Govs. Threaten Legal Action If Title X Changes Become Law
• DC Circ. Says Nurses' Election OK Despite Quorum Question
• Texas Therapists Ink Settlement With FTC Over Pay Rates
• Telehealth Program Could Combat Opioids, FCC's Carr Says
• Merck Says Vaccine Bundles Caused Low Prices, Not Harm
• Feds Can't Medicate Immigrant Kids Without Consent
• Will Congress Actually Address Health Care?
• UPS Freight CBA Discriminates Against Disabled Drivers
• Atty Owes Doctor $8M In Malicious Prosecution Case
• NJ Town Can't Retroactively Tax Hospital, Court Says
• Trump Nominates EY Cybersecurity Exec For VA Tech Chief
• Law Firm, Co. Hit With Terminating Sanctions In TM Row
• $12B ACA Case Needs Full Fed. Circ. Review, Insurers Say
• FDA Rejects Insys Painkiller Spray Over Safety Concerns
• DNA Data Co. Wants Cooley Out Of Trade Secrets Suit
• NC Home Care Co. Must Pay $2.2M For Medicaid Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, Prisma, AW Property
• FDA Sounds Alarm Over 'Vaginal Rejuvenation' Treatments
• Estes Thorne Lures Back Ex-Dallas Hospital GC
• Carlyle Taps Simpson Thacher For $18.5B Private Equity Fund
• Akerman Adds Greenberg Traurig's Cybersecurity Pro
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• 7th Circ. OKs Attys Fee Cut For 'Paucity' Of Work In TCPA Suit
• Hospital On Hook For $4.9M Medicaid Payments, Court Says
• School Escapes Surgical Tech Students' $9M Fraud Award
• Ex-Insys Execs Say Feds' Bid To Redo RICO Case Is Futile
• Anthem, Express Scripts Were Fiduciaries, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Inconsistent Medical Docs End Asylum Review, 2nd Circ. Says
• Silver Gets Shorter Sentence Of 7 Years After Graft Retrial
• GOP Lawmakers Seek FTC Scrutiny Of Drug Benefit Managers
• Czechs Say Dutch Ruling Backs $374M Award's Dismissal
• Health Tech Co. Escapes 2 Derivative Suits Post-Settlement
• The State Of Medicare Secondary Payer Act Litigation
• CORRECTED: 3rd Circ. Tweaks School Trans Bathroom Ruling
• Innovator Liability Flunks The Dormant Commerce Clause
• DOE Broke Law With Anti-Obamacare Tweet, GAO Says
• AGs Sue Labor Dept. Over Association Health Plan Rule
• Media Can't Access Drug Co. Data In Opioid MDL
• King & Spalding Nabs IP Partner From Paul Hastings
• 3rd Circ. Says Medicaid Can't Cover States' Provider Training
• Honeywell Ducks Out Of Retiree Health Benefits Row
• 4 Reasons To Review Payer Contracts On A Regular Basis
• The Future Of Authenticating Audio And Video Evidence
• Feds Knock Texas Doc's Bid To Torpedo $240M Fraud Case
• 7th Circ. Backs Ind. Abortion Law Stay During Legal Challenge
• House Votes To Extend Exemption From ACA Insurer Fee
• Foster Agency Not Liable For Infant's Death, W.Va. Judge Says
• Fla. Doc Gets Retrial In Suit Over Detox Patient's Death
• Discovery War Breaks Out In Opioid MDL Bellwethers
• Tennis Org., Doping Firm Serve Player's Suit To Fed. Court
• DOD Raises Health Records Contract Cap By $1.2B
• Wis. Tribe Reaches Deal With State Over Hemp Program
• 1 Co. Or 2? Price-Fixing Row Judge Says Jury Must Decide
• NJ Justices Uphold Hospital's Privilege Over Care Report
• From Billable Hours To Bedtime Stories: Lawyering With Children
• Harvard Pilgrim's ERISA Denial Questioned By 1st Circ.
• Minn. Tribe Sues Drugmakers, Distributors Over Opioid Crisis
• Hospital System Dodges Ex-Workers' 'Church Plan' ERISA Suit
• Doc's Alleged Drug Use Irrelevant To Med Mal Case: NJ Court
• Air Ambulance Price Class Action Remains In Federal Court
• 2 Fraudsters Each Get A Decade For 3 Schemes In 2 Years
• A Look At Kavanaugh's Approach To Antitrust Law
• Feds Try To Clear Up Ex-Insys Execs' RICO Charge For Judge
• Walmart Absence Policy Harms Pregnant Workers, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fosun, Median, Volvo
• Telehealth Pilot Must Join Docs, Insurers, FCC's Carr Says
• How Mammoth Student Loans Are Dogging Today's Lawyers
• FDA To Mull New Ideas On Biosimilar Competition, Approvals
• New Risks For US Cos. Inadvertently Supporting North Korea
• Jones Day Tells 7th Circ. EEOC Ruling Will Extend Fee Fights
• Reed Smith Adds Norton Rose Health Care Privacy Pro
• Law360's Global 20 Doesn't Acknowledge Global Networks
• 9th Circ. Revives Walmart Eye-Exam False Ad Suit
• DOJ Says Judge Botched Escobar By Axing $350M FCA Win
• Senate Confirms Ex-DOD Personnel Chief As New VA Head
• Feds, Silver Take Familiar Tacks Before Graft Sentencing
• Fla. Hospital Still Faces ERISA Suit Over Church Exemption
• How Texas' Anti-SLAPP Law Applies To Medical Peer Review
• VP Of Insurance Underwriter Charged With $13.5 Million Fraud
• NJ Justices Won't Review OptumRx Bid To Revive $6B Deal
• Theranos Settles Indirect Investors' Fraud Suit
• Is The Grass Greener On The Solo Side?
• 1st Circ. Wonders Why FDA Should Not Decide Eyedrop Suit
• 3 Firms Guide RCCH's Deal To Take LifePoint Private
• Geico Escapes Reimbursement Claims In Chiropractor Suits
• Law360's Satisfaction Survey: By The Numbers
• The Least-Stressed Attorneys In A Stressed-Out Profession
• Boeing Must Face Suit Over Benefits After Kan. Plant Sale
• J&J Faces Bid To Revive Cancer Victim's $417M Talc Win
• Harvard Pilgrim Must Face Mental Health Discrimination Suit
• Singapore Health System Breach Affects 1.5M Patients
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, HSE24, LifePoint
• How A Fla. Ruling Ignited A Surge In Online ADA Suits
• Endo, Mallinckrodt Target Drug Dealers With Opioid Suit
• Uncertain Clauses Revive Insurer's Bid To Ditch NJ Mold Suit
• BCBS Affiliates Say Venue Still Wrong In ERISA Suit
• United, Next Health Denied Dismissals In $100M Fraud Suit
• GlaxoSmithKline Says FDA Rejected Zofran Birth Defects
• Health Hires: Wilson Sonsini, Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis
• Trial Wraps In Suit Over Texas Fetal Remains Disposal Rule
• What Directors Need To Include In Appraisal Notices
• The Opioid Epidemic: Who Will Jurors Hold Accountable?
• Suddenly, ALJs Become Political Appointees
• Rehab Co. Gets Nod For $65M Ch. 11 Sale To Stalking Horse
• Cooley-Led Cannabis Co. Leads 5 IPOs Raising $446M
• Immigrants Ask Court To Hasten Care For Separated Families
• Debt Collector Blames Computer Error In Credit Class Action
• ​​​​​​​Pharma Charity Likely Waived Free Speech Right, OIG Says
• Tendyne Investors Sue Abbott Over $50M Merger Bonus Miss
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fosun, UnitedHealth, Niu
• HHS Looks To Imports As Remedy For Drug Price Increases
• How To Do Time: Part 4
• DOJ's Health Care Enforcement Initiative Is Still Going Strong
• Chris Dodd Talks Dodd-Frank, Nuremberg Trial, Hollywood
• How FCC Ruling Could Impact Viability Of TCPA Fax Cases
• PPC Taps Kirkland To Advise On $1.8B Long-Term PE Fund
• Top Gov't Contracts Policy Changes So Far In 2018
• Hospital's Suit Over Doc's 'Tasteless' Video Promo Revived
• Nursing Orgs. Settle Medicare Reimbursement Suit For $10M
• Discovery In Opioid MDL Bellwethers Gets Big Haircut
• Opioid Distributors Can't Escape Counties' Suit
• FDA Chief Blames Big Pharma For 'Anemic' Biosimilars Sales
• Pa. Justices Won't Extend UPMC, Highmark Medicare Deal
• States' ACA Subsidy Suit Tossed After Workaround Found
• A Chat With Gibson Dunn Diversity Chief Salim-Williams
• Congressional Forecast: July
• What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality
• NYC To Pay $21M To End DOJ's Nurse Pensions Bias Row
• Texas Catholic Group Need Not Reveal Docs, 5th Circ. Says
• Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2018 So Far
• Health Tech Co. To Pay $19M In Securities Class Action
• Washoe Tribe Insists It's Shielded From Doc's Firing Suit
• States Seek To Pause ACA Subsidy Fight With Feds
• Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Report
• Envision Shareholder Moves To Block $9.9B Sale To KKR
• Suit Against Insurer In Plane Crash Row Partially Revived
• DC Circ. Tosses Hospitals' Suit Over $1.6B Cut To 340B Pay
• Suit Over Child's Treatment At Philly Hospital Nixed, For Now
• HHS-Funded Tribal Facility Biased Against Whites, Suit Says
• Abortion Clinic Buffer Allows Free Speech, 3rd. Circ. Told
• 3 Pros, 3 Cons Of Litigation Finance
• AmEx Ruling May Have Big Impact On Health Insurance
• Whistleblower Asks 11th Circ. To Revive $350M FCA Award
• Ex-Drug Exec Gets 15 Years For $50M Pill Distribution Plot
• Fla. Jury Awards $3M In Punitive Damages In Smoking Death
• How Health Insurance Affects Minimum Wage In Nevada
• LabMD Seeks DC Circ. Rehearing In Suit Against FTC Attys
• RICO Indictment Against Ex-Insys Execs Perplexes Judge
• 11 Firms Sculpt 5 Largest PE Deals Of 2018's 1st Half
• Diabetes Monitoring Co. Hits Ch. 11, Seeks Sale To Creditor
• DOL Moves To Clarify Employee Test For Home Care Workers
• Whistleblower Attys Get $4M In Fees In Humana FCA Suit
• Trump Shouldn't Be Sure Kavanaugh Will Derail ACA
• Pa. Justices Will Hear GNC's Appeal In Overtime Case
• Judge Miscalculated $47M Medicare Fraud Loss: 6th Circ.
• NJ Med Mal Suit Over Worker's Spinal Surgery Revived
• Modern Communication Brings E-Discovery Challenges
• Indivior Wins Bid To Block Sales Of Suboxone Generic
• Construction Co. Says DOD Owes $2M For Hospital Work
• Mass. Dentist Says 1st Circ. Uber Ruling Applies In Yelp Row
• Novartis Slams Sens.' Report About Michael Cohen Contract
• 14 Firms To Guide IPOs Exceeding $1.1B As Deals Resume
• NY Could Raise Up To $678M From Legal Pot, Report Says
• It's Not All About The Benjamins, Baby (Lawyer)
• Separated Immigrants Want Feds To Pay For Mental Health
• Ortho's $19.5M Deal Ending Antitrust MDL Gets Initial OK
• Failure-To-Warn Suit Against St. Jude Not Preempted
• Tax Implications For The California Cannabis Industry
• Inside Kavanaugh's Merger Challenge Dissents
• Judging A Book: Hood Reviews 'Lawyering From The Inside Out'
• Digital Health Opportunities And Considerations For PE
• Health Hires: King & Spalding, DLA Piper, Polsinelli, Quarles
• ​​​​​​​SuperValu Loses Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Drug Pricing
• Pharmacy Tech Investors Say Board Gave Itself Cheap Stock
• Tobacco Cos. Aim To Duck Punitive Damages In Death Case
• The Biggest Pa. Appellate Rulings Of 2018: Midyear Report
• 1.6 Billion Opioid Doses Flooded Mo., McCaskill Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: La Poste, CVS-Aetna, Linde-Praxair
• Chancery Nixes Most Of Suit Over $600M DAVA-Endo Merger
• Abortion, Free Speech And Justice Kennedy's Last Word
• Get Ready For Digital Health Product Liability Cases
• House Panel Votes To Delay ACA Employer Mandate Until 2019
• Skin Subspecialty Board Will Limit Cancer Surgery, MDs Say
• Novo Nordisk Beats ERISA Suit With Anti-Assignment Clause
• Hospital Asks Texas Justices To Nix Medical Bill Fight
• Jury Confusion Prompts New UPenn Med Mal Trial, Court Says
• Kavanaugh Splurged On Baseball Tix, Reports Say
• Dialysis Co. To Pay UnitedHealth $32M To End Fraud Suit
• 4 Kavanaugh Arguments You Gotta Hear
• Doc's Care Fell Short But Didn't Lead To Infection, Court Says
• DEA Finalizes Prescription Opioid Anti-Diversion Policy
• Trump Retools Fraud Task Force To Focus On Consumers
• FCC Announces $100M Telehealth Pilot Program
• House Panel Votes To Widen Health Savings Account Access
• Kennedy's Legacy Remains Alive In Kavanaugh's Nomination
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan Stanley, Ullico, ReBuild America
• Senate Panel Gearing Up For Kavanaugh Vetting Fight
• What Civil Rights Rulings Could Look Like Under Kavanaugh
• Rite Aid Booted, Walgreens Stuck In Suit Over Failed Merger
• GAO Greenlights DOL's 'Employer' Expansion In ERISA
• Chiropractors Drop Underpayment Suit Against Progressive
• LA Hospital Sues Insurer To Cover $42M Whistleblower Deal
• Pepper Hamilton Adds Health Care, White Collar Pro In Boston
• 3 Top E-Discovery Case Law Lessons Of 2018 (So Far)
• Proskauer Steers Apiary On $264M Debut Fund Close
• EEOC Sues Texas Medical Office Over Worker's Firing
• Dental Photos Case Shows Copyright Threshold Has Bite
• When Bid Protester Is Promised Agency Fix And Doesn't Get It
• 'Not A Complicated Case': Kavanaugh's Straightforward Style
• Dems Need Unified Front To Combat Trump's High Court Pick
• Kaiser Seeks Quick Win In Eating Disorder Coverage Dispute
• 5 Tips For Kavanaugh As Confirmation Gets Underway
• Pa. Owed Atty Fees For Halting Hospital Merger, 3rd Circ. Told
• Wave Of FDA Suits Awaits If Kavanaugh Helps Trim Chevron
• Montana BCBS Accused Of Shorting Insureds On Airlift Costs
• Highmark Nixed Health Plan To Drop Hemophiliacs, Suit Says
• FTC Says Prosthesis Co. Merger Should Be Unwound
• With Kavanaugh's Nomination, Chevron's Future Looking Grim
• Cancer-Focused Vaccinex Joins IPO Party With $46M Offering
• Heart Transplant Surgeon Sues Houston Chronicle, ProPublica
• Law Schools Must Take A Stand Against Mandatory Arbitration
• NJ Nursing Home Can't Sue Calif. Man, Appeals Court Says
• New Bill Addresses Systemic Risk In Cannabis Banking
• How Kavanaugh's Conservative Cred, DC Ties Won The Day
• Senate Battle Lines Drawn With Kavanaugh As Trump's Pick
• Texas Asks DC Circ. To Nix Block On Detainee Abortion Rules
• Benefits Co. Accused Of $8M Grift Barred From Industry
• 5 Kavanaugh Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Nursing Home Schemer Sentenced In $19M Kickback Scheme
• Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
• VA Accused Of Stiffing Staff On Locality Pay Adjustments
• Costco, Walmart Ran Illegal Eye Exam Shops, 9th Circ. Told
• DEA Doubles Down On Protecting Drug Info In Opioid MDL
• PTAB Upholds Surgical Device Patent In Acclarent Challenge
• 9 IPO Launches Exceeding $1.2B Rev Up July Pipeline
• 10th Circ. Calls Medical Judgment Fair Game In FCA Cases
• 9th Circ. Revives Medicare Advantage Risk Rating FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Texas Pill Mill Doc's Conviction Appeal
• Ocular Looks To Kick Investor Suit Over Eye Drug Approval
• What You Need To Know For The Supreme Court Nomination
• Md. Medical Bill Law Not Federally Preempted, Court Rules
• FDA Releases Draft Guidance On Drug Indication Labeling
• Geico Seeks To Cut Chiropractors' Claims In Payments Suit
• Biggest Texas Supreme Court Rulings Of 2018: Midyear Report
• Creative Attys Get Anti-Regulation Ammo In High Court Case
• 2nd Circ. Anthem, Express Scripts Pricing Row Rages On
• Class Action Accusing Cigna Of Collusion May Move To Philly
• Kaiser Traveling Nurses Win Class Cert. In Calif. Wage Suit
• Myths And Facts About Using TAR Across Borders
• Travelers, Others Must Cover Hospital Sex Abuse: 2nd Circ.
• Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Weil, Fried Frank
• Osco Drug Wants Sanctions In Prescription Refill TCPA Suit
• Texas Justices Skip Hospital's Bid To Ax Ex-Worker's Win
• Vaccine Mandates And Lessons On Legal Compliance
• Drug Cos. Assail Hospital Bellwether In Opioid MDL
• Baxter, Hospira Freed From Saline Price-Fixing Case For Now
• Winning Protestor Denied Injunction On Army Nursing Deal
• DOJ Touts 6th Circ. Medical-Need Ruling To Boost FCA Cases
• Fla. High Court Trims State's Medicaid Lien On Tort Recovery
• Philly Children's Hospital Settles Feds' Gender Bias Action
• Baker Donelson Blasts DQ Bid In BCBS Antitrust Row
• LabMD Prez Given Option To Tweak Tiversa FCA Suit
• How Smaller Firms Can Go Global Without Going Bankrupt
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2018
• Global Law Firms Bulk Up In Europe As Brexit Approaches
• Tressler LLP Boosts Litigation Presence In Four Cities
• NY Panel Revives NYU Sandy Damage Claims Against Turner
• FDA Warning Wire: Pfizer Promo Video Eyed
• Three Firms Guide Catalent's $140M Pharma Biz Buy
• Centrist Analysis Of Justice Kennedy's Retirement Is Flawed
• Medical Pot Smoking Ban Stays In Place As Fla. Fights On
• Drug Wholesalers Ask For Cert. Over Lamictal Generic Delay
• Pa. Judge Exits Med Mal Case After Relative Treated By Doc
• $3M 'Little Red Hen' Shareholder Payout OK, 1st Circ. Rules
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Nomination Watch: 7th Circ.'s Amy Coney Barrett
• Narrow Rulings Reveal Wide Gulfs Between Justices
• 4 High Court Lineups That Might Surprise You
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• Health Care Group Settles FCA Medicare Claims For $1.7M
• Blue Cross Asks For Redo In Row Over $40M Hospital Deal
• 5th Circ. Revives Nurse's Suit Over Groping Patient
• Rite Aid Investor Demands Information On Albertsons Deal
• Trump Plows Ahead With Supreme Court Selection Process
• Drug Cos. In Opioid MDL Must Divulge Vast Data Trove
• Mental Health Questions Clear Pa. Rehab Center In Death Suit
• CVS Wants Antitrust Suit Over 340B Drug Program Tossed
• 2 Proposed Classes Denied Cert. In Aetna ERISA Fight
• Tribal College Workers, Officials Want FCA Suit Tossed
• Texas Hospital Hit With $1M Retaliation Suit By Ex-Worker
• Jackson Lewis' Newly Elected Co-Chairs Talk Growth
• Horizon, Consumers Fight Over Discovery In Data Breach Suit
• SEPTA Is Stiffing Doctors Treating Wreck Victims, Suit Says
• No Quick Win For Ex-Morgan Lewis Client In $30M Suit
• Privacy Risks For Non-Health Employee Benefit Plans
• A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Can Be Defeated
• The Most Talkative Justices Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court