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Health - August, 2018

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• Stryker Must Face Suit Over Rep's Alleged Assault Of Nurse
• Verity Health System Files For Bankruptcy In California
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Software Co. Not Covered For Biometric Suit, Insurers Say
• Health Hires: Quinn Emanuel, Manatt, Strategic, Perkins Coie
• Insurer Premera Accused Of Wiping Evidence In Breach Case
• Cigna To Face Patients' Overcharging Claims In ERISA Suit
• Hospital Gets Texas High Court Review Of Misdiagnosis Claim
• Health Care Cases To Watch In 2018's Home Stretch
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Debevoise-Led HCA Healthcare Grabs NC Facilities For $1.5B
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• 3 Deals That Perished This Summer & What Killed Them
• Siemens Must Face At-Will Exec's Wrongful Discharge Suit
• Sens. Urge Agencies To Address Year-End Spending 'Binges'
• Medtronic Can't Nix Shareholder Suit Over Merger In Ireland
• 6th Circ. Revives Tribe's ERISA Row With Mich. Blue Cross
• DOJ Says It Can Prove Novartis Dinners Were Kickbacks
• Aetna Gets Pediatrix's Claims Payment Suit Sent To Pa.
• Purdue Ends OxyContin Patent Suit With $62M Payout
• Calif. Gets PhRMA's Challenge To Drug Pricing Law Axed
• Female Lawyers Group Slams 'Patronizing' Kavanaugh
• Dentists Get $80M From Supply Cos. To End Collusion Case
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• Hospital Seeks Arbitration Flip To Fire Nurse In Abuse Of Teen
• Examining Class Cert. At 9th Circ. After Sali Ruling
• Travel Act Gets Mileage In Health Care Cases
• 3 Small Mass. Firms Get $475K In Deal With Auto Insurer
• Allergan, Shire Spar Over Pfizer-J&J Antitrust Ruling
• Calif. Hospital Group's Antitrust Suit Against Kaiser Nixed
• Doc Says RICO Suit Was FCA Retaliation, Wants Sanctions
• $15M Cancer Misdiagnosis Award Not Excessive, Judge Rules
• 4 Health Care Cos. Escape Mass. FCA Suit Over Blood Tests
• Hospital Says Pension Plan Qualifies For Church Exemption
• Circuit Split On FCA Pleading Is Real, High Court Hears
• Law Profs Cite Roe, Urge Sens. To Vote No On Kavanaugh
• Why Courts Should Apply Escobar In Criminal Cases
• Alaska Native Clinic On Hook For $22M Award, 9th Circ. Says
• Aetna Ducks Pediatrix Suit Over Claims Payments, For Now
• Calif. Court Partially Revives Ex-UC Employee Bias Suit
• Lawmaker Calls VA Project 'Rudderless' After Chief Resigns
• 9th Circ. Aligns With High Court On Calif. Abortion-Info Law
• Sessions Aide Confirmed To Lead DOJ Civil Division
• Health Screener Files Ch. 11, Preps Sale To Quest Affiliate
• Ambulance Cos. And Clients Ink $21M Deal In Kickbacks Suit
• 4th Circ. Rejects NLRB's Bid To Force Hospitals To Bargain
• Pfizer Attacks 'False' Biosimilar Info, Urges FDA Action
• CVS Ducks Sentry Data's Antitrust Claim, For Now
• Securing Mobile Health Data — NIST Weighs In
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• Landlords Can Be Liable For Tenants' Discrimination: 7th Circ.
• Par Wants Bulk Vasopressin Compounding Nixed; FDA Agrees
• Cigna, American Specialty Should Face ERISA Suit, Court Told
• 9th Circ. Says IP Address Owner Not Liable For Pirated Movie
• NJ Court Won't Revive Suit Over Alcoholism Diagnosis
• Health Care Cos. Seek FCC Clarification On TCPA
• GOP Sens. Float Bill Keeping Pre-Existing Condition Coverage
• Intermountain Assails 10th Circ. Ruling On FCA Pleading
• Gleevec Buyers Ask For Time To Mull 1st Circ. Rehearing Bid
• Aetna Dodges ERISA Suit Over Plan Disclosures At 11th Circ.
• Goodwin Procter Adds Ex-DLA Piper Life Sciences Pro
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Medicare Shared Savings Program May Get A Makeover
• 5 E-Discovery Hurdles For Government Agencies
• Patients Ink Deal Worth $220M In X-Ray Overcharge Row
• Walmart Says Opioid FCA Suit Doesn't Show Medicare Fraud
• Senate Easily Passes $675B Defense Spending Bill For 2019
• HHS Watchdog Mulls Kickback Leeway For Coordinated Care
• Fla. Hospital Can Verify Records Request In Med Mal Suit
• Insurers Urge Rethink Of Wilderness Therapy Class Action
• Wilson Elser Adds Med Mal Defense Trial Veteran In NJ
• A Deluge Of Suits Over Connected Devices Could Be Coming
• Real Estate Rumors: Toys R Us, McSam Hotel, Mill Creek
• AGs Seek Quick Win In Association Health Plan Rule Suit
• Warner, Lowe's Can't Dodge Benefits Suit, HIV Patients Say
• Ex-CDC Head Thomas Frieden Arrested On Sex Crime Charges
• Rehab Co. Pays $6.1M To Settle Nursing Home Kickback Case
• Carlton Fields Adds Ex-Fla. Health Official To Cannabis Team
• Calif. Justices Say Comp Docs Can't Be Sued For Med Mal
• Ex-Shkreli Atty Taps Williams Heavy Hitter For Appeal
• Pa. Justices Snub Hospital's Appeal Bid Over Tax Exemption
• DOJ Urges Toss Of FCA Suit Targeting Opioid Sellers
• Greenberg Snags Husch Blackwell Team For Health Group
• Upstate NY County Settles Transgender Worker's Bias Suit
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear FCA Suit Over Doctors' Certifications
• Insurer Says NYU Misreads Policy To Force Sandy Payout
• Health Center 'Laundered' Workers To Duck CBA: 2nd Circ.
• Payors Share Some Responsibility For The Opioid Epidemic
• Brexit: Bracing For A No-Deal Scenario
• Robbins Geller, Monteverde Fight To Lead Analogic Suit
• MDs Liable In Psych Ward Shooting, Pa. Court Hears
• Halt Medical Case Needs To Go To Trial, Chancery Rules
• Honeywell, Mo. Hospital Workers Appeal ERISA Suit Losses
• Oxford Can't Duck Claims In Psychotherapy Benefits Suit
• Doc Gets Year In Prison For Role In $30M Medicare Fraud
• CBS Opioid Segments Didn't Defame Pharmacist, Judge Rules
• Pfizer Chips Away At State Claims In Lipitor Antitrust MDL
• Debt Collector Must Face Claim Over Voicemail, 3rd Circ. Says
• Opioid Cos. Slammed With More Suits Over High Health Costs
• PTAB Wrongly Axed Part Of Invisalign Patent, Fed. Circ. Says
• Fla. Hospitals' Old Suits Doom Coverage, 11th Circ. Affirms
• Camper's Family Wins A Shot At Damages In Appendix Suit
• Federal Bench Nominees Duck Questions On Roe, Immigration
• Carlyle Drops $350M On Health Tech, Management Co. 1Life
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 2
• Cozen O'Connor Lands Ex-White House Health Care Pro
• Attys Relaunch Bid For 'Opioid Babies' Track In MDL
• Novartis Beats Gleevec Monopolization Suit At 1st Circ.
• High Court Sets Arguments For Tribal Tax, Hovercraft Cases
• Parking Lot Operator Lands In Jail Over VA Bribery Scheme
• Orlando Health Hit With $100M Defamation Suit By Fired MD
• Trump's 3rd Circ. Nominee Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NJ
• Pa. High Court Revives Gov.'s Bid To Let Home Aides Organize
• Kavanaugh Called Roe 'Settled Law,' Collins Says
• Med Supply Co. To Pay Legal Costs After Loss Against Insurer
• Policing Bad Claims In Consolidated Litigation: Part 1
• Booz Allen Wins $1B DHS Cybersecurity Contract
• FDA Focus: What Mayer Brown's Practice Chair Is Watching
• In SDNY, Indicting Politicians Is The New Black
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• Court Finds Hospital Worker Didn't Follow Steps In Wage Row
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $2M Verdict In Smoking Death Suit
• 6th Circ. Says GE Retirees' Health Benefits Didn't Vest For Life
• CVS, Rite Aid Hit AbbVie With Antitrust Suit Over AndroGel
• VA Chief Rescinds Some Bargaining Rights For Union Staff
• DC Circ. Denies PETA Some Info On Primate Imports
• California Diaper Co. Can't Dodge Massachusetts FCA Suit
• EU Clears $70B Linde-Praxair Deal With Divestitures
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• DOJ's New Policy On FCA Dismissals Highlights Circuit Split
• Nationwide Ban OK For Trump Birth Control Rules, States Say
• Lincare Inks $5M FCA Kickbacks Deal Over Waived Copays
• Ex-Constellation CEO Says He Is Victim In Stock Fraud Suit
• Setbacks Shake Up Fla.'s Medical Marijuana Rollout
• Health Hires: Dorsey & Whitney, DLA Piper, Epstein Becker
• Ex-Katten Atty Gets 18 Months In Prison For Shkreli Fraud
• Peering Behind The Peer Review Curtain
• Taxation With Representation: Akin Gump, Wachtell, Kirkland
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• VA Agent Orange Policy Fight To Get Full Fed Circ. Hearing
• Antitrust Suit Against Walgreens, Benefits Manager Tossed
• FDA Clears First EpiPen Generic, Made By Teva
• DEA To Cut Drugmaker Production Of Most-Abused Opioids
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Allergan Medicaid Rebate Suit
• $115M Anthem Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod
• Veterans Group Sues VA Over 'Mar-a-Lago Council' Influence
• Pa. Suit Says AARP Acted As Unlicensed Insurance Agent
• DOL, HHS Beat Sons' Suit For Father's Cancer Benefits
• Pa. Rehab Centers Say Some Issues Kept Secret Before Sale
• Health Staffing Firm Wins Injunction In Trade Secrets Suit
• 'Indefensible' Fees Request Slashed In ACA Birth Control Row
• Athenex Pharma OK'd To Intervene In Par Suit Against FDA
• Dinged Credit Counts As Harm In Misdated-Debts Suit: Judge
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Judge's Suit Over Disbarment
• ExamWorks Says Investors Sat On 'Damaging' Evidence
• Ex-Katten Atty Loses Bid To Dodge Shkreli Fraud Charges
• Simpson, Kirkland Steer $800M Best Buy-GreatCall Deal
• Hair-Cutting Pharmacist Can't Save Wrongful Firing Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tribe's VA Reimbursements Suit
• Pa. Hospital Chain To Pay $13M To Settle Kickback FCA Suit
• Davis Polk, Cooley Steer ViewRay's $150M Follow-On Offering
• ETP Exec Wants Co. Kept Out Of His $20M Fraud Suit
• Unions Call Trump Medicaid Payment Rule An 'Attack'
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Calif. Privacy Law Isn't End Of The World, Lawmakers Told
• Third Circuit Revives Discrimination Suit Over Service Dog
• 8th Circ. Upholds Minn. Home Care Unionzation Law
• Kentucky Hospital Must Face $166M Pension Suit
• Workers Can Fight Claim Denials Sans Medical Bill: 6th Circ.
• Senior Dem Wants VA Info On Alleged Mar-A-Lago Influence
• CVS Escapes Class Action Over Flu Shot Text Messages
• NY Joins Flood Of Opioid Suits Against Purdue Pharma
• Time Expired On Defective Zimmer Hip Implant Claim: Judge
• Privilege Bars Divorce Files In Death Case, Pa. Panel Told
• ERISA Industry Group Looks To Block Seattle Benefits Rule
• Mass. Top Court Clears Hospital In Ex-Patient Stabbing Suit
• Health Center Settles Claims Over Navy Member's Job Rights
• Drug Kickback Suit Against Eli Lilly Dismissed For Now
• Distributors Expose Health, Life Sci Cos. To FCPA Risks
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• Relator Dismissed From GE Healthcare False Claims Act Suit
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• States Push Back Against Dismissal Bids In Opioid MDL
• ActiveCare Gets Nods On DIP Financing, Auction Plans
• VC Firm Shorted Ex-LLC Member's Cash-Out, Chancery Says
• Opioid MDL Bellwether Trial Postponed 6 Months
• Hospice Urges High Court To Avoid FCA Pleading Dispute
• Mass. Health Agency Owner Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud
• Fed. Circ. Wrong On HIV Drug Patent Challenge, Justices Hear
• Insurers Fight Asbestos Firm's Quick Win Bid In Payback Row
• GYNs Sue Cynosure Over 'Vaginal Rejuvenation' Laser
• Warner Media Wants Out Of Benefits Suit Over HIV/AIDS Meds
• Kirkland, Weil Guide $1.74B PE-Backed Hospital Services Deal
• 1st Circ. Revives Maine Univ. Prof's Sexual Harassment Row
• Awaiting Clarity On Fluctuating Workweek In Pa.
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Claims Processor Wants Out Of Benefits Suit Alleging Fraud
• Business Groups Take Up Fight To Amend Calif. Privacy Law
• Unsecured Creditors Blast ActiveCare's Fast-Track Sale
• Health Plans Must Face Suit Over Denying Wilderness Therapy
• Hospital Workers Could Picket By Entrance, DC Circ. Affirms
• Health Co. Says Insurer Owes Coverage For Benefits Dispute
• Fla. Medical Provider To Pay $2.2M To End Kickback Claims
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Weil
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Meena Datta
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• 2nd Circ. Strict On FCA First-To-File Bar In Allergan Case
• UnitedHealthcare Beneficiaries Seek Cert. In Coverage Suit
• Rebate Climate, Amazon Doom Cigna's Rx Deal, Icahn Says
• Doc Says Imitator Busted For Pill Mill Wrecked His Career
• OptimisCorp Board To Pay $54K In Sanctions In Chancery Suit
• Tennis Federation Wants Doping Test Suit Tried In England
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Rite Aid, Albertsons Call Off Merger Amid Investor Concern
• Rising Star: Holland & Knight's Jenna C. Bigornia
• 11th Circ. Won't Overturn 20-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Lift Block On Trump Birth Control Rules, Gov't Tells 9th Circ.
• Calif. AG Files FOIA Request Over Family Separations
• Mendocino County Pot Tax Upheld By Calif. Appeals Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tronc, UnitedHealth, Ping An
• Tobacco-Funded Group Sues Over Mont. Tax Ballot Measure
• Rising Star: Butler Rubin's Ursula Taylor
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• 4 Tips For Addressing Electronic Health Record Claims
• JP Morgan Can't Duck FINRA Arbitration, 3rd Circ. Says
• AIDS Foundation Can Pay Employees For Referrals: 11th Circ.
• Former Aegerion Sales Rep Indicted In Juxtapid Push
• AstraZeneca Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Suits For $110M
• Silver Again Seeks Bail During Appeal Of 2nd Conviction
• WellCare Eyes Stock And Debt To Fund $2.5B Meridian Buy
• Axed Marriott Workers Get Cert. Over COBRA Notification
• 8th Circ. Sends TCPA Junk Fax Row Back To Mo. State Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent, Alibaba, HNA
• Hospitals Can't Bar Union Talk On Nonwork Time: NLRB
• KKR-Backed Clinical Trials Co. Prices $660M Stock Offering
• Fortuity Rules May Incite Coverage Row Over Opioid Lawsuits
• AGs Urge DC Circ. To OK Block On Detainee Abortion Rules
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Rising Star: Bradley Arant's Travis Lloyd
• Cherokee Nation Wants Purdue Opioid Row In State Court
• Experts Want IAAF-Funded Female Testosterone Study Nixed
• ActiveCare Delays Ch. 11 Auction Plan For Committee Talks
• Providers Say Don't Kill Hospital Bellwether In Opioid MDL
• Dental Cos. Look to Straighten Patent Row In Fed. Circ.
• Humana Hits Generic-Drug Makers With Price-Fixing Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Mautner-Glick, Bank OZK
• FDA Rejects Opioid Painkiller For The 4th Time
• LabMD Won't Get Review Of FTC Atty Immunity Decision
• Travelers Sues Hospital's Insurer Over Sex Abuse Coverage
• 5 Firms Guide $5.2B Amcor, Bemis Packaging Co. Tie-Up
• Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Russell A. Hilton
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• Exec For Inmate Medical Co. Can't Dodge Bribery Charges
• DHS Hub To Offer Cybersecurity Boost, But Cos. Still Exposed
• Ind. Court Tosses Surgery-Privacy Suit Against Stryker
• NJ Hospital Wins Another Bid At $26M Insurance Repayment
• Fla. Hospital Can't Block Rival's Challenge Of Building OK
• 11th Circ. Revives Row With Hospital Over ASL Interpreter
• Brand Battles: Honda Aims To Block Ford 'Pilot' TM
• DC Circ. Reverses NLRB's Order On Co.'s Raises, Bonuses
• Prime Healthcare Signs $65M FCA Settlement Over 'Upcoding'
• Indian Health Service Seeks Nix Of Tribal Health Co.'s Suit
• Liberty Mutual Can't Escape Doc's Suit Yet, 1st Circ. Says
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• 3 Key Takeaways As Cities Sue Trump Over ACA 'Sabotage'
• Cotiviti Investor Sues Over $4.9B Verscend Deal
• Hospital System Will Pay $84.5M To End FCA Kickback Claims
• Pa. To Keep Tougher Rules For Association Health Plans
• Anthem Bumps Autism Benefits Settlement Up To $1.9M
• Boston Jury Convicts 'Hacktivist' Of Hospital Cyberattacks
• FCC Kicks Off Conversation On $100M Telehealth Program
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jin Jiang, Abraaj, Cigna
• Albertsons Says FCA Suit Makes Same Claims As Earlier Ones
• Allergan Files 3rd-Party Claims Against Pfizer In Opioid MDL
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• New Agency Insights On Independent Contractors
• TCPA: An Antiquated Law That Needs To Be Fixed
• Private Docs' Immunity Not Unconstitutional, Fla. Court Says
• US Atty For Pa. Creates Civil Enforcement Strike Force
• Calif. Insurance Commish Asks DOJ To Block CVS-Aetna Deal
• Fla. Clinics Faked $4.7M In Accident Bills, State Farm Says
• Opioid MDL Counties Get Partial Info From McKesson Report
• Pittsburgh Doc Hit With 100+ New Counts In Opioid Case
• 3rd Circ. Keeps US Bank On Hook For $6M 'Bad Faith' Award
• Biz Must Identify Harassment Witnesses To Union, NLRB Says
• Health Care Cos. Hit With TCPA Suit Over Unwanted Fax Ads
• 5th Circ. Rules Aetna Can't Sue Texas Hospital Over Billing
• Grifols To Divest 3 US Plasma Centers As Part Of $286M Deal
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons
• Insurers Get Green Light To Sell ACA-Skirting Policies