Health Archive » September, 2018

Health - September, 2018

266 articles

• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Health Hires: Carlton Fields, Crowell & Moring, GCs
• Tribe Gets Partial Win In HHS Clinic Funding Suit
• 5 High Court Battles Health Cos. Should Keep An Eye On
• Compounding Pharmacy, Owner Ink $1.2M Deal In FCA Case
• Swimmer Cleared Of Doping After Meds Found Contaminated
• Ex-NYU Medical Center Worker Claims Wrongful Termination
• 9 Firms To Guide IPOs Totaling $779M To Launch October
• Walgreens, Kroger Have No Right To Sue Over Remicade: J&J
• Skadden, Latham Lead $152.2M In Biotech, Tech Startup IPOs
• Opioid Task Force Arrests 76 After Raid On Tribal Land
• GAO Backs VA Denial Of Construction Bid For Unclear Bond
• Docs, Atty To Try Settling After $18M Malpractice Verdict
• Hospitals Should Plan For Tax Challenges Despite Ill. Decision
• Walgreens To Pay SEC $34.5M Over Revenue Projections
• Dismissing FCA Cases: The Granston Memo In Action
• OSF HealthCare Beats Church Plan Suit
• 6th Circ. OKs Sanction For Atty In Time-Barred Bias Suit
• Federal Workers' Health Premiums Hike Is Lowest In 24 Years
• Ky. Law Firm Can Keep Fees From Hospital Bankruptcy Case
• SEC Seeks $15.5M Win Against EB-5 Fraudsters
• Five Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $483M Led By 3 Biotech Firms
• Pa. Doc's TCPA Row With Sanofi Timely, 3rd Circ. Told
• ActiveCare Ch. 11 Sale Delayed Amid Potential Claim Issues
• Construction Co. Gets Army Facility Contract Suit Trimmed
• Pa. Can't Hide Medical Marijuana Permit Reviewers' Names
• Suit From CVS, Others To End Opioid Tribal Court Case Axed
• Aetna Sells Medicare Biz Amid Review Of $69B CVS Deal
• Fidelity Leads Ultrasound Co.'s $250M Funding Round
• How Corporate Reputation Risk Is Exacerbating D&O Liability
• Supreme Court To Weigh HHS Billing Notice Duties
• McKesson Is Roped Into Generic-Drug Price-Fixing Row
• Insurer Asks Del. Justices To Reverse $16M Damages Ruling
• PwC Escapes Valeant Investors' $80B Price-Gouging Suit
• Dental Orgs Had A Monopoly On Certifications, Suit Says
• FCC Hits Telemarketers In $120M Spoofing Crackdown
• Pa. Opioid Addiction Treatment Center Hit With OT Suit
• House Passes $857B Bill To Fund Defense, Avert Shutdown
• Allergan Medicaid Rebate Suit Redo Denied At 3rd Circ.
• DOL Rule Would Loosen Limits On Teens' Health Care Jobs
• Express Scripts Overcharged Attys For Records, Suit Says
• Ex-CVS Workers Can't Press PAGA Suit After Ceding Claims
• King & Spalding Guides Arcapita's Senior Living Portfolio Buy
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• SF Asks En Banc 9th Circ. To Revive Soda Warning Law
• St. Luke's Drops Appeal Of $7.5M Atty Fees In Antitrust Case
• DQ Prosecution In $1B Fla. Fraud Case: Nursing Home Owner
• Hospital Chain To Pay $260M Over False-Billing Claims
• ERISA Plan Doesn't Cover Boarding School: Harvard Pilgrim
• Pa. Court Affirms $4.5M Award In Bacterial Infection Suit
• Aetna Can't Duck Orthopedic Surgeon's $209K Treatment Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Tenet, Elie Schwartz, Treo Group
• Pa. High Court Revives AG's Nursing Home Marketing Suit
• Release Doesn't Bar In-Home Aides' False Billing Claims
• 17 AGs Back Mass. In Trump Birth Control Rules Challenge
• Top Dem Wants VA Subpoenaed Over Mar-A-Lago Trio
• Health Carrier Escapes Hearing Loss Coverage Denial Suit
• 3rd Circ. Deepens Uncertainty Over FINRA Arbitration
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Highlights Bid Protester Standing Issues
• An Update On Missouri's Medical Records Access Law
• 11th Circ. Revives Hostile Work Claim Based On Racial Slurs
• NY Retirees Lose Fight Over Higher Premium Contributions
• Davis Polk Helps Tailwind Capital Clinch $1.8B PE Fund
• Humira Kickback Claims Spawn Investor Suit Against AbbVie
• Ala. Hospital Reaches $4.3M FCA Deal Over Toxicology Tests
• Amarin Sees Off-Label Claims Boosted By Study Results
• Pa. Lacks Standing For ACA Birth Control Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Del. Judge Backs Releases In Millennium Lab Holdings Ch. 11
• NJ Law Firm Sued Over Alleged Inaction In Medical Row
• Brach Eichler Must Face Suit Over NJ Hospital Purchase
• Allergan's Discovery Buck-Passing Rejected In Opioid MDL
• Cancer Test Maker, Biotech Firm Prime IPOs Totaling $326M
• The Insurance And Tax Consequences Of Settling FCA Cases
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Labs Lose Challenge To 'Industry Crippling' Medicare Pay Cut
• Class Alleges Genworth Is Sinking Own Long-Term Care Unit
• VA Overhauls Vet-Owned Small Biz Ownership Verification
• Former Rite Aid Ad Exec To Cop To $5.7M Kickback Scheme
• Alaska Gov. Rips Kavanaugh On Health, Labor, Native Issues
• Employer, Insurer Can't Exit Ex-Worker's Trans Son's ACA Suit
• Athenex Gets FDA Compounding Policy Wrong, Amicus Says
• Health Care Network Wants Religious Exemption Suit Canned
• Health Hires: DLA Piper, Baker Donelson, Pharma GCs
• Calif. Insurance Law Applies To Single Violations, Panel Says
• Medline Agrees On $5M Payment Over Pesticide Claims
• Sterigenics Hid Cancer Risk Of Emissions, Ill. Residents Say
• Va. Hospital Dodges Nigerian Doctor's Race Bias Claims
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Telemedicine — The Next Frontier For DOJ Scrutiny?
• New MDL Needed For 'Opioid Babies,' Attys Say
• Blink-182 Drummer Sues Over Crash, Injury That Halted Gigs
• Immigrants, Feds Face Off Over Mental Health Care Injunction
• Kaiser Unit Beats Part Of Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
• 2nd Circuit Balks At Bid To Lower No-Fault Fraud Sentence
• Data Breaches Caused No Harm, Health System Argues
• Reality Show HIPAA Lapses Spawn $1M In Hospital Payouts
• Houston Pill Mill Doc, Clinic Chief Each Get 35 Years In Prison
• Aetna Plan Doesn't Cover Wilderness Therapy, Court Agrees
• Lloyd's Coverage Of 'Body Broker' Cases Capped At $2M
• 6th Circ. Says Contractor Must Face Nursing Home Death Suit
• Wis. Can't Bar Sex-Reassignment Coverage For State Workers
• Real Estate Rumors: Paramount, Ladder, Welltower
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• Dallas Hospital Gets Staffing Co. Race Bias Suit Trimmed
• Nursing Home Takes Death Suit To Texas Justices
• Opioid Bill Lacks Funding To Make Lasting Impact
• Del. Justices Uphold Duty Waiver In $43M LLC Sale
• Award Slashed By $1M In Delta HIV Bias Suit
• Trustee Objects To Debt Forgiveness In ActiveCare's Ch. 11
• UnitedHealthcare Can't Take Back Cephalon Antitrust Deal
• AngioDynamics Says Rival Must Stay In $145M Damages Row
• Mass. Doc Dodges Prison After Giving Patient Info To Drug Co.
• La. Panel Revives Suit Over LSU Med School Prof''s Firing
• Jones Day Gets Back M&A Pro In Detroit From Cardinal Health
• Dental Supply Distributor Fights High Court Arbitration Bid
• Becton Can't Avoid Medical Supplies Antitrust Suit, Court Told
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Challenge To $10B VA Health Records Deal
• Insurer Says Hotel Can't Prove Alleged Conspiracy's Impact
• Calif. Surgeon, Girlfriend Charged With Sexual Assault
• Novartis Warping Kickback Standard In FCA Case, DOJ Says
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• 2 Important Takeaways From 7th Circ.'s FHA Ruling
• Nixing Bonuses, Judge OKs Health Co.'s Ch. 11 Financing
• Singapore Developer Lands REIT Manager For $72.1M
• Ban On Prescription Drug 'Gag Clauses' Clears Senate
• Boston Scientific Faces Chancery Suit For Ending $275M Deal
• AbbVie Kickbacks Tainted $1.3B In Humira Claims, Calif. Says
• NJ Man Can't Get Lab Tech Names In $1M Medicare Fraud Row
• Allscripts Wants Suit Over Ransomware Attack Tossed
• Senate Passes Final $857B Defense, Health Bill For 2019
• Ore. Pot Biz Owner Gets 7 Months For Federal Tax Crimes
• Mass. Hospital Rips FCA Claims Med Students Not Supervised
• No Kickback Fines For Implant Refunds, HHS Watchdog Says
• Insurer's Bid For Docs In Brain Damage Case Mostly Denied
• DOJ Clears $67B Cigna-Express Scripts Deal
• Feds Can Still Seek Settlement Of Miss. 'Patient Dumping' Suit
• UnitedHealth Customers Lose Cert. Bid In Prosthetics Suit
• Opioid MDL Stakes Rise For Pharmacy Benefit Cos.
• Armstrong Teasdale Heads Into Philly With Montgomery Chair
• IHS To Shift $25M Over Tribal Leaders' Objections
• Central Fla. Behavioral Hit With Ex-Worker's FMLA Suit
• Gleevec Buyers Say 1st Circ.'s Dismissal Misread Patent Law
• Insys Wants Out Of Off-Label Fentanyl Prescription Suit
• Hospitals Fight Blue Cross Blue Shield Bid To Nix ERISA Suit
• North Korea Hits Back At Sony, WannaCry Hacking Charges
• Homeland Wants Out Of HCSC's Antitrust MDL Costs
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Actuary Blasts 'Soap-Operatic' Suit Over Retirement Plan
• Abortion Foe Asks 9th Circ. To Nix $195K Sanction For Videos
• Anthem 401(k) Participants Win Partial Cert. In ERISA Suit
• McCarter & English Nabs Gibbons Product Liability Pro In NJ
• Fla. Hospital Must Produce Records Of Employee Sex Assault
• WaPo Wrong To Warn Reporter For Critical Piece: NLRB Memo
• Lawmaker Takes Aim At Trump Admin. Over Insurance Rule
• NJ Doc's Med Mal Win Nixed Over Conflict Of Atty On Jury
• Trump Admin. Sued For Extending ACA-Skirting Insurance
• Weitz & Luxenberg Can't Toss Woman's $25M Fraud Suit
• Congressional Forecast: September
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Lessons From 5th Circ. Mother-Son Health Care Fraud Case
• HIG, Bain Say Investor Chancery Claims Not Backed By Facts
• Maryland Launches Counterattack On Latest ACA Challenge
• Oregon High Court Puts Fence Around Doctor-Patient Talks
• NJ Hospital's Malpractice Case Tossed Too Soon, Court Told
• House Passes $147B VA, Energy Bill For 2019
• Boston Joins In Suing Purdue, Others Over Opioid Epidemic
• Illinois Court Won't Order New Trial Over Botched Diagnosis
• Centene Seeks To Avoid Class Action Over Provider Network
• Medicare Insider Trading Culprits Get Short Sentences
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• DOJ Is Getting Creative, And Aggressive, On Opioids
• Del. Justices Probe LLC Duty Waiver In $43M Sale Appeal
• Filipino Nurses Get Class Cert. In Worker Trafficking Suit
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Appeal To Transfer Toddler Death Suit
• FCA Thunderbolt Lurks In UnitedHealth Overpayment Ruling
• $350M FCA Win Rightly Axed Under Escobar, 11th Circ. Told
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ambulance Co.'s Medicare Fraud Conviction
• Texas Hospital Aims To Nix Aetna Claims In Billing Suit
• McDermott Snags Ex-HHS OIG Pro As Partner For DC Office
• Workers Say Mo. Ruling Can't Aid Pensions In Exemption Row
• Teacher Can't Fight Trump Birth Control Rules, Judge Says
• North Cypress V. Cigna Shows Perils Of Fee-Forgiving
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Veterans Group Slams Wilkie Over VA Benefit Bill Stance
• Hospitals Sue HHS For Slow-Walking 340B Penalties
• FDA Warning Wire: Plant Problems Behind Medtronic Recalls
• Bernstein Litowitz Vies For Lead In Mednax Stock Drop Suit
• La. Hospital Beats Ex-Employee's Racial Discrimination Suit
• ERISA Industry Group Wants Delay Of ACA 'Cadillac Tax'
• CNA Looks To End Long-Term Care Denial Suit With $5M Deal
• FDA's Former Top Atty Heads Back To Sidley Austin
• Lawmakers Agree To $146B VA, Energy Funding Bill For 2019
• VA Hospital Isn't Liable In Shrimp Allergy Death, Judge Says
• Fla. Doc Gets 20 Years For 'Hospice-Level' Opioid Scripts
• Why Fla. Should Adopt Telehealth Legislation
• Marriott Fights Workers' Info Bid In COBRA Suit
• Dechert Adds Life Sciences-Focused PE Atty In London
• Berger Singerman Adds K&L Gates Atty To Health Practice
• Medical Device Maker Wins $645M In Rival Theft Case
• No Health Plan Injury Means Consol Can Ditch Miners' Suit
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• N. Korean Cyber Charges Show Cos. How To Catch A Hacker
• Howls Of Protest Greet Medicare's 'Historic' Payment Plan
• Atty Gets 15 More Years For Fleeing US After $550M Scam
• Court Urged To Deny Quick Win In Church Plan ERISA Suit
• NJ Doc Loses License Over Opioid Prescriptions, Insys Pay
• Walgreens Buys Files From 185 Fred's Pharmacies For $165M
• KKR Leads Calif. Health Tech Co.'s $57M Funding Round
• Saul Ewing Lands 2 Defamation, Media Pros In Boston
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Chicago Health Workers Win $10M In Abuse Case
• Gov't Can Refile FCA Suit After Tired Relators Quit: 5th Circ.
• VA Docs Didn't Prove Sex Discrimination, Fed. Circ. Finds
• Expert Wrongly Nixed In Doc's Kickback Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Ohio Court Orders New Trial For Docs In Brain Damage Suit
• Health Hires: Pepper Hamilton, Perkins Coie, Davis Wright
• BTG Snags Irish Vascular Health Co. In $150M Deal
• 1st Circ. Revives Suit Over Harvard Pilgrim's ERISA Denial
• The Courts' Take On Obama-Era Regs: You Are Erased
• A Look At OIG's Medicare Exclusion Analysis Under FCA
• UnitedHealth Wins Challenge To Medicare Overpayment Rule
• New Emails Reveal Kavanaugh As Opinionated Bush Lawyer
• Starbucks Can't Stall Cancer Label Suit For 'Hypothetical' Rule
• Seattle Agrees To Suspend Hotel Benefits Law For Now
• The Bloody Saga That Made Theranos Finally Call It Quits
• North Korean Man Charged With Sony Hack, WannaCry Virus
• Pa. Health System To Pay $1.6M To Settle ERISA Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives Alabama Nursing Home Workers' FLSA Suit
• VC-Backed Upwork, Guardant File IPOs Totaling $200M
• Hartford Says $1.2M Degree Claims Not 'Property Damage'
• Health Co. Can't Nix $1.8B ERISA Suit With Church Exemption
• U Of Alabama Board Slips Sex Bias, Race Harassment Claims
• Oberland Capital Reaps $800M For Second Fund
• Hospital Can't Duck Med Mal Suit Over Missing Affidavit
• New Oversight Powers For NY Special Needs Justice Center
• Rite Aid Can't Escape Calif. Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• ERISA Doesn't Bump Providers' State Law Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Parents Seek $71M Award From IHS In Baby Brain Injury Suit
• FDA Ordered To Finish Overdue Graphics For Tobacco Labels
• Texas Can't Enforce New Law Over Fetal Remains Disposal
• Texas Judge Promises Quick Decision On ACA's Fate
• Tribes Can't Have Opioid Suits Sent To State Court From MDL
• ERISA Claims Against UnitedHealthcare Faulty, Judge Says
• J&J, Janssen Win Mass. Risperdal Suit On Teen's Weight Gain
• Medical Records Co. Reaches $4.9M Deal To Resolve OT Suit
• ACA Cost-Sharing Payments Mandatory, Claims Court Rules
• Hospital Fee Class Claim Notice Was Adequate, NJ Court Says
• FDA Focus: What Morgan Lewis' Practice Chair Is Watching
• Compliance Concerns For Catholic Health Care Collaborations
• EEOC Backs 7th Circ. Toss of CVS' Attorneys' Fees
• 3rd Circ. Revives FCA Case Against PharMerica
• Ex-Tenet Execs Blast Delays In Maternity Kickback Case
• ACA Funding Case Doesn't Need Full Fed. Circ., DOJ Says
• Ohio Hospital Hit With Suit Over Destroyed Birth Records
• McKesson Defends Right To $7M Of Disputed Orexigen Funds
• MoFo Hires Virginia Lt. Gov. And Former Prosecutor
• Health Co. Says Investors Were Well-Informed Before Spinoff
• Shkreli Claims Bad Jury Instructions In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Court Can't Block Nonfinal Compounding Policy, FDA Says
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• Tribe Can't Fault Generics Cos. For Opioid Crisis, Court Told
• The Potential Reach Of High Court's AmEx Antitrust Analysis