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Health - October, 2018

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• Estate Seeks Retrial After Jury Clears Firm Of Malpractice
• HHS Reverses Course, Will Start 340B Fines Soon
• Cardiac Tech Co. Stakeholders Want Board Members Verified
• DOL Seeks To Quash States' Association Health Plan Suit
• WinCo Plan Dropped In-Network Dialysis Benefit, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Athenahealth, CVC, Thermo Fisher
• 3 Health Care IPOs Net $390M Total To Close Choppy October
• Ransomware Hackers Target Group 'Involved' In US Elections
• Ill. Hospital Can't Escape Nurse's Cancer Treatment ADA Suit
• US Narrows Bid For Israeli Court Docs In $163.5M Tax Row
• AIG Unit Needn't Cover Medical Service Co. Harassment Suits
• Boston Says Opioid Suit Is Purely A State Law Matter
• Assessing Innovations For Medical Device Development
• With Conflicting Paths On FAA, High Court Likely To Take Both
• Insurers Sweat Gov't U-Turn On Medicare Advantage Audits
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• DC Circ. Backs FDA Denial Of Rx-Only MiraLAX Generics
• Ex-Valeant Exec, Pharmacy CEO Get Year For Kickback Fraud
• Morgan & Morgan Must Pay $5M For Bungling Med Mal Case
• GE Says Power Business Is A Focus Of DOJ, SEC Probes
• Health Data Co.'s $3.95M Wage Deal Needs More Info: Judge
• Ohio Clinic Not Liable In Patient's Death After Sinus Surgery
• Drs. Group Urges FTC Antitrust Scrutiny Of Insulin Pricing
• Houston Hospital Fights Doc's $6.4M Defamation Award
• Amarin Says Supplement Cos. Can't Tout Its Omega-3 Trial
• Investors Hit Dental Group With Action Over Planned Merger
• App-Based Health Care Co. Nabs $50M In Funding Round
• Tenn. Co. Ex-Driver Wants Class Cert. In COBRA Notice Row
• Diligence Remains Key For Medicare Advantage Plans
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• More Concerns Raised About Compliance At Broward Health
• Texas Doc Says He Can Prove Hospital Antitrust Claim
• BCBS Hid Air Ambulance Coverage, Patients Tell 8th Circ.
• Marriott Seeks Quick Win In Workers' COBRA Notice Suit
• Hospital System, Ex-Workers Settle 'Church Plan' ERISA Suit
• Justices Won't Review Gov't Contractor Robocall Liability
• 10th Circ. Won't Redo 'Unprecedented' Heart Surgery FCA Call
• ArchiMed Raises More Than €400M In Health Care Fund
• Justices Look For Arbitration 'Outs' In Antitrust Appeal
• Chicago Insurance Exec Pleads Guilty To $13.5M Fraud
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Prospects For Tax Policy In A Divided Post-Election Congress
• How SUPPORT Will Affect Pharma Interactions With DEA
• J&J Can't Arbitrate Distributor's Claims In Remicade Row
• 12 Firms To Guide Six IPOs Raising $468M Amid Dicey Market
• Too Late To Stop Bargain Bin Health Plans, Judge Says
• ERISA Suit Over EpiPen Costs Remains Alive
• Teva's Off-Label Fentanyl Promotion Fueled Crisis, Ky. Says
• Only Loestrin Market Matters In Antitrust Row, Retailers Say
• Home Care Co. Inks $7.7M Deal Over Driving Pay Policy
• Abbott, AbbVie Pay $25M Over Off-Label Promos, Kickbacks
• Health Co. Wants WebMD Trade Secrets Row In State Court
• $400M Arbitral Award Against Czechs Isn't Binding: DC Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Nix Couple's $35M Penalty For EB-5 Fraud
• New Mass. Committee To Focus On Lawyers' Mental Health
• 11th Circ. Orders New Trial Over Incontinence IP Fraud
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• 5 Takeaways As Trump Eyes Cut To Medicare Drug Payments
• Miss. Justices Say KPMG Can't Arbitrate Health System Row
• VA Should Improve Small Biz Preference Program, GAO Says
• NY Court Revives Med Mal Insurance Row Over $8.6M Award
• Medical Co. Execs Say Claims They Diluted Stock Are Flimsy
• DOJ Unveils Appalachian Opioid Strike Force, $35M For Kids
• Law Firms Support Trans Community Following HHS Memo
• USC Sex Abuse Victims' Attys Blast $215M Class Suit Deal
• Private Equity Investor Says Partner Tricked Him Into Quitting
• Pa. Suit Claims Rite-Aid Staff Blurted Out Man's HIV Status
• A First Look At The Sweeping New Opioid Law
• Larger Issues Possibly At Stake In High Court Medicare Case
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• Trump Signs Vast Opioid Legislation Into Law
• UnitedHealth Says Investors Should Wait To Demand Books
• Bressler Amery Launches Cannabis Practice In Fla., NJ
• Women's Expert Witnesses Axed In Bayer Mirena MDL
• Walgreens Escapes Investor Suit Over Failed Rite Aid Deal
• Teva Asks FTC To Tweak Watson-Actavis Merger Fix
• Hospital Co. Wants To Nix $61.8M False Claims Suit
• Med Mal Time Limits Questioned Before Pa. Justices
• NJ Law Applies In Bard Pelvic Mesh Multicounty Litigation
• DOJ Flouting FCA Discovery Duties, UnitedHealth Unit Says
• Pa. Hospital Calls Email To PR Firm Protected Work Product
• A Closer Look At CMS' Drug Price Disclosure Proposal
• From Medicine To Sexbots, AI Raises Liability Questions
• Gibson Dunn Steers $625M Sale Of Kraft Heinz India Brands
• Mednax Can't Escape Aetna's $50M Overbilling Claims In Pa.
• Horizon Settles With Last Hospital In Tiered Plan Suit
• Fund's $1M ACA Payment Is Not A Tax, 4th Circ. Rules
• Benefits Firms Want Out Of Suit Over Pension Termination
• FDA Warning Wire: Global Crackdown On Online Drug Sales
• Drug Rehab Co. Gets Nod For Additional Ch. 11 Financing
• Couple Says Gov't 'Ambush' Led To Fraud Convictions
• Attys Weren't Alerted To Basis For Sanctions, 3rd Circ. Told
• FDA Focus: What Loeb & Loeb's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Health Care CEO Says Failed Deal Left Him $11M Short
• DOL Rule Encourages Workers To Buy Own Health Insurance
• Risk Testimony Key To Med Mal Defenses, Pa. Justices Told
• Eye Products Supplier Must Face DOJ's Kickbacks Suit
• Insurers Are Well-Positioned To Address Opioid Epidemic
• UK Biotech Orchard Primes $200M IPO Led By Goodwin
• BCBS Mass. Looks To Drop Wilderness Therapy Coverage Suit
• EEOC Seeks Win In Ex-Hospital Worker's Religious Bias Suit
• Trump Invites ACA Suits By Giving States New Leeway
• Medical Co. Inks $5.25M Deal To End FCA Accusations
• Unsecured Creditors Flag Drug Rehab. Co.'s Ch. 11 Financing
• Labs Say UnitedHealth Can't Sue On State Fraud Claims
• Housekeeping Co. Hit With Privacy Suit Over Fingerprinting
• NECC Pharmacy Tech Testifies About Hijinks In Drug Lab
• Gov'ts Must Link Patient Data To Prescriptions In Opioid MDL
• Deals Rumor Mill: O2, PMI, Constellation Brands
• Illinois Physical Therapy Co. Can't Duck FCA Suit
• Pittsburgh Home Health Workers Accused Of Medicaid Fraud
• Med Device Biz, Chinese Fintech Launch IPOs Totaling $141M
• Evidence Violation Doesn't Nix Tax Fraud Verdict: 11th Circ.
• FTC Clears $70B Linde-Praxair Deal With Asset Sale
• Beware Laws Intersecting Benefit Concierge Services
• Fla. Pharmacy Hit With False Claims Suit Over Kickbacks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Swiss Re, CPPIB, Nestle
• Gov't Asks 9th Circ. To Revive New Birth Control Rules
• Dental Supplier Calls FTC Case Textbook 'Regulatory Hubris'
• NY Top Court Nixes 'Soft Cap' On Contractor Health Exec Pay
• Fake Patient Names Take Center Stage At 3rd NECC Trial
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• Medical Device Maker Sued Over 'Dangerous' Walking Boot
• USC Inks $215M Deal To End Sex Abuse Class Suit
• EBSA Regulatory Agenda Tackles Fiduciary Rule, Birth Control
• Eisai Downplayed Drug's 'Homicidal' Side Effects, FDA Says
• Pharmacy's Damages Are Actually Reparable, Pa. Court Rules
• Ark. Supreme Court Scraps Tort Reform Ballot Measure
• McMillan Steers IAnthus, MPX In $683M Cannabis Co. Merger
• Horizon, Hospital Settle Claims In NJ Suit Over Tiered Plan
• Jury Told Of Seized Drugs, Unsafe Workplace At NECC Trial
• Hinshaw Targets Fla. Health Prowess With Wilson Elser Hire
• Horizon Wants DLA Piper DQ'd In Hemophilia Treatment Row
• BCBS Shielded By Old Deals In Antitrust MDL, Judge Rules
• United Healthcare Sued For 'Arbitrary' Therapy Payment Policy
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• 11th Circ. Says FCA Relator Barred From Forfeiture Case
• Vet-Owned Biz Is Always VA Contract Priority, Fed. Circ. Says
• Ariz. AG Sues Dental Supply Co. Benco Over Group Boycott
• Cooley-Led Med Device Co. Prices $108M IPO Amid Volatility
• 20 Drugmakers Must Face Generic Price-Fixing MDL
• 7th Circ. Upholds Conviction For Doc Who Ripped Off Insurers
• Crowell & Moring Snags Cadwalader's Complete Health Team
• Ferry Companies Pay $3M To Settle Health Benefit Claims
• Bayer Cholesterol Drug FCA Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Pa. Rehab Sues Insurer Over Third-Party Drug Test Payments
• Redo Bid On Ill. Hospital's Med Mal Win Has 'No Merit': Panel
• Calif. Tribes Become Latest To Bring Opioid Crisis Suits
• Mass. MD Says FCA Case Over Surgeries Should Advance
• Zoning Changes Doom NYC Nursing Home Permit, Court Says
• Co-Owner Of NY, NJ Pharmacies Charged With Tax Fraud
• Class Arbitration Goes To The Supreme Court
• Attys From 2 Firms Seek $4.75M In Health Tech Co. Settlement
• To What Extent Can CMS Informally Issue Interpretive Rules?
• Paul Hastings A 3rd Party To Fraud, Cancer Center Exec Says
• Dental Suppliers Told Reps Not To Sell To Buying Co-Ops: FTC
• Opioid MDL Gov'ts Must ID Prescriptions Or Limit Evidence
• Trump's Rulemaking Agenda Aims To Cut $18B In Costs
• FDA Warning Wire: E-Cig Juice Spiked With ED Drugs
• Class Cert. Push Renewed In UnitedHealth ERISA Battle
• KPMG Can't Exit Hospital Pension Plan Fight, Judge Says
• NJ Hospital, Jersey City Reach $4.9M Deal Over Property Tax
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Attys Get $4.3M In Fees In $17M HIV Disclosure Settlement
• Can Blockchain Deliver Secure IT Solutions For Health Care?
• Robotic Tech Co. Defends Internal Controls In Fraud Suit
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• 21st Century Oncology Gets Stipulated Dismissal of FCA Suit
• Anthem To Settle Health Care Data Breach For Record $16M
• Ill. Health Insurance Nonprofits Sue Over Opioid Crisis
• Dental Co. Claims Must Go To Arbitrator, High Court Told
• Health Exec Pleads Guilty To Role In Opioid Scheme
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Express Scripts Not Hurt By Alleged Breach, Pharmacies Say
• Opioid MDL Needs Gov't Docs To Advance, Drugmakers Say
• DOJ Charges Florida Men with $1B Telemedicine Fraud Scam
• Co. Bids To Keep CVS Unit From Clients In Trade Secrets Row
• Widower Asks High Court To Review Military Injury Suit Ban
• Feds Must Face Suit Over Diabetic's Death At IHS Hospital
• Dentist, Tooth Aligner Co. Hit Ala. Board With Antitrust Suit
• Indiana Asks Justices To Revive Pence-Backed Abortion Law
• Ex-NECC Workers Blame Boss In Fraud Case
• 4 Key Takeaways As HHS Demands Drug Prices In TV Ads
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• FTC Accuses Dental Supply Cos. Of Refusing Discount Sales
• Telehealth Pilot Needn't Fund New Infrastructure, FCC Told
• Health Hires: Insys, Ex-US Atty, Katten, Kasowitz, Dechert
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, SoftBank, Athenahealth
• NJ Surgical Center Says Horizon Low-Balled Reimbursements
• State Farm Inks $18.5M Deal In Policyholder Class Suit
• Kaleida Health Hit With ERISA Suit Over Mutual Funds
• Liberty Mutual Shirking Painkiller Coverage, Pa. Suit Says
• Texas Atty Suspended During Workers' Comp Fraud Appeal
• Tenet Brass Knock Back Derivative Suit Over FCA Settlement
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Aetna Settles State AGs' Claims Over Health Info Breaches
• 3 Takeaways From The $69B CVS-Aetna Deal
• VA Sued For Witholding Docs On Mar-a-Lago 'Shadow Council'
• Trans University Staffers Win $780K Over Bias About Surgery
• Chiropractor, Insurer End Row Over Injections Coverage
• Grassley Seeks FTC Probe Of Hospital, Insurer Contracts
• 11th Circ. OKs Nurse's 5-Year Sentence For Patient ID Theft
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• 5 NY Docs Charged With Prescribing Opioids For Cash, Trips
• Court Urged To Decertify Class In Hospital Price Hike Row
• Cannabis Co. MedMen Picks Up PharmaCann In $682M Deal
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Looking Past The Issue Of Price Transparency In Health Care
• Blue Cross Insurer, LabCorp Beat STD-Testing Antitrust Suit
• Senior Dem Says VA Stonewalling Mar-A-Lago Trio Probe
• Trump Approves Prohibition On Pharmacy 'Gag Clauses'
• Canadian Regulators Find Pot Company Disclosures Lacking
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Robs Chicago Taxpayers, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, WeWork, Bayer
• Senate Dems Fail To Derail Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
• UPMC Denied Quick Win In Gender Discrimination Suit
• NJ Appeals Court Puts Doc Back On Hook After Tainted Trial
• Bon Secours Health System Wants Claims In FCA Suit Tossed
• Delta Likely To Evade $1M Suit Over Terminal Detention
• AbbVie Faces 2nd Investor Suit Over Humira Kickbacks
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• CVS To Sell Medicare Plan To Win $69B Aetna Deal Clearance
• Ill. Jury Awards $50M For Child's Oxygen-Deprived Birth
• Opioid MDL Gov'ts Must Pinpoint Improper Prescriptions
• Starbucks, Dunkin' Can't Dodge Prop 65 Penalties Trial
• FDA Warning Wire: McKesson Policy Lapses, Tainted Cat Food
• Boston Scientific Merger Trial Fast-Tracked In Chancery
• 450 Tribes Demand A 'Seat At The Table' In Opioid MDL
• Physicians, AOA Seek Final OK On Tying-Suit Settlement
• Sports Medicine Doctors Get Wider Protection Under New Law
• Dorsey & Whitney Names New Managing Partner
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• Ohio County's Opioid Bellwether Gets OK From Magistrate
• Outside Whistleblowers Key To $625M Amerisource FCA Deal
• Veteran Med Mal Atty Joins Grant & Eisenhofer In Chicago
• 6 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Exceeding $1B Led By Lithium Co.
• Ky. Hospital 'Church Plan' Suit Won't Be Nixed
• Hospitals Won't Be Rapped For Arbitration Deals Amid OT Suit
• Tobacco Warning Labels Ready By 2021 At Earliest, FDA Says
• High Court Asked To Review $3M Disgorgement Post-Trial Win
• Ala. Justices Say Nursing Home Can't Arbitrate Death Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Salini Impregilo, CannTrust, Civitas
• Asbestos Firm, Insurers Reach Deal In Payback Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Hogan Lovells
• Texas Doc Pleads Guilty In $40M Med Center Bribery Scam
• HealthNow Wants Out Of Hospitals' Benefits Payment Suit
• Purdue Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Opioid Marketing
• Cancer Test Provider Raises $238M In IPO As Shares Soar
• Bankrupt Verity Health Fights Leases, Citing $25M Loss
• Insurer Owed Nobilis Defense Of Stock Drop Suits: Judge
• IQVIA Can't Nix Counterclaims In Trade Secrets Suit
• Winn-Dixie Seeks Reversal Of Major Web Accessibility Ruling
• Ex-Morgan Lewis Client Challenges Subpoena In $30M Suit
• Texas Hospital Says Patient Shot By Guard Can't Bring Suit
• Cooley Guides Cannabis Co. Tilray's $400M Notes Offering
• Fed. Circ. Backs VA On Veteran's Benefit Delay
• Athena Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Nixed Biotech Patent
• Tribe Urges 9th Circ. To Rethink Veterans' Compensation Suit
• Parents Urge 6th Circ. To Revive Infant Blood Collection Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Priderock, Invesco, Welltower
• Senate Sends Sweeping Opioid Legislation To Trump's Desk
• 'Deja Vu All Over Again' For Judge In Abortion Group's Suit
• Fla. Judge To Block Medical Marijuana Rules
• Cigna Names GC To Guide Co. Post-Express Scripts Merger
• ActiveCare Ch. 11 Sale OK'd With Liability Concerns Resolved
• Practicality Outweighs Legal Issues In VA Contract Dispute
• 4 Firms Break From Pack In Scorching September For IPOs
• Ill. Wants Sterigenics Plant Closed Amid Cancer Concerns
• Claims Co. Can't Duck Row Over Lowball Offer, 1st Circ. Told
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• WebMD Says It Didn't Swipe Smaller Co. Secrets, Break NDA
• 3rd Circ. Revives Medical Costs Row Over Navy's Toxic Spills
• The DOJ's Current White Collar Priorities
• EEOC Accuses Mich.-Run Hospital Of Age Discrimination
• Acadia Hid Weak UK Expansion From Investors, Suit Says
• Antitrust Considerations For Government Contractors
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Ex-Abbott Researcher Says 'Erroneous' Law Sank FCA Claims
• New Meal Waiver Law Can't Nix Old Row, Calif. Justices Hear
• Firm Beats $5M Malpractice Claim, Wins $150K For Fees
• Md. Court Restores $3.7M Jury Award In Suit Against EMTs
• Doctors Say Jury Doubled Up $4.4M Judgment, Seek New Trial
• Ex-Hospital Worker Loses Cert. Denial Appeal In Wage Suit
• Medline Sued Over Biometric Timekeeping System In Illinois
• Wolters Kluwer Accused Of Dominating Medical Journals
• Court Can Decide Dental Suit Arbitration Bid, Justices Told
• FDA Focus: What Mintz's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Baker Donelson DQ'd In BCBS Antitrust Row Against Ex-Client
• HHS' Acting GC Under Obama Returns To Zuckerman Spaeder
• Pa. Doc Can't Escape Med Mal Suit Over Newborn's Death
• Verity Health Gets $235M Stalking Horse Bid On 2 Hospitals
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• Claims Trimmed In ERISA Suit Against Allina Health System
• Amerisource Inks $625M FCA Deal In 'Sham Pharmacy' Row
• Doctor's Duplicative FCA Suit Against MedImmune Dismissed
• Wife Not Liable For Husband's Medicare Fraud, 3rd Circ. Told
• Health Care Advocates Ask For Block Of ACA-Skirting Plans
• High Court Declines Ky. Hospital Tax Reimbursement Case
• Mass. Hospital Must Face Ex-Employee's Discrimination Suit
• Texas Hospital Giants To Join, Forming State's Largest Chain
• Sidley Steers Stryker's $220M HyperBranch Deal
• Indiana Hospital Can't Escape Suit Over Benefits Rollback
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Wells Fargo, Elion Partners
• FDA Will Update Cybersecurity Guidance For Medical Devices
• Health System Inks $24M Settlement In FCA Case
• DaVita Pays $270M For Inflating Medicare Advantage Bills
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Medicare Advantage Fight
• Questions Remain After OIG Releases Fraud Risk Indicator
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle Circuit Split Over FCA Specifics