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Health - November, 2018

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• New Lab Payments Inflated By $11B, Watchdog Warns
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 11th Circ. OKs Indictment Change In Med-Smuggling Case
• Wash. State Slams Health Cos.' Defense In Price-Fix Suit
• Tort Reform Bills Face Higher Bar After Ky. High Court Ruling
• Becton Buyers' Antitrust Suit Killed Under Illinois Brick
• Atty Denied Bid To Revive Fee Fight After Arbitration No-Show
• Practitioner's Guide To Stratified Random Sampling: Part 1
• Gov't Wants Insys Founder's Atty Sanctioned For Media Talk
• Health Hires: Foley, Smith Gambrell, NewYork-Presbyterian
• Congressional Forecast: December
• NLRB Contract-Bar Rule Continues To Confuse
• Mass. US Atty Sends Warnings To Opioid-Prescribing Docs
• Cancer Center's Private Sale Plan Nixed For Ch. 11 Auction
• Unsecured Creditors Flag Promise Healthcare's Ch. 11 Plans
• Fla. Pharmacist Gets 6½ Years For Bogus Claims For Creams
• States Fire Back At Gov't In Association Health Plan Row
• Sterigenics Suits Belong In State Court, Ill. Residents Say
• NY Court Affirms Home Health Co.'s Win In Child Burn Trial
• Mercy Health Church Plan Settlement Gets Final OK
• $4M Deal In Health Aide Wage-And-Hour Row Gets Final OK
• Tenn. Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty In $65M Tricare Scam
• Insys Founder Must Turn Over Docs In Opioid Probe, Feds Say
• JPML Wary Of Special Litigation For 'Opioid Babies'
• New CMS Rules Reinforce Trend Away From Traditional Care
• Mass. Hospital Megamerger Wins Approval After AG Deal
• PE Manager To Face Contempt Hearing In Hospital's Ch. 11
• Texas Hospital Can't Duck Suit Over Amputated Leg
• Indiana Hospital Workers Reach Deal In Pension Suit
• Med Tech Co. Seeks DC Circ. Review Of $400M Award Denial
• Drug Wholesaler Must Cough Up $5.7M For Junk Faxes
• FDA Approves First Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Biosimilar
• 2 Iranians Charged With Ransomware Attack On US Cities
• Doctor Tells 1st Circ. ERISA Should Guarantee Disability Plan
• Insys Ex-VP To Cooperate With Gov't In Opioid Kickback Case
• HHS OIG Opinion Raises Questions On Free Drug Offers
• DLA Piper Fights DQ Bid In Hemophilia Treatment Row
• Ethicon Cites Its Atty's Dying Dad In Pa. Mesh Mistrial Bid
• Pa. Ruling May Open Floodgates On Cybersecurity Suits
• Promise Healthcare Suitor Balks At Ch. 11 Bid Protections
• FDA Focus: What Arnold & Porter's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Pa. Rails Against Rules To Weaken ACA Birth Control Mandate
• Ariz. AG Slams Doctors' Antitrust Settlement With AOA
• 3rd Circ. Says Doc's TCPA Claims Against Sanofi Are Untimely
• GAO Will Probe Alleged 'Shadow Rule' Of VA: Sen. Warren
• Robbins Geller Named Lead Counsel In J&J Stock-Drop Suit
• Express Scripts Urges Toss Of Records Fee Suit
• Rehab Co.'s Ch. 11 Financing, Disclosure Statement Get OK
• Why Private Equity Has Eyes On Vision Care
• Jurors Should Ask More Questions During Trials
• A Call For Nationwide Consistency On Noncompetes
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit FCA Materiality Dispute
• ​​​​​​​Big Pharma Howls As Feds Eye Wider Drug Negotiations
• LabMD Sues Ex-Bryan Cave Atty In NY Supreme Court
• Gov't Wants New Bribery Evidence In Health Care Fraud Case
• Chiropractors' Job Includes Diagnosis, Not Neurology: Panel
• 32 States Back Ark. In Potential High Court Drug-Price Fight
• Cancer Center's Ch. 11 To Stay In Del. Due To Looming Risks
• Latin American Blank-Check Co. Tops 2 IPOs Totaling $170M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Fiat, Total
• Dignity-Catholic Health Merger Wins OK From Calif. AG
• CVS, Aetna $69B Merger Clears Final Hurdle In NY
• FDA Modernizes Medical Device Review Process
• Calif. Ruling Dings Engagement Letter Arbitration Clauses
• Why We Should Be Interested In The New HRA Regulations
• 10 Things We Wish We Were Told When Going In-House
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms
• Rehab Co. Agrees To Modify Ch. 11's 3rd-Party Releases
• Claims Court Can't Rule On IT Co.'s Task Order Protest
• Rite Aid Escapes Generic Drug Copay Suit Over Timeliness
• FDA Finally Hitting Sweet Spot With Off-Label Oversight
• Drug Cos. Can't Block Damages In Opioid MDL Bellwethers
• Dave & Buster's Workers Take 2nd Stab At $7.4M ERISA Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Kirkland
• More Medical Device Co. Inspections Upped Compliance: FDA
• 3 Firms Vie To Lead Class Suit Over Alleged AbbVie Kickbacks
• The Virtual Law Team: Advantages For Litigants And Lawyers
• UPMC Must Protect Workers' Personal Info, Pa. Justices Rule
• NJ Hospital Revives Bid To Arbitrate Whistleblower Claims
• What Does A Split Congress Mean For Drug Pricing Agenda?
• Atrium Misused ERISA's Government Exception, Workers Say
• Okla. Cancer Center Told To Justify Filing For Ch. 11 In Del.
• Epic Escobar Split Needs High Court Help: Home Health Co.
• Del. Justices Nix $16M Award Against Health Co.'s Insurer
• Judge Blasts Miss. In Order Nixing 15-Week Abortion Ban
• Ex-Bronco Sues NFL Retirement Plan Over Disability Benefits
• Ignore AGs Meddling In Popular $84M AOA Deal, Docs Urge
• 5 Business Takeaways From The Midterms
• Provant Creditors File Ch. 11 Clawback Over $2M Transfer
• CVS Fights Bid To Block It From Contacting 340B Customers
• Honigman Miller Adds Ex-FTC Official To Chicago Office
• Fed. Circ. Says 'Well Living Lab' TM Is Merely Descriptive
• High Court Junk Fax Case Is Not Just About Junk Faxes
• Emerging Cybersecurity Threats In The Legal Industry
• Ex-Law Firm Manager Can't Shake Conviction Over $5M Fraud
• Free Mallinckrodt Drugs Risk Kickback Fines, Watchdog Says
• Fla. Judge Won't Compel Navy Record In Hospital Assault Suit
• Okla. Proton Treatment Center Asks For $400K In DIP Money
• Doctor, Hospital Absolved Again In Toe Amputation Suit
• New Express Scripts Policy Merits Suit Revival, Court Told
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Flags Rehab Co.'s 3rd-Party Releases
• Blood-Clot Drug Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• Hospital System Stuck With Employees' OT Suit, For Now
• Lack Of Religious Knowledge Doesn't OK Firing, EEOC Says
• Narrow 'Sex' Definition Puts Trans People At Risk, AGs Say
• States, Feds Debate Birth Control Mandate Row's Next Step
• Mich. City To Pay Over $4.25M To End Retiree Benefits Suit
• Fla. Court Points To Possible Unlicensed Actions By Ky. Firm
• FDA Was In The Dark About NECC Misconduct, Official Says
• Unboxing The Plan To Allow HRAs To Pay Health Premiums
• KPMG Gets Pushback On Appeal Bid In Hospital Pension Suit
• Let Cable Companies Deliver Telehealth, FCC Told
• Kirkland, Simpson Steer $3.15B Colfax-DJO Global Deal
• Pharma Cos. Sued Over Children Born Addicted To Opioids
• DOJ Pans Maryland's Suit Aimed At Saving ACA
• New Health Reimbursement Rule Stokes Cost, Bias Concerns
• Ky. Supreme Court Strikes Down Med Mal Review Panels
• Real Estate Rumors: SJP, Baptist Hospital Of Miami, Beacon
• Meet The Judge Who Controls Fate Of ACA, Trump's AG
• Supreme Court Will Address FCA Statute Of Limitations
• Rise Of The CMOs
• Alaska Native Health Group Added To Massive Opioid Suit
• Advocate Health Reaches $1.5M Deal In Nurse Wage, OT Row
• Health Hires: Quinn Emanuel, Goodwin, Ropes & Gray
• Texas Man Convicted In $36M Drug Resale Scheme
• Fla. Judge To Be Reprimanded Over Recommendation Letter
• Taxation With Representation: Jones Day, Simpson, Gibson
• Sidley Snags Former Milbank Tweed Corporate Practice Pro
• Prospects For Tax Policy In The 116th Congress
• Notice Requirement Would Undermine Medicare, HHS Says
• UPenn Dental Affiliate Beats Ex-Dentist's Race Bias Suit
• Judge Says Illinois Nurse's Bias Suit Lacks Merit
• Promise Healthcare Floats $3M Ch. 11 Exec Bonus Plan
• SEC Cracks Down On Alleged $3.3M Boiler Room Scheme
• Judge Won't Quash AGs' Subpoenas In Generic Pricing MDL
• DOJ Cuts Deal With Hospital In Patient-Steering Suit
• Insys Sales VP To Plead Guilty In Opioid Kickback Case
• A Chat With Bryan Cave Innovation Chief Katie DeBord
• Press Pause Before Using Biometric Tech In The Workplace
• J&J Should Pay For Talc Devotee's Death, SC Jury Hears
• High Court May Upend TCPA Litigation Landscape
• Standard Too High On ND Drs. Group Merger, 8th Circ. Told
• J&J Staves Off Asbestos Baby Powder Suit In Calif. Jury Win
• DOJ Poised To Squeeze FCA Testimony From Anthem
• Okla. VA Immune From Genetic Bias Claim, Judge Says
• Texas Court Spikes Med-Mal Claim Over Vague Expert Report
• Texas Panel Tosses Claim Doc Tricked Mistress Into Abortion
• AGs Can Try To Oppose Doctors' Settlement, NJ Judge Says
• Ropes & Gray Steers Medical Device Co.'s $56M IPO
• Capgemini's $990K Deal Gets Final Nod In Benefits Dispute
• Judge Won't DQ Fla. Prosecutors In $1B Health Fraud Case
• Simple Secrets For Improving Your CLE
• Express Scripts, Pharmacy Drama Ends With Last-Minute Deal
• Gottlieb Says FDA Acted Slowly On Opioids
• Colo. High Court Must Decide Collateral Source Row: Walmart
• Janssen 'Doublespeak' Fueled Opioid Crisis, NJ Suit Says
• 8th Circ. Backs Hospital In EEOC Religious Bias Appeal
• Justices Turn Away LabMD's Appeal In Tiversa Fraud Row
• Alaska Telecom Presses FCC For Review Of Subsidy Cut
• Man Acquitted Of Conspiring On Bribery With Texas Lawmaker
• Ex-CEO Accused Of Tipping Oriole Reaches $1.5M SEC Deal
• Fla. Blue Cross Illegally Cornering ACA Market, Rival Says
• 3rd-Party Releases Bring Chapter 11 Venue Considerations
• FDA Warns Stem Cell Co. On Marketing, Manufacturing
• Maryland Challenges Acting AG Whitaker's Appointment
• High Court Won't Hear $3M Disgorgement Challenge
• High Court Won't Touch Honeywell Retiree Benefits Battle
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Talking About Gen Z
• Employee Nonsolicitation Terms Now Likely Void In California
• Shaping Health Care In America Through M&A And Innovation
• Justices To Consider FCC Deference In Junk Fax Case
• Veritas, Evergreen To Take Athenahealth Private For $5.7B
• How The States Fared In The Midterms
• Wisc. Agency Appeals In Trans State Workers' Coverage Suit
• 8th Circ. Says Gov't Exempt From Army Priest Sex Abuse Suit
• $1.6M Deal Approved In OT Suit Against Home Health Agency
• Vocational Students Not Workers Under FLSA, 10th Circ. Says
• Express Scripts Rightfully Nixed Pharmacy Contract
• HHS Must Pay Facility Costs To Alaska Tribal Health Org
• Ex-Clinic Operator Gets Prison In $158M Medicare Scam
• Judge OKs Release Of Market Share Data In Opioid MDL
• Sens. Seek White House Backing For Pay-For-Delay Drug Bill
• Adventist Health Says ERISA Underfunding Suit Still Fails
• Welltower-Hines JV Picks Up Manhattan Development Site
• A Post-Election Survey Of The Health Care Ecosystem
• Top 10 Snap Observations From The 2018 Midterm Elections
• 'Church Plan' Cases After Advocate Health: A Cheat Sheet
• What To Expect From New Democratic Investigation Efforts
• Bid To DQ Prosecution Spurs Fiery Row In Health Fraud Case
• UnitedHealth Exec's Husband Agrees To Insider Trading Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Ruling On VA Compensation For Tribe
• Aetna Owes $26M Over Denied Cancer Treatment, Jury Says
• King & Spalding Expands LA Practice With Health Care Pros
• Grassley Presses NJ Sens. To Act On 3rd Circ. Nominee
• Back To School: Yale's Linda Greenhouse Talks Journalism
• UnitedHealth Class Denied Cert. In Prosthetic Benefits Suit
• Health Care, Tech-Focused Firm Snags $300M For 2nd Fund
• Celebrate Veterans By Improving Their Access To Justice
• Blood-Pressure Drug Cos. Hit With Suit Over Contamination
• 7th Circ. Denies Vet's Challenge To VA Fraud Sentence
• Cannabis Wins In Midterms Show Legal Pot A Bipartisan Draw
• Fla. High Court Doubts Public Hospital's Right To Lien Powers
• Nev. Hospital Hit With $820K Sanction For Discovery Abuses
• Pa. Panel Won't Ax Counseling Centers' Medicaid Refund Win
• Medicaid Rebate Suit Not Barred By Similar Suits: Ex-Exec
• LabMD Appeals Dismissal Of Frivolous-Lawsuit Claims
• Local Gov'ts Press For Opioid Market Share Data
• DOL Gets Support In Bid To Nix Association Health Plan Suit
• Health In The Voting Booth: How 10 Ballot Proposals Fared
• Feds OK Employers' Right To Skirt ACA Birth Control Mandate
• EB-5 Project Managers Slam SEC's $15.5M Penalty Bid
• World Wide Weed: Best Practices For Internet Cannabis Ads
• Steptoe Snags Medical Malpractice Atty For Ky. Office
• Top 10 Employer Takeaways From Midterm Election Results
• Time To Reclaim Wellness For All Lawyers
• Kavanaugh Fallout Fuels GOP's Senate Expansion
• Dems Pump Brakes On Trump Agenda With House Win
• Senate Republican Win Cements Trump's Judicial Makeover
• Voting Machine Critics Tout Low-Tech Fix For Hacking Fears
• FDA Warning Wire: No Risk Info On Drug Webpage
• Promise Healthcare Nets $85M Interim Del. Ch. 11 DIP Loan
• Express Scripts Defends Fee Ask After Pharmacy Sanctioned
• Hospital Wants DC Circ. To Reverse NLRB Union Badge Ruling
• LabMD Claim Of Frivolous Defamation Suits Tossed In Pa.
• DST Hit With ERISA Suit Over Valeant Stock Drop
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit $12B ACA 'Risk Corridor' Dispute
• 1st Circ. Mulls Boston NPR Push For Release Of Juror IDs
• A Critical Approach To Repeat Extensions Of FCA Seal Period
• Gov't To Pay $575K To End VA Wrongful Death Case
• Invisalign Maker Says Rival Is Infringing Scanner Cover IP
• ACLU, Others Push Fed. Circ. To Rethink Equal Pay Test
• Promise Healthcare Opens Delaware Ch. 11 On $565M Debt
• Monteverde To Lead Class Action Over $9.9B Envision Deal
• UnitedHealthcare Tries To Nix Part Of Wilderness Therapy Row
• Humana Seeks Case's Inclusion In Generic Price-Fixing MDL
• Opioid Distributors Seek Ohio High Court Input On State Law
• AGs Are Now The 1st Round Draft Picks Of American Politics
• Software Startup Leads 3 IPO Launches Totaling $535M
• Hospital Must Rehire Critical Letter's Author: NLRB Judge
• Morgan Stanley Growth PE Platform Scores $400M Fund
• Fears Nachawati Adds Ex-DOJ Opioid Specialist In Dallas
• Boies Schiller Stuck On Express Scripts Breach Trial
• Dental Cos. Ink $5.1M Deal To End False Claims Accusations
• 7th Circ. Again Rejects CVS' Atty Fee Win Against EEOC
• 3 Firms Lead Pack In Rocky October For IPOs
• 6th Circ. Resurrects TCPA Row Over Info Verification Fax
• DaVita Settles After $384M Verdict In Patient Danger Suits
• Damages Forfeited In Opioid MDL Bellwethers, Drug Cos. Say
• Va. Justices Revive Patient Privacy Suit Against Health Clinic
• 4 Convicted In $3.7M Garland Health Care Fraud Scheme
• Settlement Reached In Stryker Hip Replacement Suits
• 12 States Will Vote On Health Care Ballot Measures Tuesday
• Ailing Home Health Care Fraudsters Get 1 Day In Prison
• Timeline Set For HHS To Clean Up Medicare Appeals Backlog
• 11th Circ. Reminds Employers Why Best Practices Matter
• 7th Circ. Says Mayo Clinic's 'Fair' Rating Didn't Hurt Ex-Doc
• Ex-Marlins Hurler, Brother Sentenced For Health Care Fraud
• Broward Health Axes GC, Claiming She Perpetuated Instability
• Mass. Blue Cross Accused Of Improper Mental Health Denials
• Health Co. Can't Enforce Nonsolicitation Pact, Panel Affirms
• Health Co. Can't Prevent Ex-Exec From Working At Competitor
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Apple, Ping An
• 3 Firms Steer $948M Deal To Take OneSpaWorld Public
• Indiana Hospital Plan Participants Seek Cert. In Benefits Suit
• Attys Want $3M In $220M Deal Ending X-Ray Overcharge Row
• Trump's Point Person On Drug Prices Dies
• Jury Clears Halfway House Biz In FCA Retaliation Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Class Cert. Evidence Standard
• NLRB May Sue Johns Hopkins For Suppressing Nurses' Union
• Boies Schiller Can't Ditch Clients Before Trial: Express Scripts
• BB&K Adds 3 Health Attys From Archer Norris
• NECC Quality Control Manager Gives Combative Testimony
• AbbVie Looks To Ditch FCA Suit Alleging Humira Kickbacks
• FDA Steps Up Its Focus On Medical Device Cybersecurity
• CMS Drug Price Proposal Would Harm Patients, Providers
• Duane Morris Adds Ex-Ascension Health Atty In Philadelphia