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Health - December, 2018

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• Parts Of $69B CVS-Aetna Deal Gets Temporary Greenlight
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Foley & Lardner Partner Tapped As New Fla. Governor's GC
• DOL Stuffs Employers' Stockings With 2 FLSA Opinion Letters
• California Nursing Facility Cleared In Elder Abuse Appeal
• Kaiser Settles Calif. Suit Over Alleged 'Patient Dumping'
• Venable Adds Veteran Trial Atty As Partner In LA Office
• State AGs Want To Block Trump Birth Control Rules Again
• Top Gov't Contracts Cases From The 2nd Half Of 2018
• CVS Unit's Doubled $1.3M FCRA Deal 'Odd,' Judge Says
• Stericycle Reaches $45M Settlement In Securities Suit
• FDA Tells Stem Cell Cos. Regulatory Eyes Fixed On Them
• ProPublica, Texas Newspaper Can't Skirt Surgeon's Libel Suit
• DOL, Groups Fight To Tank Association Health Plan Suit
• Pa. Senate Dems Seek To Duplicate Rules In Threatened ACA
• Fla. High Court Strikes Down Public Hospital's Lien Powers
• Purdue Says Texas Can't Slip Out From Opioid MDL
• Addiction Recovery Co. Sues Over 'Libelous' Murder Claims
• US Gymnast Gets 6-Month Ban Over Altitude Sickness Drug
• Dental Supply Co. Was In On Price-Fixing, Investors Say
• Pair Overdose Antidote With Opioid Prescriptions, HHS Urges
• House Tees Off Vote For Revised Tax Bill, But Fate Uncertain
• Ohio Opioid MDL Bellwether Survives Drug Co. Attacks
• HIG, Bain Escape 6 Of 8 Claims In Surgery Center Buy
• The Top Antitrust Cases Of 2018
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altria, BP, GE
• Generic-Drug Cos. Want AGs To Shut Up About Price-Fixing
• Judge Finds NY's $600M Opioid Surcharge Unconstitutional
• EEOC Nixes Wellness Regulation Incentive Provisions
• Is A Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise?
• Compliance With Buy American Act Must Improve, GAO Says
• 8th Circ. Says Med Mal Expert Properly Excluded At Trial
• Verrill Dana Adds Health Care, Privacy Expert In Boston
• Fla. Panel Revives Health Center's Fight Over Attys' Fees
• Cleary, Latham Steer 3M's $1B Deal For M*Modal Tech Unit
• Questions Follow 9th Circ. Solidification Of Escobar Test
• Updated Yates Memo Still Has Force In Civil Domain
• Ariz. High Court Rejects 9th Circ. Preemption Ruling
• DOJ Aims Torpedo At 11 FCA Kickback Suits
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• 3 Firms Steer Centerbridge's $1.4B Civitas Solutions Buy
• Judge Scolds DOJ For 'Defensive' Attitude In CVS-Aetna Case
• Potential Bidder Cries Foul In Cancer Center Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• The Impact Of Texas ACA Ruling And What To Expect Next
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• When Is Antitrust Merger Review Over?
• Ridgemont Taps Proskauer For $1.65B PE Fund
• Both Sides In Insys Case Violated Media Rules, Judge Says
• Insights On Right To Try Act And 'Expanded Access' Concerns
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Quest Can't Ditch TCPA Suit Over Debt Collection Call
• The ACA's Been Ruled Invalid. What's Next?
• CMS Gets Backlash For Drug Prices In TV Ads Proposal
• NJ Insurance Broker Charged In $10M BCBS Fraud
• Anthem Nabs Fees To Sanction Insys In $19M Fentanyl Fight
• Records In OxyContin Suit Are Public, Ky. Appeals Court Says
• Health Care Co. Hid $1B Tax Debt Before Merger: Investors
• How FIRRMA Changed National Security Reviews In 2018
• Health Care-Focused Investment Firm Lands $700M In Funding
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Squire Corporate Pro As Partner In LA
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Hearing Aid Co. Owner Gets 7 Years For Role In Opioid Ring
• CNN Can't Escape Libelous Hospital Stats Suit: 11th Circ.
• New Year, New Opportunities For State Governments
• Feds Fight To Keep Insys Grand Jury Instructions Secret
• Texas Judge Strikes Down Entire ACA
• Loeb & Loeb Leads Blank Check's $70M IPO To Buy Health Biz
• Molina Escapes Investor's Suit Over Growth Misstatements
• 'No Need' To Delay CVS-Aetna Merger, DOJ Says After Rebuke
• Fla. Court Delays Answering Privileged Hospital Comms Issue
• Pa.'s Challenge To Birth Control Rules Cleared To Proceed
• Employee Of Mont. Tribe Program Pleads Guilty To Theft
• Prison Contractors Can't Dodge Fla. Inmate's Amputation Suit
• The Medicines Co. Prices $150M Private Notes Offering
• 9th Circ. Pares Nationwide Block Of ACA Birth Control Rules
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Judge Fed Up With 'Whiny' Letters In Least Favorite Case
• The Biggest Health Care Cases Of 2018
• The Biggest Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases Of 2018
• Copay Accumulator Plans Put Employers In Legal Jeopardy
• Ky. High Court Reinstates Hospital's Med Mal Trial Win
• Hospice Co. Accused Of Medicare Fraud Must Pay Feds $6M
• Judge Denies Firm's Bid To Cut Kickback Claims In Report
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• NJ Health Care Co. Execs Indicted In $300M Investment Fraud
• China's Wuxi Apptec Raises $1B In Hong Kong IPO
• Allstate Underpaid Auto Crash Injury Benefits, Suit Says
• Biotech Biz Zymergen Lands $400M Series C Funding
• Health Care Providers Should Note Recent Fraud Conviction
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• The Biggest Benefit Policy Changes Of 2018
• FDA Nixes Proposed Rule On Generic-Drug Warning Labels
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2018
• Locke Lord Accused Of Missing Health Plan's ERISA Liability
• CVS-Only HIV, AIDS Drugs Aren't Discriminatory, Judge Says
• Pa. Whistleblower Claim Not Barred By Older Law, Court Says
• Insys Slams BCBS Privilege Claim In $19M Fentanyl Suit
• 5 Of 6 NECC Defendants Guilty In Latest Trial
• BCBS Must Face Per Se Antitrust Test, 11th Circ. Rules
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Express Scripts Breach, Antitrust Suit
• Flawed Verdict Form Triggers New Trial Against Calif. Hospital
• It's Too Early To Say Doc Is Dodging Fees, Fla. Court Tells Atty
• FDA Boss Vows Crackdown On Stem Cell, Supplement Cos.
• Bad Jury Instructions Nix Defense Verdict In Patient Death Suit
• NY AG Gets Emblem To Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Calif. High Court OKs Meal Break Waiver For Health Workers
• Insurers Can't Use ERISA To Block NJ Orthopedists' Suit
• CareFirst Agrees To Pay $3.6M For Lactation Benefits Claims
• Health System Agrees To Pay $12M To End Fraud Accusations
• DOJ Joins Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Against Sutter Health
• Ex-OptimisCorp Figures Fight Axing From Chancery Suit
• Feds Settle Suit Claiming VA's Medication Error Killed Patient
• Promise Healthcare Nets Extra $1.3M In Rehab Facility Sale
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe USC Coverage In Abuse Suits
• Pa. Health Network To Pay $12.5M For Alleged Overbilling
• Target To Pay $3M Over Unauthorized Pill Refills In Mass.
• Pa. Judge Won't Stay Derivative UHS Overbilling Claims
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• A Guide To Workplace Violence Prevention And Response
• Judge Mulls Several Outcomes For NY Opioid Surcharge Law
• NJ Autism Nonprofit Protected By Bias Law, Court Says
• FDA Hit With Suit Over Reporting Leeway For Clinical Trials
• J&J To Face Bulk Of Buyers' Claims In Remicade Antitrust Suit
• Physical Therapy Co. Wants Whistleblower, Atty Sanctioned
• Thomas Says Politics Tainted Planned Parenthood Rejections
• Olympus Pleads Guilty, Fined $85M In Tainted Scope Suits
• Employees Of Tribe Education Program Plead Guilty To Theft
• Ex-Director Of Health Care Co. Charged In Stock Fraud Plot
• Choice, Not Faith, Led Fired Worker To Skip Vaccine: Hospital
• Medical Billing Co. Hit With $1.5M Verdict For Contract Breach
• Couple Seeks 9th Circ. Redo On $35M EB-5 Fraud Judgment
• MVP: Bass Berry's Angela Humphreys
• Judge Favors Spector Roseman To Lead Stock Drop Suit
• More State Issues The Blue Wave May Shape In 2019
• Calif. School Vaccine Law Upheld As Panel Pans 'Hyperbole'
• Why The High Court Will Hear Cochise Consultancy V. US
• Vaccine Refusal Was Fireable Offense, 8th Circ. Rules
• Ohio Justices Cut $1.5M Award To Nurse Defamed By Hospital
• 2nd Magistrate To Weigh $2.4M Fee Bid In $294K ERISA Suit
• J&J Can't Escape Retailers' Antitrust Suit Over Remicade
• Facebook Health Site Tracking Legal, 9th Circ. Says
• Fraudster Continues Medicaid Scam From Prison To Pay Attys
• Morgan & Morgan Can't Nix $5M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• BCBS Mass. Gets Wilderness Therapy Coverage Row Trimmed
• Texas Court Axes Discrimination Claim Against MD Anderson
• Meet The Rigorous Judge Overseeing The CVS-Aetna Merger
• 8 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Led by Tencent Music's $1.1B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cahill, DLA, Brown
• Health Hires: Hooper Lundy, King & Spalding, Williams Mullen
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Class Cert. Evidence Standard Likely Headed To High Court
• MVP: Latham's Stuart Kurlander
• Detox Chain Ginned Up Biz With Spam Texts, Suit Says
• Lack Of Actual Data Breach Sinks Mercy Health Security Row
• P&G Ducks Revival Of Worker's Disability Suit At 8th Circ.
• Banks Look To Sink Millennium Trustee's $35M Clawback Suit
• Sherman Act Cut From Clot Drug Suit, State Claims Survive
• Ex-5Linx CEO To Serve 14 Months For Fraud, Pay $2.4M
• Dallas Paper Asks State Justices To Toss Defamation Claim
• Gov't Presses Judge To Force Insys Founder To Produce Docs
• Janus Doesn't Change Outcome Of Union Fee Suit: 7th Circ.
• Dental Implant Boards Say Antitrust Suit Is An Overreaction
• 'Opioid Babies' Denied MDL Separate From Ohio Gov't Suits
• Sabra Health Care REIT To Sell 38 Properties For $385M
• Actelion To Pay $360M To Resolve Copay Kickback Claims
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' Susan Feigin Harris
• Medical Marijuana Poses ADA Risks For Pa. Health Care Cos.
• 17 Women Sue Columbia Over OB-GYN's Alleged Abuse
• Medical Groups Back States In Association Health Plan Row
• Medicare Lab Pay Can Be Challenged In Court, DC Circ. Told
• Senior Care Provider Files Ch. 11 In Texas
• Texas Says Opioid MDL Won't Let It Stop Deceptive Marketing
• Prospect CharterCare Looks To Ax Suit Over Retirement Plan
• 2 Iranians Charged Over Ransomware Attack In Atlanta
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Mogu, Petrobras
• Health Co. Coughs Up $1.75M To End EEOC Pregnancy Suit
• Hospital Plan Rips 'Overreaching' $2.4M Fee Bid In ERISA Suit
• Medtronic To Pay Over $50M To Settle Medical Device Claims
• PE-Backed Hospital Operator Ardent Health Files $100M IPO
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• MVP: Foley Hoag's Thomas Barker
• States Launch First Coordinated HIPAA Suit Over Data Breach
• Calif. Legislator Again Offers Menstrual Product Tax Bill
• DOL's Teen Workers Data Misleading, Think Tank Says
• Pain Doc's 'Fame' Questioned In TM Suit Over Same Name
• Tribes Can't Seek Info On Fed Contracts, IHS In Opioid MDL
• Promise Healthcare's Ch. 11 Bid Protections, Financing OK'd
• Unqualified Expert Sank Hospital Med Mal Row: NJ Court
• Crypto Addresses As OFAC Identifiers
• FDA Issues Proposed Rule For Novel Medical Devices
• Insights From 2017-2018 High Court Term And What's Ahead
• Alleged HIPAA Lapses Spark $500K Deal With Fla. Doc Group
• MetLife Shorted Benefits With 1971 Mortality Rates, Suit Says
• 6 NECC Workers Had Role In Drug Fraud, Feds Say In Closing
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• ProHealth Exec Says Gender Bias Led To Firing
• MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Andrew L. Bab
• Welltower Gets $300M Investment From Qatar Sovereign Fund
• Pa. Cos. Face Greater Risks Related To Workers' Personal Info
• Fla. Hospital Seeks Sanctions Over Deleted Facebook Profile
• Trump Admin. Urges Broad Easing Of Health Laws
• Gov't Told To Say Why CVS-Aetna Deal Needs Quick Wrap-Up
• Atty Fighting Sanctions Says Lies Ignored In Insys Case
• Texas Court Says Insurer Waited Too Long To Collect $6M
• Investor Flags Antibiotics Co. Melinta's $75M Stock Sale
• Fla. Judge Recommends Trimming Pharmacy FCA Suit
• Parents Seek Win Against Tribal Hospital In Birth Injury Suit
• 2 Firms Lead Nov. IPO Action Fueled By Blank Check Cos.
• Fenwick, DLA Steer ResMed's $225M Propeller Health Buy
• Walmart, 3 Pharma Cos. Sued Over Tainted Combo Drug
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Miami Man To Remain Jailed For Trial In $1B Medicare Fraud
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Practitioner's Guide To Stratified Random Sampling: Part 2
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018