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Health - January, 2019

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• 8 Highlights As Trump Targets Drug-Rebate Kickback Shield
• Soft Drink Cos. Score En Banc Win Against SF Soda Warnings
• UT Health Settles Grant Misappropriation Claims For $2.4M
• 4th Circ. Grants Trial For Ousted Disabled Hospital Worker
• Anthem Unit Denied Quick Win In ERISA Suit Over 401(k) Plan
• Amazon Startup Isn't Competing With Optum, Exec Says
• Hospital Mergers Increase Patient Risk, UK Study Shows
• Patients Can't Sue Gov't Over Hospitals' Decisions, HHS Says
• Shareholder Says AbbVie Hid Kickback, Buyback Schemes
• DC Circ. Asks NLRB To Respond To Union Fee Challenge
• 6th Circ. Won't DQ Ohio Judge In Fraudulent Surgeries Case
• Aetna To Pay Nearly $1M To End HIV Info Row In Calif.
• DOJ Ends Saline Price-Fixing Probe Against Baxter
• Hospital Tells Texas Justices Misdiagnosis Suit Needs Expert
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• Horizon, NJ Surgery Center Settle Benefits Formula Row
• $45M RJ Reynolds Free Cigarette Case Goes To Mass. Jury
• Purdue Loses Bid To Keep Mass. Allegations Under Wraps
• CareFirst Shakes Most Of Policyholders' Data Breach Claims
• Fed. Circ. OKs Nixing Of Medical Record Patent Application
• Optum Says Exec Took Secrets To Mysterious Amazon Startup
• Ill. Nursing Home Co. Beats Suit Over Patient's Sepsis Death
• Pharma Fraudsters To Pay Valeant $11.8M Over Kickback Plot
• Dialysis Center Agrees To $3.25M Deal In Kickback Suit
• Pathology Lab Strikes $64M Deal Over DOJ Kickback Claims
• Holding Co. Asks High Court To Approve Ch. 11 Patent Sale
• Walgreens Worker Asks Justices To Hear Religious Bias Row
• Tribe's Overcharging Claims Fail, Mich. Blue Cross Says
• Dockworkers Try To Save $4.1M ERISA Suit After Arbitrations
• Boston's Opioid Suit Won't Get Pulled Into Federal Court
• Receptionist Sues Ag Co. For Bias After Cancer Diagnosis
• Invisalign Maker Wasn't Straight About Discounts: Investor
• Employer Insights From 11th Circ. Disability Bias Ruling
• 9th Circ. Allows Row Over ACA Birth Control Rules To Proceed
• HHS Report Card: Attys Grade Health Secretary's 1st Year
• Expert's 'Barebones' Opinion Dooms Calif. Med Mal Suit
• Fresenius Extends $2B Merger Deadline After Shutdown
• Bellwether Trial In Opioid MDL Delayed Another 7 Weeks
• Real Estate Rumors: Baptist Health, Turnbridge, Anaplan
• NJ Panel Bails Insurer Out Of Paying Surgical Centers' Awards
• Anthem 401(k) Excessive Fees Suit Gets 2 Classes
• High Court Outlook For False Claims Act Cases In 2019
• Grassley Vows Scrutiny Of Rising Insulin Prices
• Former Alston & Bird Attorney Named Humana GC
• BakerHostetler Atty Accused Of Misusing Info In Opioid MDL
• Bitter Backlash Greets Wider Medicare Drug Negotiations
• Ill. Hospital To Pay $19.5M After Botched Throat Procedure
• Pharmacy Loses $20M In Its Suit Against Express Scripts
• Providence Health To Pay $2.25M To Resolve ERISA Claims
• Doc Added To Cancer Death Suit Too Late, Ga. Court Says
• Feds Want FCA Suit Over $21M Kickback Scheme To Proceed
• Senator Revives Bills To Aid Tribal Safety, Economic Growth
• 'Embarrassing' Purdue Info To Come Out In Mass. Opioid Suit
• Tribe Seeks Final Win In Clinic Funding Fight With Gov't
• Ex-Insys Execs Driven By Greed To Bribe Doctors, Jury Hears
• Dems Float Bill To Shield Tribes From Federal Shutdowns
• Can 'Bundle' Payment Plans Shield Against FCA Liability?
• Clinic Fights For Cigna Docs In Row Over NFL Health Plan
• Medicare Recoupment Ruling Defies Pro-Provider Trend
• 1st Circ. Refuses To Revive ERISA Suit Against Hospital
• 15 Minutes With Bristol-Myers Squibb's General Counsel
• 2018 FDA Enforcement Review: Drugs, Biologics And Devices
• The Shutdown's Impact On Government Contracting Disputes
• Ex-CEO Asks 2nd Circ. For Bail During Valeant Fraud Appeal
• U. Of Ariz. Prof Sues Over Transgender Health Care Denial
• Cities Overhaul ACA Defense After Trump Hammers Case
• Presuit Experts Must Share Specialty In Fla. Med Mal Cases
• More Mass. Claims Against Purdue To Come Out, Judge Says
• Md. High Court Reinstates Injured Patient's Trial Win
• Fla. Regulator Can't Shake Pot License Applicant's Suit
• Device Maker Ev3 Cops To Improper Sales, Pays $18M
• Orthodontists' Group Blasted For 'Monopolistic Objective'
• Texas Justices Undo Nix Of $2M Wrongful Death Verdict
• Plastic Surgeons Sue Cynosure Over Fat Reduction Device
• UK Pushes Back On Communications Assistance Cos. Merger
• How States Are Forging Ahead With Obamacare
• Evergrande Health Pays $157M For Chinese Auto Battery Co.
• Investor Fraud Suit Against Husch Blackwell, Partner Revived
• Miss. Justices Won't Nix 'Loss-Of-Chance' Med Mal Standard
• J&J Didn't Warn Of Talc's Baby Asphyxiation Risks, Jury Told
• Sen. Bill Would Let HHS Prevent Another 'EpiPen Fiasco'
• DOJ Gives Anthem Small Opening To Ease FCA Inquiry
• Insys Trial A Salvo In 'Militaristic' Gov't Attack On Opioids
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• Gov't Shutdown Delays Rehab Co. EBH Topco's Ch. 11 In Del.
• Pa. Justices To Weigh If Juror DQ Led To Unfair Med Mal Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Zambon, Anbang
• Amcor's $5.3B Bemis Tie-Up Stalled By Gov't Shutdown
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Former 23andMe Privacy Officer
• The 809 Panel's Bid Protest Reform Recommendations
• Fight Over ACA Birth Control Regs May Land At High Court
• Which Views Will Win In Debate Over National Privacy Regs?
• Health Recruitment Faxes Are Ads Under TCPA, Judge Says
• FCA Co. Torches DOJ Effort To Scuttle Suits
• Juror Bias Claim Can't Undo Pa. Docs' Med Mal Trial Win
• Dexcom Defective Device Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Merck Can't Arbitrate Antitrust Suit Over Vaccine Bundles
• Boston Scientific's Del. Merger Trial Still A Go For April
• Trump Administration Appeals Birth Control Rule Block
• 3rd Circ. Sinks Pa.'s Fee Bid In Hospital Merger Fight
• 5 Key Changes In Final IRS Pass-Through Deduction Rules
• Texas Nurses Lose Cert. Bid In Wage Info Antitrust Row
• Paternity Test Ordered In Doc-Patient Insemination Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: J&J, Union Life, Edcon
• 5 NY Doctors Denounce DOJ Charges Of Insys Kickbacks
• Endo Slams DQ Bid For BakerHostetler Atty In Opioid MDL
• Hospital Opposes 8th Circ. Redo In EEOC Religious Bias Suit
• 4 Privacy Law Predictions For 2019
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs FDA Pro From Sidley Austin
• Ex-Hospital Director Pleads Guilty In $1B Health Fraud Case
• Walgreens Pays $269M In Milestone FCA Deals
• Univ. Of Md. Hospital Beats Suit Over Negligent MRSA Care
• Nurse Can't Revive Age, Gender Bias Suit At 1st Circ.
• Judge Won't Trim Ad Fax Suit Against Enclarity, Citing Delay
• J&J To Pay States $120M For False Hip Implant Promos
• Rehab Co. Barred From Selling Assets In Benefits Fraud Suit
• Hospital Retirement Plan's Receiver Defends $11.15M Deal
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• 8 Promo Pitfalls Pharma Compliance Chiefs Need To Know
• FDA Releases Guidance On Clearing New Medical Devices
• Injured Plaintiffs, Families Hurt Again By Gov't Shutdown
• Drug Distributors Can't Appeal RICO Ruling In Opioid MDL
• Security Guards Hit NYU Hospitals With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• HHS Condemns Null Calif. Abortion Law As Discriminatory
• UnitedHealth Sues Generic-Drug Makers For Price-Fixing
• Dockworkers' $4.1M ERISA Suit Lacks Facts, Plan Tells Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, Baptist Health, Bridge
• Texas Can Cut Planned Parenthood From Medicaid: 5th Circ.
• Faulty Notice Sinks NJ Couple's Heart Attack Suit
• Fla. Co. Soured Clients On Ex-Contractor, $110M Suit Says
• Theranos Execs' Days Of Reckoning Draw Nearer
• Judge Orders Blue Cross Attys To Shape Up In Antitrust MDL
• Texas Justices To Take On Nursing Pay Dispute
• 1st Circ. Sides With NPR In Push For Juror Addresses
• Health Hires: Norton Rose, K&L Gates, Fox Rothschild
• Final IRS Pass-Through Deduction Rules Snub Team Owners
• Miss. Justices Say KPMG Can't Arbitrate County's Audit Row
• Settlement Counsel Key For Efficient Mass Tort Resolution
• Hospitals Have Hope As Justices Mull Medicare Case
• Spectrum Adds Shutdown To Deal Clock, Others Could Follow
• NYC Adds Sacklers, Drugstore Chains To Opioid Suit
• Ex-VA Head Had Staffer Chauffeur His Wife, Watchdog Says
• Wex Inks $425M Deal For Administrator Discovery Benefits
• Fla. Gov. Wants Legislature To Cut Medical Pot Smoking Ban
• Retirees' Deal With PPG Nets $7.7M, Health Benefits For 7 Yrs.
• NJ Docs Not Bound By Two-Year Bar In Workers' Comp Cases
• Pa. Workers Say Janus Means They Can Quit Union Anytime
• Atty Who Quit DOJ Over ACA Surrender Joins King & Spalding
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• Clinic Has No Grounds For DQ In Surgery Suit, Patient Says
• $60M Deal Gets Green Light In SSM Health 'Church Plan' Suit
• Takeaways From NJ Bulletin On Out-Of-Network Health Care
• A 2019 Field Guide To Calif. Class Actions
• Religious Bias Suit OK'd Over Pfizer's Iffy Arbitration Policy
• Pa. Faces Suit Over Medicaid-Funded Abortion Ban
• Outcome Health Adds Compliance Chief After Fraud Claims
• Mo. Supreme Court OKs $29M Med Mal Award, Adds Interest
• EmblemHealth Defeats Retired Execs' Health Benefits Suit
• FCA Is Unconstitutional, Hospital Giant Tells Supreme Court
• Hospitalized Man Asks To Pause FCA Suit Over Blood Tests
• Opioid Distributors Want 6th Circ. RICO Ruling Before Trial
• HVAC Co. Seeks Pay For Work On $20M VA Hospital Revamp
• Opioid User Testimony To Be Key Factor In Mass. Insys Trial
• ER Doc Tells Texas Justices Retrial Order A 'Clear Abuse'
• Texas Sued Over Ending Home Health Care Reimbursement
• Ex-NFL Player's Bid For Injury Benefits Denied By Fla. Judge
• FCC Final Say On Ad Rules Cripples Businesses, Justices Told
• UPMC Can Recoup E-Discovery Costs In FLSA Case: 3rd Circ.
• 1st Circ. Says Pharmacy Exec Can Bring FCA Retaliation Suit
• 2018 Trends In HHS Corporate Integrity Agreements
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• High Court Wary Of Skipped HHS Rulemaking On Hospital Pay
• NY Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Transgender Discrimination
• Del. Hospital Must Face Death Suit Over Hip Surgery
• Subcontractor Deals Outside Union's Purview: NLRB Memo
• Walgreen, Equity Co. Can't Dodge Doctor's Work Bias Suit
• Purdue Brass Pinned Opioid Crisis On Addicts, Mass. AG Says
• UnitedHealth's Offsetting Method Unreasonable, Says 8th Circ.
• Gottlieb Says 400 FDA Staff Back On Inspections
• OIG Says Va. Must Repay $14M In Extra Medicaid Bonuses
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Dems Seek Senate Intervention In 5th Circ. ACA Case
• Barr Walks Back Anti-False Claims Act Whistleblower Views
• What Conn. Opioid Ruling Means For Liability Insurers
• 5 Lessons From State AGs' HIPAA Data Breach Suit
• Skip Md.'s Bid To Revive Price-Gouging Law, Justices Urged
• Wash. Tribe Seeks Quick Win In HHS Contract Payment Row
• Promise Healthcare Gets Nod For $3M Exec Bonus In Ch. 11
• CVS CEO Unveils $100M Initiative For 1-Stop Health Care Shop
• Mueller Probe To Dominate Barr Confirmation Hearing
• Ethicon Gets One Covidien Claim Tossed In Patent Dispute
• Trump's ACA Birth Control Rules Blocked Nationwide
• Ex-GC Returns To Lead Haynes And Boone Group In Dallas
• Pharmacy, PE Fund Back Judge's Trim Of $70M FCA Suit
• Exhibit List Ordered Trimmed After Insys Execs Blast Gov't
• Amy's Kitchen Tries To Nix DaVita Dialysis Coverage Suit
• The Trump Administration's Latest Drug Pricing Initiatives
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• Doc Who Shared Teen Patient Info With Drug Co. Avoids Jail
• Handling Corporate Congressional Probes In The Trump Era
• A Look Inside CMS' New Medicare Shared Savings Program
• 13 States, DC Win Freeze Of ACA Birth Control Exemptions
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• CVS-Aetna Judge To DOJ Attys: 'Roll Up Your Sleeves'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Uncertain Deals Climate Persists After JPMorgan Conference
• DLA Piper Decries DQ From $45M Blue Cross Payment Fight
• Texas Hospital System Must Face Doc's $19M Antitrust Suit
• DOJ's Slumping FCA Hauls Cloud Future Recovery Prospects
• Health Hires: Lewis Brisbois, Pierce Bainbridge, Bradley Arant
• NJ Insurer Can't Duck $100K Fine For Deceptive Mailers
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• Cybersecurity's Developing Role In FCPA Compliance
• 10 Governance Challenges Health Care Systems Face In 2019
• 9th Circ. Tosses Suit Over 'Useless' Vitamin E Supplements
• Teva Inks $135M Settlement In Ill. Medicaid Fraud Case
• NJ Chiropractor Ducks Bid To Revive Suit Over Atty Remarks
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• Health Insurers Settle Suit Over Wilderness Therapy Denial
• FDA Won't Add Black Box Warning To Blood Thinner Plavix
• 5th Circ. Says Humana Can't Seal Docs In Antitrust Row
• '60 Minutes' Ethics Feud Ends In Opioid MDL
• Ex-Insys Sales Rep Loses Bid To Split From Upcoming Trial
• Boston Man Gets 10 Years For Hospital Cyberattacks
• High Court Asked To Hear Calif. State Action Antitrust Case
• Hospital, Ex-Workers Seek Quick Wins In 'Church Plan' Row
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• What To Make Of DOJ's 2018 False Claims Act Report
• BakerHostetler Atty Faces Disqualification Bid In Opioid MDL
• Plaintiffs Attys Rip 'Dishonest' Ethics Complaint In Opioid MDL
• Reject 'Radical' Ruling In TCPA Row, High Court Urged
• More Fla. Docs Face Med Mal Risk After Appeals Court Ruling
• Patient Who Beat Fla. Med Mal Cap Loses Appeal On Interest
• Doc, Manager Must Pay $15.5M For Alleged EB-5 Scheme
• Conn. Judge Tosses Cities' Suits Against Opioid Makers
• Wellstar Beats Ex-Worker's Disability Bias Suit At 11th Circ.
• US Trustee Flags Promise Healthcare's $3M Exec Bonus Plan
• Ohio Court Revives Suit Over Unsterilized Surgery Equipment
• Shutdown May Slow CVS-Aetna Deal Review, DOJ Says
• Cryotherapy Co. Sued Over Texas Woman's 2nd-Degree Burns
• Builder Says Dallas Charity Owes $1M For Hospice Project
• Pa. Fines Aetna Over Autism, Substance Abuse Coverage
• Ex-Insys CEO Pleads Guilty, May Testify In Bribery Trial
• Physician's Assistant Admits Role In $1B Health Care Fraud
• 'Wholly Groundless' Arbitration Exception Gets Grounded
• How Employers Can Respond To ACA Penalty Letter From IRS
• Insys Founder Need Not Comply With Subpoena, Judge Rules
• Health Care Fraud Enforcement In 2018, And 2019 Predictions
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• High Court Decision Sets Arbitration, Court Power Balance
• Hospital Says Mass. Court Misapplied Anti-SLAPP Changes
• NYC Launches Plan For Universal Health Care Access
• Athenahealth Faces Shareholder Suit Over $5.7B Merger
• Promise Healthcare OK'd To Sell Mo. Hospital For $10M
• 21 AGs Join Pa., NJ In Fighting Trump's Birth Control Rules
• Religious Orgs Back EEOC Bid For 8th Circ. Redo In Bias Suit
• Impressive Results From DOJ Fraud Section In 2018
• $3.3M Deal Over Unwanted Ad Faxes Receives Early OK
• Dem Lawmakers Want Audit On Teen Health-Job Rulemaking
• $2M Too Low, Too Late In Nursing Home Death, 1st Circ. Told
• Fla. Urges Appeals Court To Keep Medical Pot Smoking Ban
• Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2019
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• Contracts Decide If Cases Go To Arbitration, Justices Rule
• New Calif. Gov. To Focus On Expanding Health Care Access
• Immigrant Parents Aren't Owed Mental Health Care, Feds Say
• Venture Funding Soared In 2018 Amid Record 'Unicorn' Births
• Gov't Says Chicago Can't Object To $625M FCA Deal
• 11th Circ. Says Future Methadone Clinic Can't Fight Ga. Laws
• Nonprofit Inks $4.5M Deal Over Hospital Retirement Plan
• WindRose Health, Guided By Weil, Gets $705M For 5th Fund
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• A Call To Permit Judicial Substitution In MDL Proceedings
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• Johns Hopkins, Others Lose Bid To Kill Syphilis Study Suit
• Drug Cos. Decry 'Flagrant' Ethical Lapses In Opioid Cases
• Are HIPAA Enforcers Gunning For Big Health Cos.?
• Medical Device Co. Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Financing
• Medicare Contractor Sues Gov't Over Health Care Bid Specs
• Nuns' Group Fights New Petition To Stop Birth Control Rules
• 7th Circ. Affirms Airplane Wiring Co. CEO's Fraud Conviction
• Judge Won't Gag AGs In Generics Price-Fixing Case
• Calif. Guarantees Jury Trials Over Medical Info, Court Says
• Specialty Board Doesn't Limit Surgery Providers, Judge Says
• Attys Head To JPMorgan Conference In Shaky Deals Climate
• Gov't Shutdown Won't Delay Promise Healthcare Ch. 11, Yet
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, MoFo
• Aspiring Atty Can't Add $2.3M To Botched Surgery Verdict
• Health Hires: Locke Lord, Morgan Lewis, Amneal, Novant
• Top 10 SALT Stories Of 2018: Part 4
• Will New Congress Pass A National Data Protection Law?
• 9th Circ. Denies Redo On $35M EB-5 Fraud Judgment
• A Closer Look At New Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Regs
• House Dems Tap Munger Tolles' Verrilli For ACA Defense
• Health Cybersecurity Guide Could Redefine 'Reasonable'
• Marketing Firm Not Owed TCPA Suit Coverage, 8th Circ. Says
• Clinic Wants Judge DQ'd In Suit Alleging Botched Surgery
• Shutdown Sparks DOJ Bid To Pause Promise Health Ch. 11
• GYNs Get Third Try At Cynosure 'Vaginal Rejuvenation' Suit
• Va. Prison Ordered To Heed Health Settlement After 4 Deaths
• Doctor Fights Pill Mill 'Impostor's' Bid To Ax TM Suit
• FisherBroyles Snags Health Industry Counsel As Partner
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• AGs Blast Generic Cos.' Bid To Gag Price-Fixing Comments
• Immunity Allows Tribal Health Group To Slip Racial Bias Suit
• Women's Health Care Co. Gynesonics Nabs $75M In Financing
• 17 AGs Appeal Ruling That Nixed Affordable Care Act
• Is Texas V. US Taxing For Obamacare?
• Health Care Drove Most Of $2.9B In 2018 FCA Recoveries
• Firestorm Engulfs Trump's 'Int'l Pricing Index' For Drugs
• Allergy Co.'s Antitrust Suit Recycles Failed Trial, BCBS Says
• UPMC Docs Cleared In Suit Over Fatal Psych Ward Shooting
• NJ Medical Device Co. Seeks Financing In Del. Ch. 11
• Promise Healthcare Floats Sale Plan For Remaining Assets
• 4 Post-Christmas IPO Filings Perk Up January Pipeline
• 2nd Bellwether Track Set In Opioid MDL
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• NJ Med Mal Suit Axed For Filing One Birthday Too Late
• Bryan Cave, MoFo Steer $600M Omega REIT, MedEquities Deal
• Former Insys CEO Will Plead Guilty In Opioid Kickback Case
• Cybersecurity Forecast Remains Frightful For 2019
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2019
• Health Care Policy Moves To Watch In 2019
• Florida Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2019
• Health Care Cases To Watch In 2019
• Antitrust Cases To Watch In 2019
• Cannabis Cases To Watch In 2019
• White Collar Cases To Watch In 2019
• Personal Injury And Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2019
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2019
• Life Sciences Cases To Watch In 2019
• Benefits Legislation & Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Texas Marijuana Laws And Where They May Be Going
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2019
• Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2019
• Product Liability Regulation & Legislation To Watch In 2019