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Health - February, 2019

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• Fla. Blue Cross Wants Rival Insurer's Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Pa. Medical Board's Discipline Against Doc Nixed By Court
• 'Completely Unreasonable' Deals Recounted In Esformes Trial
• Ex-Anthem CEO Describes 'War' With Cigna In $54B Deal Trial
• CIT Gives Duty Break To McKesson's Drug Dispensers
• Relators Claim No Notice Of Dismissal In $70M FCA Suit
• Texas Court Restores Precedent-Setting Ambulance Death Suit
• DLA Piper Adds Partner To Miami Corporate Practice
• Industries That Owe $11.7 Trillion Could Be Hacked: Report
• Fed. Circ. Clears Perrigo's Generic Pepcid In Patent Case
• Millennium's $35M Clawback Suit Survives In Del. Bankruptcy
• Abbott Test Strip Fight Triggers Defense Duty: Wis. Justices
• Hospital Defeats Deaf Worker's Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.
• Funding Dispute Threatens To Scuttle Rehab Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan
• IHS Touts 5-Year Plan To Boost Native American Health
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Bad For Medicare Patients, Docs Say
• Gov't Urges Justices Not To Review Military Injury Suit Ban
• Health Care M&A: Now Insurable
• CVS Falsely Told Docs Patients Wanted Scripts, Suit Says
• Senate Panel OKs Trump DC Circ. Pick Despite GOP Concerns
• Alcohol Delivery Co. Sues Ex-CEO Over Plan For Cannabis Biz
• Fla. Can't Reclaim Medicaid Payments On Immigrant Care
• Cigna Hammers Anthem Decisions In $54B Merger Bust Trial
• Hospital Co-Founder Says Bribes 'Papered Up' To Look Legit
• Home Care Aide Can't Get Workers' Comp, Pa. Court Says
• VA Chief Chided Over Slow 'Mar-a-Lago Trio' Probe Response
• Esformes Judge Won't Kill Questions On Facility Conditions
• Philip Morris Blasts Tobacco Co.'s 'Delay' In $125M Suit
• Pa. Panel Won't Revive Case Over Allegedly Needless Stent
• Genentech Profits Off Wasteful Cancer Drug Vials, Suit Says
• HHS, Nuns Defend Trump's Birth Control Rules At 9th Circ.
• 7th Circ. Says Imaging Co. Can't Nix $15M Cancer Suit Award
• Nursing Home Co. Inks $18M Deal Over Medicaid FCA Claims
• American Radiology Board Accused Of Curbing Competition
• Justices Could Clear Up Religious Accommodation Questions
• ND Justices Told Med Mal Damages Cap Is Unconstitutional
• Judge Boots Esformes' Mother From Court After Slipped Note
• Anthem Antitrust Atty 'Stunned' At Cigna Balk On $54B Deal
• Mo. Court Affirms $9.4M Verdict In Botched Surgery Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says State Immunity Can't Protect From Alice Ax
• GOP Senator Questions DC Circ. Nominee Rao Over Abortion
• Nurses Seek $6.9M In Fees, Costs From $20M Wage Deal
• Big Pharma Largely Unscathed After Capitol Hill Showdown
• Promise Healthcare's $90M Ch. 11 Hospital Sales OK'd
• NECC Execs Say Conspiracy Convictions 'Legally Impossible'
• Health Care Exec Fired For Disloyalty Owes $2.7M: Chancery
• Supreme Court Urged Once Again To Clarify Key FCA Dispute
• 8th Circ. Backs Prudential Over 'Exaggerating' Worker
• Veterans Group Sues VA Over New Appeals System
• Witness' Brother Details Middleman Role In Esformes Fraud
• Senators Must Get To The Root Of High Drug Prices
• Vanda Hid Off-Label Fraud Scheme From Investors, Suit Says
• City Bellwethers In Opioid MDL Carved Out, Delayed
• Chancery Trial Shows Deep Rifts In $54B Anthem-Cigna Deal
• Supreme Court Eyes Hospital Giant's FCA Case
• Texas Doc Convicted In $20M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• Heir Not Required In Med Mal Death Suit, Ind. High Court Says
• German Dialysis Firm Fresenius Notches Deal In FCPA Probe
• Top Senate Intel Dem Zeroes In On Health Care Cybersecurity
• DOJ To Snuff Out FCA Suit Targeting UnitedHealth Unit
• Cancer Center, County Seek OK Of $7.2M Deal In Antitrust Suit
• 'The Spiel' Helped Insys Get Opioid Spray Paid For, Exec Says
• Gov't, Health Orgs Seek Wins In Suit Over ACA-Exempt Plans
• Diplomat Pharmacy Misled Investors About New Venture: Suit
• Venture-Backed Medical Device Biz Launches $75M IPO
• Weil Assists As Genstar Capital Wraps Up $7B PE Fund
• HHS Puts Abortion 'Gag Rule' On Family Planning Funds
• Prosecutor Stresses Timeline At $1B Health Care Fraud Trial
• Lawmakers Eye Biosimilar-Delay Deals, But None Are Here Yet
• Generics Cos. Say No Grand Conspiracy In Price-Fixing MDL
• $31M Kidney Injury Award Is Too High, Gov't Tells 7th Circ.
• Facebook To Face NY Probe After Report On Privacy Practices
• Hospital Staff Union Passes By 1 Vote After Ballot Dispute
• Texas Pharma Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To $8M Fraud
• Anthem-Cigna Trial To Weigh 'Best Efforts' On Failed Deal
• Calif. Medical Board Can't Get Patient Records, Panel Says
• Maryland Hospital Co. Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• Novartis, Express Scripts Beat Kickback Suit Over Discounts
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 4th Circ. OKs Nix Of Ex-Hopkins Nurse's Suits As Sanction
• FDA Focus: What Sidley Austin's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Insys Rode 'The Gray Line' To Mislead Insurers, Exec Says
• ERISA Suit Over Benefits Formula Falls Flat, MetLife Says
• US Scientists Belong On Cancer Patents, Judge Hears
• WuXi Accused Of Shorting Investors In Go-Private Deal
• Health Hires: DLA Piper, Baker McKenzie, Taft, Buchalter
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• Arizona High Court Puts Stengel Claims In Doubt
• Amazon Health Startup Won't Soon Rival Optum, Judge Rules
• HHS Sets Out To Tackle Health Info Access And Exchanges
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• Jury Verdict Clearing Allergy Advocacy Group Stands: Judge
• Key Witness Holds Firm On Cross At $1B Health Fraud Trial
• Deficient Expert Testimony Dooms Newborn Blindness Suit
• Former Teamsters VP Pleads Not Guilty To Taking Bribes
• Doctors Took $40M In Kickback Scheme, Feds Tell Jury
• Cigna Blasts Workers' Plan For Sanctions In ERISA Suit
• Couple Found Guilty Of $1M Medicaid, Payroll Tax Scheme
• Honeywell Beats Retirees' Suit Over Health Care Benefits
• Colo. Court Revives Suit Over Fatal Abortion Clinic Shooting
• Rare Disease Biotech Mereo BioPharma Pulls $70M US IPO
• UPMC Hits Back At Pa. AG Over Extending Highmark Contract
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Doc's ERISA Suit Against Hartford
• UnitedHealth Lactation Suit Deserves Class Cert., Moms Say
• HHS Is Embracing A Broader Vision Of Health Care
• Explainability: Where AI And Liability Meet
• Witness Says He Bribed Fla. Officials For Nursing Home Mogul
• Ga. Medical Group's Trial Win Affirmed In Foot Surgery Suit
• Doc's Win OK'd In Suit Over Colleague's Career-Ending Injury
• Civitas Misled Investors In $1.9B Centerbridge Deal, Suit Says
• Optum Struggles To Convince Judge Amazon Startup Is Rival
• Ex-Visium Trader Ducks Jail After Rakoff Cites Cooperation
• OptumRx Owes Workers' Comp Fund $16M, Ohio AG Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Vital, Gotham, WeWork
• $35M SEC Deal Can't Save Stock-Drop Suit, Walgreens Says
• Anthem Unit Agrees To Settle 401(k) Class Action
• $610M Stalking Horse Bid For 4 Verity Hospitals Approved
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• 2nd Recent FTC Split OKs Fresenius $2B Merger With Fixes
• Witness Says He Betrayed Esformes After Suicide Suggestion
• Opioid MDL Atty Gets Heat For Ripping Purdue 'Scumbags'
• Chancery Awards Legal Costs In DAVA-Endo Merger Case
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• Generics Cos. To Face Most State Claims In Price-Fixing MDL
• Health Cos.' Weakness Defense Won't Fly In Price-Fixing Suit
• Ex-CEO Accused Of Bilking Western NY Health Referral Co.
• Operating Losses Deliver Medical Courier Firm Into Ch. 11
• High Court Won't Hear Fight Over Md. Price-Gouging Law
• HHS Denies It Owes Neb. Tribe $2.1M For Health Services
• UT Cancer Center Says Doc's Decision Didn't Affect Immunity
• Illinois Hospital, Docs To Settle Malpractice Suit For $20.6M
• FCA Settlement Data Shows Need For Comprehensive Reform
• More Ex-LeClairRyan IP Attys Defect To Pepper Hamilton
• Aetna Strikes $6.2M Deal To End Depression Treatment Suit
• Ex-Xerox Unit Pays $236M To End Texas Medicaid Fraud Row
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• Calif. Floats Ban On Intersex Surgery For Minors, Doctors Balk
• An Important Class Issue The High Court Left Unresolved
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• States May Take The Lead On Regulating AI
• TCPA Challengers Can't Go Around Gov't, High Court Told
• Witness Details Kickback Deals At Nursing Home Mogul's Trial
• Optum Can't Get 1st Circ. To Block Ex-Exec From Startup
• Ex-FDA Atty Joins McDermott Will & Emery's DC Office
• LabCorp Escapes Claims It Conspired To Block Smaller Lab
• Trump's Drug Rebate Ban Faces Fraught Legal Path
• 'We're All Going To Jail,' Ex-Insys CEO Says He Heard At Work
• Take Care Defining Health Services Under IRC Section 199A
• Ballard Spahr Adds 2 'Silicon Slopes' Attys In Salt Lake City
• Disputes Heating Up Over Gov't Qui Tam Dismissal Authority
• Austin's Blockchain For The Homeless Faces Challenges
• A First Look At New HHS Prescription Drug Safe Harbors
• Class Cert. Is Next Frontier Of Data Breach Litigation
• Defense Uses Feds' Covert Video In $1B Health Fraud Trial
• AbbVie Execs Hit By Another Suit Over Drug, Stock Schemes
• Skeptical 7th Circ. Keeps Chicago Abortion Protester Rule
• Retailer Shopko Seeks To Investigate McKesson In Ch. 11
• Promise Healthcare's $35M Ch. 11 Sale Of 2 Hospitals OK'd
• NJ Doctor Keeps Trial Win In Suit Over Patient's Consent
• 2 VC-Backed Health Care Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $145M
• LA Hospital's Late Notice Sinks $42M FCA Deal Coverage
• Fed. Circ. Revives Hospital Equipment-Tracking Patent Suit
• Trans Nurse Wins Bias Suit Against Iowa Corrections Dept.
• After Input, DOJ Says CVS-Aetna Merger Fix In Public Interest
• Reps Challenge FDA On Foreign Drug Monitoring After Recalls
• Ex-Insys CEO Says Founder Called Him Company's 'Fall Guy'
• Pa. Justices Delay Possible Med Mal Venue Rule Change
• Subsys-Prescribing Doc Cops To Kickback Conspiracy
• Blue Cross CEO Must Testify At Anthem-Cigna Chancery Trial
• Where Calif. Privacy Law And Employee Benefits Data Collide
• Ex-Hospital Director Says Nursing Home Owner Offered Bribes
• GAO OKs Cost Award Against DOI After Poor Conflict Review
• BCBS Hits Back At Patients In Air Ambulance Coverage Clash
• Pa. Justices To Mull UPMC's Role In Murder By Clinic Patient
• VIDEO: Insys Exec Dances As Bottle Of Fentanyl Spray
• Pharmacy Must Face $21M Prescription Kickback Suit
• Insys Thought It 'Owned' Doctors, Former CEO Testifies
• Real Estate Rumors: Lightstone, Weinberg, City Of Hope
• DOJ Flexes New Muscles In Opioid Fight
• Recent Trends In FTC Consumer Protection Enforcement
• La. Physician Group Dodges Fired Doc's Discrimination Suit
• Jailed Texas CEO Must Pay $10M For Workers' Comp Fraud
• Cravath, Wachtell Advise On J&J's $3.4B Auris Health Deal
• The Many Elements Of Protection For Pre-Existing Conditions
• 10th Circ. Revives Part Of Doc's Suit Against VA
• No Coverage For $60M Senior Care FCA Suit, 4th Circ. Told
• CORRECTED: Cherokee Nation Gets Up To $6M Grant For Opioid Relief Work
• Judge Doubts Use Of Free Speech Law To Dodge IP Theft Suit
• Samsung Gets Fed. Circ. Win Over Abstract Health Data IP
• Pa. Claims Medical Pot Growing Techniques Are Trade Secrets
• Big Pharma Peers Won't Follow J&J On Price Transparency
• 1st Circ. Fast-Tracks Optum Trade Secrets Appeal
• Ex-Insys CEO Says Founder Demanded Aggressive Marketing
• Rehab Network EBH Topco Gets Ch. 11 OK In Delaware
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• Nursing Home Mogul Churned Patients For Profit, Jury Told
• How Trump's Birth Control Rules Run Afoul Of The APA
• McKesson Rebuke For Rx Tampering Reaction A First For FDA
• DOJ Backs Long FCA Filing Limit At Supreme Court
• Arnold & Porter Faces Contempt Push In Horizon FCRA Suit
• SD Governor Looks To Stop Industrial Hemp Bill For Now
• Insys Paid For Painkiller Prescriptions, Nurse Tells Jury
• FDA Targets Alzheimer's Products In Supplement Crackdown
• $785M In Debt, Diagnostics Provider Files For Bankruptcy
• NJ Medical Device Co.'s Ch. 11 OK'd In Delaware
• PE-Backed Lab Supplier, Med Device Co. File IPOs
• VA Ambulance Co. Seeks Antitrust Block Against Richmond
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• Top Cases And Developing Trends In FCA Litigation: Part 2
• DOJ Takes 'First Of Its Kind' Action Against Tenn. Pharmacies
• Feds Cap Banner Year For HIPAA Enforcement With $3M Pact
• Hints Of 'Sloppy' Prosecution Could Haunt Esformes Trial
• Punitives Up Damages To $15.5M In RJ Reynolds Death Suit
• Gov't Wins Trial In VA Cancer Misdiagnosis Suit
• House Committee To Probe 'Mar-a-Lago' Trio Influence On VA
• Ex-Optum Exec Asks To Keep Working For Amazon Startup
• House Members Float Bills To Ensure Funding For Tribes
• $50M Birth Injury Verdict Beats Ill. Hospital's New Trial Bid
• Life Insurance Dispute Against Liberty Nixed At 11th Circ.
• Walmart Worker Fired Over Medical Marijuana Wins Bias Suit
• 11 Firms To Lead 6 IPOs Aiming To Price Before Feb. Pause
• Health Hires: Locke Lord, Sidley Austin, Butler Snow
• Rehab Co. Seeks More Ch. 11 Funding While Sorting Out Sale
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Role Of Data Analytics In Mass Torts
• Time To Reassess Employee Nonsolicitation Clauses In Calif.
• Supreme Court Stops La. Abortion Law From Taking Effect
• Top Cases And Developing Trends In FCA Litigation: Part 1
• FCC's Power To Interpret TCPA Undisputed, High Court Told
• Rehab's Creditor Sues Health Net Over $8.5M In Unpaid Claims
• Telling Lawyer To File A Brief Isn't Favoritism, Judge Rules
• Insurer Escapes Coverage Suit From NJ Surgical Center
• Johnson & Johnson To Include Drug Cost Info In TV Ads
• Hospital Fights Blue Cross' Bid To Nix Underpayment Suit
• Nurse Disses 'Wishy-Washy' Escobar Petition At High Court
• Approved Ch. 11 Trust Targets Execs, Firm For Fraud Claims
• 3rd Circ. Won't Flip Aetna Loss In Disability Benefits Row
• Envision Escapes Bulk Of Chancery Records Demand
• Pa. AG Says UPMC's Refusal Of Rival Insurer Violates Law
• Texas Woman Charged In $42M Pharma Kickback Scheme
• Ill. Construction Unions Sue Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• Health Care IT Biz Closes OrbiMed-Led Fundraise With $100M
• Mayo Clinic Scores Quick Win In Ex-Worker's Sex Bias Suit
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• Now In Congress: State Of The Union, Border Wall, Syria
• FDA Cracks Down On Walgreens Over Youth Tobacco Sales
• CMS Price Transparency Push Trails State Initiatives
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
• La. Court Won't Revive Toddler Brain Tumor Suit
• Opioid MDL Judge Mulls BakerHostetler DQ, Vents Frustration
• UnitedHealth Wants Full 8th Circ.'s Input On Offsetting Method
• Sanitation Issues Spur FDA To Stop Drugmaking At Pharmacy
• Hospital Tells Texas Justices Lien Suits Violate State Law
• Trump Health Care Outreach Gains Little Traction
• House Bill Would Stop Trump Admin's ACA-Skirting Plans
• Fed. Circ. Axes Athena Diagnostic Test Patent As Natural Law
• 9th Circ. Backs Toss Of ERISA Claims Against Health Insurers
• Insurer Denied Injunction Against Blue Cross In Antitrust Row
• Clinic Buffer Zone Hurts Abortion Foes' Speech, 3rd Circ. Told
• Fla. Justices Told Hospital's History Backs $115M Bond Plan
• DOJ Seeks To Stop Philadelphia Supervised Injection Site
• Firms Urge Pa. Judge To Pause Aetna Privacy Violation Suit
• Health Records Co. To Pay $57.2M Over FCA Allegations
• Action Items For Retirement Plan Sponsors In 2019
• Health Care Group Of The Year: McDermott
• Idaho Supreme Court Clears State To Expand Medicaid
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Still Has Holes, Patient Group Says
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• Ransomware's Dirty Little Secret: Most Corporate Victims Pay
• The Latest On Religious Accommodations In The Workplace
• State Of The Union Pushes For Drug Price Fixes
• Optum Suit Over Amazon Startup Paused Pending 1st Circ.
• Del. Justices Affirm $3M Verdict In Suit Over Botched Delivery
• Railroad Workers Win Cert. In Suit Over Health Disclosures
• Fed. Circ. Skeptical That Uniloc Data Patent Is Inventive
• Calif. Doc's $3.8M Award In Improper Firing Suit Affirmed
• Nursing Home Co. Inks $9.7M Deal To End FCA Accusations
• Pa. Senate Wants Time To Study Looser Med Mal Venue Rules
• Feds Rip Mass. Bid To Revive Birth Control Row At 1st Circ.
• Express Scripts Dodges Pharmacy Services Antitrust Suit
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Experts Predict Strong 2019 For IPOs Amid Gov't Uncertainty
• Tribes Eye Federal Funding Changes Amid Shutdown Worry
• UnitedHealth Class Finally Wins Cert. In Prosthetics Suit
• DC Boutique Nabs FDA Partner From Baker McKenzie
• Fla. Blue Accused Of Underpaying For Emergency Services
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Lash & Goldberg
• Boeing Test Irrelevant In Union Pin Appeal, NLRB Says
• Farm Bill Gives Cannabis Companies Room To Grow
• Some Cannabis Restrictions In Fla. Could Soon Be Extinct
• Did The Government Shutdown Delay Your Case?
• $12B ACA Reversal Like 'Lucy And The Football,' Justices Told
• Drug Co. Reaches $17M Deal In False Claims Act Suit
• Bellwether Jury Awards $3M In Cook Medical Vein Filter MDL
• Delaware AG Can Pursue Fraud Claims Against Opioid Makers
• 11th Circ. Backs Sperm Bank's Win In Sham-Donor Suit
• Imaging Co. Urges 7th Circ. To Toss $15M Med Mal Verdict
• McKesson Must Face Omni's FCA Suit Over Drug Skimming
• Fla. Blue Cross Defends Exclusive Contracts As Just Business
• Recent Decisions Bode Well For False Claims Act Defendants
• 11th-Hour Deal Lets Pfizer Exit As Cancer Patent Trial Begins
• 4 Tips For Medical Device Cybersecurity
• 3 Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $250M Amid Early Feb. Rush
• RJ Reynolds Hit With $300K Verdict In $45M Cancer Trial
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• Health Care Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• NJ Doc Escapes Suit Over Refusal To Testify In Crash Trial
• A Year Of The Granston Memo Policy In Practice
• Trump's ACA Hatred Isn't Basis To Sue, Judge Rules
• Calif. Judge Axes Suits Alleging Pradaxa Warnings Inadequate
• Purdue Brass 'Milked' $4B From Opioid Addiction: Mass. AG
• Promise Healthcare's $80M Ch. 11 Sale Of Calif. Hospital OK'd
• Ky. Court Nixes Hospital's Exit From Baby Brain Damage Suit
• DLA Piper Adds Health-Focused Corporate Partner In Dallas
• DOL Auditor Probing Teen Work, Tip Pool Rulemaking Process
• DOJ Gives Ground On Testimony In Anthem FCA Probe
• AGs Want To Unlock Redacted Generic Price-Fixing Complaint
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Suit Over HCA Office Deals
• National Health Can't Duck Ex-Worker's FCA Retaliation Suit
• Ex-Insys Exec Testifies On Blowing Up At Founder
• Ice Miller Nabs Employee Benefits Pro From Thompson Hine
• TPG Pours $300M Into New Autism Therapy, Services Org
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Arnold & Porter Opens NJ Office Led By Ex-US Attorney