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Health - February, 2020

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• House OKs Ban On Flavored Tobacco, Online Vape Sales
• Conn. Court Revives Suit Over Patient's Robot Surgery Injury
• Maverick Funds Sue Bausch Claiming Valeant Price-Gouging
• Lone Star Laterals: New Trial Boutiques In Dallas, Houston
• Trump Administration Says Mass. Deferred Action Suit Is Moot
• Sanofi To Pay $12M To End Mass. Medicare Kickback Probe
• Coronavirus Abounds In Risk Disclosures As Disease Spreads
• Miss. Bank Looks To Nix $250M Suit Over Forced PE Sale
• FDA Clears First Generic For Daraprim
• Ex-FTC Chief Eyes Health Privacy In New Self-Regulatory Role
• Hygea Ch. 11 Creditor Can File Updated Fraud Suit in Fla.
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: Virginia Is Eyeing Legal Pot
• Mallinckrodt, Express Scripts Can't Get Ill. City's Atty Fee Info
• Health Hires: Ropes & Gray, K&L Gates, Abrams Fensterman
• Does Willful Blindness Beget Enhanced Patent Damages?
• Legal Industry Should Pursue AI Prediction Progress
• J&J Hit With $9M Asbestos-In-Talc Verdict, First In Fla.
• Surescripts Can't Limit Discovery In FTC Case
• AseraCare To Pay $1M To End High-Profile $200M FCA Saga
• Top DOJ Atty Spotlights Main FCA Target Areas For 2020
• Opioid Cos. Slam Atty Fee Proposal That Could Reach $3.3B
• Texas Court Says Hospital Must Face Breast Cancer Suit
• 11th Circ. Revives FMLA Suit Over Mental Health Break
• 3rd Circ. Tells Hospital To Recognize Nurses' Accrued Leave
• UPMC Says No To Identifying Tuberculosis-Infected Nurse
• King & Spalding Brings On 2 Trial Attys From Orrick
• FTC Moves To Block Merger Of 2 Top Philly Health Networks
• Coronavirus Prompts 2 Trade Contract Considerations In US
• PTAB Says Prior Art In Pain Treatment Case Is Authentic
• Fla. Hospital Can't Put Off Sexual Assault Suit
• Federal Privacy Legislation Should Be Context-Sensitive
• Ask Congress, Not Courts, For Immigration Reform
• Warren Pitches Using Border Wall Cash To Fight Coronavirus
• What ACA's Uncertain Future Means For Biologics Patents
• 6th Circ. ADA Ruling Highlights Employer Diligence Burden
• DOJ, AseraCare Reach Deal Ending Landmark FCA Saga
• USC's Landmark $215M Sex Abuse Deal Gains Final Nod
• State Farm Says Health Center Used False Claims To Bilk $4M
• Ore. Tax Court Nixes Pot Biz's Deduction Before Decoupling
• IVF Investors Can Seek Discovery For Chinese Arbitration
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells, MMG Equity, Horizon Therapeutics
• Veeva Looks To Widen Antitrust Claims Against IQVIA
• Mass. Court Affirms $2.5M Punitive Award In Hernia Death Suit
• A Brief Guide To Federal And State Cybersecurity Enforcement
• Feds Face Fierce 7th Circ. Panel Over Public Charge Rule
• California's Anti-Arbitration Law Is On Life Support
• Nursing Home Can't Force Arbitration Amid Signature Mystery
• New Foreign-Influence Considerations For US Research Orgs
• UnitedHealth Calls Medical Device Co.'s $5M Suit 'Extreme'
• Profs Back Fla. Blue Cross Exclusivity Rules At 11th Circ.
• Opioid Judge Rips Pharmacies' 'Ironic' Push To Halt Discovery
• Solutions To 4 Common Law Firm Diversity Challenges
• Health Groups Bash Short-Term Insurance Rule At DC Circ.
• Big Tech Probes May Trigger Antitrust Scrutiny On All Sectors
• DOJ Loses Challenge To Philly Supervised Drug Injection Site
• RJ Reynolds Must Keep Paying Texas For '98 Settlement
• 5 AGs To Lead Multistate Probe Into Juul's Marketing Tactics
• Texas Court Yanks New Trial In Med Mal Death Case
• Greenbaum Rowe Nabs 9 McElroy Deutsch Health Care Attys
• Becton Beats Biometric Privacy Suit Over Med Dispenser
• Ark. Tells High Court ERISA Doesn't Nullify Drug-Payment Law
• Seyfarth Brings Litigator To Chicago Health Care Practice
• Feds Say Insys' Kapoor Should Be On Hook For $60M Tab
• When Coronavirus May Trigger SEC Disclosure Requirements
• Sens. Want Report On IHS Sex Abuse Scandal Made Public
• WilmerHale Snags Capital Markets Partner From Gibson Dunn
• Ex-Debevoise Atty Joins Reproductive Rights Org As 1st GC
• 7th Circ. Affirms $5.7M Judgment In Junk Fax Suit
• Discrimination Cases Are Too Complex For AI Fee Prediction
• PepsiCo Must Face COBRA Suit, Though It's A 'Close Call'
• J&J Cuts Last-Minute Deal To Avert Asbestos-In-Talc Trial
• Mallinckrodt Strikes $1.6B Deal To Exit Opioid Suits
• PE Firm Lobs $1.4B Takeover Bid At Australia's Healius
• 37 AGs Assail Plaintiffs' Atty Fee Bid In Opioid MDL
• Insurer Can Ignore Outlier Dr. In Disability Row, 3rd Circ. Says
• Reed Smith Wants LabMD's $150M Suit Over FTC Probe Axed
• Justices Rebuff Fraud Conviction, ADA Cases
• Trump's Abortion Referral 'Gag Rule' Survives At 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Block Calif. Pay-For-Delay Ban
• DOJ Drops Appeal In Case Over Separated Migrants' Care
• Physician's Aide Must Face Opioid Charges; Doc Ducks Them
• Architect Of Opioid MDL 'Negotiation Class' Dies Suddenly
• Justices Won't Review Reversal Of $7M Baby Injury Award
• Genzyme Medical Device Suit Heads To Mass. High Court
• Ill. Court Affirms Midtrial Win In Patient Internal Bleeding Suit
• PTAB Won't Review 2 More HHS HIV-Prevention Patents
• Courts May Clash With Litigants Over Document Review Tech
• Imprisoned Medicare Fraudster Ordered To Forfeit $10.4M
• Transamerica Exits Suit Over Hospital Pension Contributions
• Proposed Privacy Laws Put Genetic Testing Cos. In Hot Seat
• Justices Skip Hawaii Insurer's ERISA Preemption Case
• M33 Growth Grabs $260M For 2nd Investment Fund
• Insys Should Pay Half Of $57M Restitution, Founder Says
• Trump Admin Can Enforce 'Public Charge' Rule In All 50 States
• Purdue Picks Ex-USDA Head As Monitor In Bankruptcy
• Okla. Plans To Take Opioid Litigation To State Court
• Bankrupt Philly Hospital Owners Set To Pay $6M For Insurance
• Congress Probes Civil Rights Issues In China Investigations
• Ind. Hospital, Doc Keep Trial Win In Patient Death Suit
• Opioid Cos. Must Face Benefit Plans' Suit In MDL
• Ad Watchdog Asks FTC To Review Co.'s CBD Health Claims
• NY Drug Biz Says Insurer Can't 'Flee' Coverage Of Legal Fees
• Vape Co. To Send FDA Deadline Challenge Row To 6th Circ.
• Kroger Seeks 'Severe' Sanctions For Absent Atty In ADA Case
• Melinta's Ch. 11 Plan Docs Approved With New Information
• NJ Justices Will Take On J&J's Insurance Premium Tax Battle
• Pharma Ruling Broadens Gov't Drug Procurement Options
• 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Drops Suit Against Trial Witness
• 5th Circ. Blocks Mississippi's 6-Week Abortion Ban
• Teva Floated As Bellwether In Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL
• ERISA Doesn't Preempt Hotel Benefits Ordinance, Seattle Says
• Texas Justices Say Ebola Closure Suit Is Med Mal Claim
• What Block Grants Could Mean For State Medicaid Programs
• Feds Want 1st Circ. To Back Convictions Of Ex-NECC Execs
• Assisted Living Cos. Ink $2M Deal To End Disability Bias Suit
• Health Hires: Davis Wright, Skadden, Holland & Knight
• AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet
• 'Bare' Biometric Privacy Suit Sent Back To Ill. State Court
• Pa. Justices Could Shake Up Medical Peer Review Protections
• Real Estate Rumors: Meritz, Baptist Health, Related
• Fla. Blue Cross Defends Exclusivity Rules At 11th Circ.
• ACA Penalty Isn't A Tax In Bankruptcy Cases, 5th Circ. Says
• 1st Circ. Won't Nix Fraud Scheme Conviction Over Google Info
• Abbott Can't Nix Suit Over Losing Out On $50M Merger Bonus
• Sens. Tell Azar That FDA's Deadline For Vapes Isn't Flexible
• Health Network Can Pursue $18M Award Coverage
• CMS Reinsurance Rule Raises Quota Share Questions
• Data Co. Calls DOL Opinion On Health Plan 'Unlawful'
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Insurance Rep's Disability Bias Suit
• Hospice Exec Claims Medicare Whistleblowing Led To Firing
• No Sanctions For GSK, But Both Sides Told To 'Dial It Back'
• 10th Circ. Says Home Aides In Colorado Can't Get OT
• Utah Justices Revive Suits Alleging Needless Heart Surgeries
• 1st Circ. Revives Worker's FCA Claims Against PharMerica
• Pa. Justices Rule Out Immunity For Clinic In Rehab Death
• Texas Doc Not Guilty Of $69M Medicare Fraud
• Ill. County, Nonprofit Fight To Block Immigrant Wealth Test
• IQVIA Calls For Sanctions After Docs 'Magically Disappeared'
• CBD Co. Says It Couldn't Have Stolen Cream Formula
• 20 Attys Picked To Lead Calif. Suits Against Juul
• Real Estate Rumors: ELO, Granite Point, Walgreens
• GAO Says HHS Improperly Evaluated Costs For $73M Contract
• SD Judge Nixes Indian Health Service Hospital Contract Suit
• Ill. Says Walgreens Bilked It Out Of $19M In Autorefills Fight
• Pot Shop Wants Mass. City Sanctioned For Flouting Injunction
• Nursing Home Chain Settles Forced Rehab FCA Suit For $15M
• Glaxo Says FDA Call About Zofran Suits Not 'Covert Lobbying'
• The Advantages Of PE Sponsor-Strategic Partnerships
• E-Cig Co. Accuses Distributor Of Knockoff Vapes In TM Suit
• Health Care Network Hygea Opens Ch. 11 With $200M Debt
• GOP States Urge High Court To Skip ACA Row — Or Nuke Law
• Vanda Pharma Derivative Suit Will Stay In Delaware, On Ice
• Medical Device Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Resolving Issues
• 5th Circ. Affirms Lab's $30.6M Tab In Medicare Fraud Suit
• Former Teva Exec Calls AGs' Price-Fixing Claims 'Threadbare'
• Hagens, Pomerantz, Rosen To Lead Canopy Stock-Drop Suit
• States Rip Opioid Judge For Creating Class Action By 'Decree'
• Pa. Judge Won't Sit Out UPMC Class Action Due To Unpaid Bill
• What Health Care FCA Trends Tell Us About The Year Ahead
• Lawyers Can Build Trust Through The Spoken Word
• Fenwick-Led Passage Bio Launches $126M IPO
• Robinson Bradshaw Steers $1.4B PE Fund For Pamlico
• Nevada Gov. Taps Ex-Chief Justice For State Cannabis Board
• Medicare Repayment Suits Aren't Time-Barred, 11th Circ. Says
• New Ransomware Ring Aims To Publicly Shame Its Victims
• Feds' 'Shotgun' Claims Cut In $122M Hospital Fraud Suit
• Melinta's Ch 11. Consolidation Is 'Unjustified,' Objectors Say
• Insys Execs Owe $57M To Insurers And Victims, Judge Rules
• What Attys Should Know As Juul Battles Blaze Of Litigation
• Menendez-Connected Eye Doc Asks 11th Circ. For New Trial
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Ex-Proskauer ERISA Litigator In La.
• Ex-Parchem Worker Dodges Trade Secrets Theft Suit
• Ga. Surgeon Keeps Midtrial Win In Suit Over Facial Burns
• DOJ's Generic Drug Criminal Probe Snares Ex-Sandoz Exec
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Skadden, Wachtell
• Another Indian Health Service Doctor Faces Sex Abuse Claims
• Legal Prediction Is Demanding But Not Impossible
• Health Info Authorization Ruling Is A Mixed Bag For Providers
• How The Coronavirus May Affect Your Supply Chain's Health
• Patients Sue NJ Hospital Chain Over 2019 Ransomware Attack
• 6th Circ. Halts Nationwide Discovery In Opioid MDL
• PTAB Questions Caris' Word Use In Cancer Treatment Patent
• Pa. Court Weighs Law's Intent In Trans Name-Change Suit
• Dentons' Insurance Regulatory Co-Head Jumps To Bryan Cave
• Va. Justices Void Docs' Midtrial Win In Childbirth Death Suit
• Team Health Can't Dodge FCA Suit Over Nonphysician Billing
• Real Estate Rumors: Urban Edge, M&T Bank, Clayco
• Dental Suppliers Shut Down Patient Antitrust Litigation
• Pharmacies Must Give Patient Ages In Opioid MDL Discovery
• Medical Pot Shouldn't Squelch Pa. Housing Aid, Court Told
• Recent Cases Defy Conventional Merger Control Wisdom
• Anthem Beats Calif. County's ERISA Reimbursement Suit
• Coronavirus Drug Shows Global Hurdles To Patent Protection
• Attorney Wants Judge Who Said He Has 'No Brain' Recused
• Texas Doc Fights Claim Of $69M In Unneeded Treatments
• Doctor's Own Testimony Voids Trial Win Over Patient Death
• Trulieve Cannabis Faces New Securities Suit Over Fraud Claim
• GAO Says Small Biz Didn't Protest VA Correction Fast Enough
• Purdue Wants To Make New Opioid Overdose Drug
• Workers Lean On 8th Circ. In 2nd Circ. Express Scripts Suit
• Med Mal Trial Halted After Defense Firm Accused Of Fraud
• Vape Makers' Challenge To FDA E-Cig Rule Tossed
• Fla. Court Revives Hospital Volunteer's MRSA Infection Suit
• Nursing Home Says Ex-Attys Bungled $2.7M Default Judgment
• Amgen Sues Pfizer, Hospira As Neulasta Patent Feud Widens
• Pa. Justices Won't Review $3.5M Missed Heart Disease Award
• States Lead The Way On Drug Pricing Reform
• Pa. Hospital Loses Records Fight In Botched Surgeries Suit
• Essential Compliance Steps When Exiting A Medical Practice
• Lowe's Wants To Ax Benefits Suit Over COBRA Notices
• 'Stop' Is Enough For Hospital Battery Suit, Mass. Court Says
• Fla. Orchid Grower Can't Challenge Medical Pot Licenses
• Cigna Wants Redo On Privilege Ruling In NFL ERISA Suit
• 9th Circ. Halts Teen Suicide Suit Against Allergan
• Major Telecom Trade Show Canceled Over Coronavirus Scare
• Ex-Theranos CEO Escapes Charges She Defrauded Doctors
• Juul Tried To Recruit Miley Cyrus To Woo Kids, Mass. AG Says
• Vietnam Vet Goes To Trial Against Doctor Over Ear Loss
• Indian Health Service Doc Gets Life Sentence For Sex Abuse
• Danger Of CEO Testimony Clear In $186M J&J Talc Verdict
• Doctor To Face Revived Suit Over Missed Cancer Diagnosis
• Ga. City Joins Chorus Decrying Skyrocketing Baby Med Price
• Settlement Over Highmark Small-Group Plans Gets First OK
• What Cos. Need To Know About New Washington Privacy Bill
• EEOC Sues Yale Hospital For Making Older Docs Take Tests
• Blank Check IPOs Targeting Pot, Clean Energy Raise $390M
• Tenet Settles FCA Suit Over Needless Pacemakers For $1.4M
• The Implications Of USMCA For Biologic Innovation
• Malpractice Landscape Is Becoming Riskier For BigLaw
• NY Court Reinstates Suit Over Minor Surgery Patient's Death
• Fed Circ. Says Drug Ingredient Doesn't Decide Product Origin
• Ex-Theranos CEO Says Bad Blood Tests Are A 'Fact Of Life'
• Pa. Is Latest State To Claim Juul Marketed E-Cigs To Teens
• Hemp Co. Says FDA Statements Don't Make CBD Wares Illegal
• Coronavirus Woes Tip Drug Co. Into Del. Ch. 11
• Judging A Book: Humetewa Reviews 'Guilty People'
• Health Care Provider Closes On $126M Funding Round
• Seattle Payroll Tax Bill Clears 1st Major Hurdle
• Federal-State Employment Law Divide Reveals Systemic Flaw
• Medical Tech Atty Joins Morgan Lewis As Partner In DC Office
• Melinta Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Auction Starting At $140M
• Pharma Co. Says Insurer HDI Global Won't Cover Ad Suit
• Opioid MDL 'Negotiation Class' Gets Bombarded At 6th Circ.
• Rite Aid Workers Seek Class Of 26K In Uniform Payback Suit
• Ill. City Says Its Counsel Fees Are Off-Limits In Drug Price Suit
• Texas Justices Hold Liquidated Damages Clause Not A Penalty
• Ill. Hospital Network To Pay $850K To End Workers' OT Suit
• DHS Sued Over H-1B Visa Delays Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• 2 More Bipartisan Plans Unveiled On Surprise Medical Bills
• Health Hires: Bradley Arant, Mintz, Brouse McDowell
• Fla. High Court Appeal Dropped In Med Mal Death Law Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: BofA, AT&T, Duff & Phelps
• Optum Upends Coventry's $614M PBM Services Contract
• CBD Maker Says FDCA Nixes Consumers' Illegal Products Suit
• Mednax Wins Ax Of Investors' Securities Suit
• Eye On ERISA: A Q&A With Ogletree's Practice Chairs
• UK Sketches Vision For Post-Brexit US Trade Deal
• Asset Manager Secures €165M For Baltic Investment Fund
• Atty For Ex-Tribal Exec's 'Frivolous' FCA Suit Must Pay $10K
• FCC Urged To Hurry Up With TCPA Autodialer Ruling
• Bayer Can't Seal Internal Essure Docs, Judge Says
• Surgeons Must Face Suit Over Clamp Left Inside Patient
• Cardinal Health Gets EEOC Race Discrimination Suit Trimmed
• PharMerica Can't Ditch FCA Suit Over Altered Prescriptions
• Mississippi Defends 'Fetal Heartbeat' Law At 5th Circ.
• Pa. Nursing Home Co. Can't Arbitrate Patient Death Suit
• Pay-For-Delay Ban Risks 'Endless Litigation,' 9th Circ. Told
• More Biotech Firms Going Public Through Blank-Check IPOs
• Takeaways From DOJ Fraud Section's Enforcement Uptick
• Former USOPC Exec Says He Was Fired For Reporting Abuse
• Cyber Liability Insurance Is Gaining Value For Cannabis Cos.
• Akorn Can't Duck Investor Suits Over Collapsed $4.3B Merger
• PPD Raises Hefty $1.6B In Simpson Thacher-Led IPO
• Zofran Plaintiffs Say GSK Hid FDA Lobbying From Discovery
• JPML Ships Opioid Bellwethers Over Drug Co. Protests
• Tenet Fights Appeal To Revive Investors' Kickback Claims
• NYC Ordered To Pay Medics $14.5M In FLSA Suit
• Pot Giant Loses Ohio Licensing Battle With Cresco, Harvest
• Telemedicine Execs Charged In $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Injury Defense Attys Hope To Thwart 'Phantom Damages'
• Alphabet's Missteps Offer Crisis Management Case Study
• For Employers, Devil Is In Details Of Fla. Marijuana Bill
• State Of The Union: Drug Prices, China Deal, Infrastructure
• Four Physicians Found Guilty In $150M Medicare Scheme
• Both Sides Claim Win After Inconclusive Med Mal Venue Study
• Paralyzed Vet Gets Suffering Damages Raised To $18M
• Hospital Owners Win Bid To Sink ER 'Cover Charges' Suit
• 1 Firm Grabs Spotlight In January Bolstered By Reynolds IPO
• SEC Inks Partial Deal With Ex-Outcome Health Exec
• Walgreens To Pay $7.5M To End Suit Over Fake Pharmacist
• How Emotional Intelligence Can Benefit Transactional Attys
• Colo. Wage Rules Present Big Employer Compliance Hurdles
• Labor Laterals: Littler, FordHarrison, Frost Brown
• Insys Execs Say Assumptions Don't Equal $300M Restitution
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Following A Serendipitous Path
• Should Health Orgs Join CMS' Direct Contracting Program?
• Pa. Court Can't Ban Medical Pot For Probationers, ACLU Says
• 9th Circ. Judge Calls Kaiser Antitrust Dismissal 'Troubling'
• Minn. Injury Atty Cops To Client Referral Kickback Scheme
• DOJ Questions Democrats' ACA Appeal Rights At High Court
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Redo 'Deeply Troubling' Blaszczak Ruling
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Top Health Care Litigator From Akin Gump
• Magellan Health Taps REIT Pro As New General Counsel
• Health Co. Seeks Speedy Win In Stock-Drop Suit Over Spinoff
• NY Court Saves Suit Over Child's Allegedly Poor Medical Care
• NM Medical Pot Producers Allowed Tax Deduction On Appeal
• Trustee Flags 'Broad' Releases In Medical Device Firm's Ch. 11
• NY Officials Hit With Challenge To Reproductive Rights Law
• Seminole Tribe Settles Contract Costs Suit Against IHS
• NY Physicians Must Face Suit Over Patient's Death
• NLRB Judge Says Ambulance Co. Can't Bar Union Buttons
• 7 Ethics Questions To Ask Before Marketing Your Law Firm
• Womble Bond Nabs Health Care Ace From Nelson Mullins
• HIPAA Boss Sees 'Low-Hanging Fruit' Ripe For Enforcement
• NJ High Court Signals Support For Pfizer Arbitration Bid
• Surescripts Says Conspiracy Claims Outline Valid Agreements
• Purell Sued For Claiming Hand Sanitizer Prevents Flu, Ebola
• NJ Justices Rule Providers Have More Time For Comp Claims
• Kirkland Helps Vestar Gather $1.1B For 7th PE Fund
• Humana Unit, PE Firm Prep $600M Medicare Practice JV