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Health - December, 2020

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• Memphis Hospitals Ditch Deal In Wake Of FTC Challenge
• DC Circuit Won't Hold $12M In CARES Act Funds For Shawnee
• Trump's 'Most-Favored Nation' Rule On Drug Prices Blocked
• AbbVie Tells 7th Circ. Asserting Rights Isn't 'Patent Thicket'
• Detained Migrants In Ga. Launch Medical Abuse Class Action
• Top 5 Gov't Contracts Of 2020: Year In Review
• Fired Florida COVID-19 Tracker Sues Over 'Bogus' Police Raid
• Nursing Home Beats FCA Claims Over Sparse Doctor Visits
• Storage Tank Co. Wants Out Of Embryo Class Action
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• Biggest Georgia Decisions Of 2020
• 9th Circ. Backs Kaiser Win In Anorexia Treatment ERISA Fight
• Trump Assails $900B COVID-19 Relief Bill In Twitter Video
• 5 Highlights As DOJ Depicts Walmart As Opioid Crisis Villain
• Judge Pans Cigna Bid To Delay Arbitration In MDL
• Shkreli Can't Delay January FTC Deposition, NY Judge Says
• New Public Health Asylum Bar Finalized By Trump Admin.
• Doctor Can't Duck NJ Taxes On Atty Fees From FCA Award
• Columbia Care To Acquire Green Leaf Medical For $240M
• Congress Repeals Health Insurers' Antitrust Immunity
• Pa. Justices Say UPMC Doctors Not Liable For Clinic Shooting
• Okla. Says Pot Residency Rules Can't Be Unconstitutional
• Pa. Judge Partly Blocks Medical Malpractice Insurer Law
• Del. Judge Nixes Equity Panel For 'Insolvent' Mallinckrodt PLC
• Pot Co. Wants Ex-Worker, Attys Sanctioned For 'Fruitless' Suit
• NLRB Judge Says Health Co. OK To Fire Worker Weighing Suit
• 2 Major Digital Health Trends Driven By COVID-19
• What Gov't Contracting Might Look Like Under Biden
• DOJ Sues Walmart Over Opioid Crisis
• 11th Circ. Backs Bayer In Birth Control Stroke Suit
• Cannabis Co. Ayr Enters Fla., NJ With Deals Totaling $391M
• 3rd Circ. Denies FTC Bid To Halt $599M Philly Hospital Deal
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Co. Wants Redo On 3rd Circ. Joint Employer Ruling In OT Suit
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• Congress Backs $900B COVID-19 Relief, Gov't Spending Bill
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Soldier's Anthrax Vaccine Injury Suit
• Feds Say NY Pharmacy Owners' $30M Scam Exploited Virus
• CORRECTED: Sacklers Saw Litigation Threat As Early As 2007, Creditors Say
• Jury Clears Drug Wholesaler Over Dubious Int'l Shipment
• 16 New Blank-Check Co. IPO Filings Bolster 2021 Pipeline
• EEOC Inks $175K Pact With Pot Retailer In Harassment Case
• Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Wins Race For EU Approval
• Missouri's Pot License Cap Kept Intact As Challenge Fizzles
• Mass. Doc, Nurse Escape Suit Over Patient's Hand Infection
• Privacy And Cybersecurity Developments That Shaped 2020
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Jones Day
• Policy To Bar Asylum-Seekers On Health Grounds Advances
• Texas Hospital To Pay $48M To End False Claims Suit
• NJ Firm Beats Ex-Associate's Award For Higher Share Of Fee
• Ex-Theranos CEO's Fraud Trial Moved To July Due To Virus
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Suit Over $600M NY Opioid Tax Law
• 3 Firms Guide Health Tech Tie-Up Valuing HMS At $3.4B
• Ventilator Co. Strikes $40.5M Deal To End Feds' Fraud Suit
• Lawmakers, White House Strike $900B Deal For Virus Relief
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• My Wife Has Better Pandemic Intel Than Intel, Albright Says
• DEA Issues Rule To Boost Research Cannabis Cultivation
• NC Justices Won't Adopt 'Loss Of Chance' Med Mal Doctrine
• Ind. Court Wipes Out Doc's Trial Win In Botched Surgery Row
• Pot Co. Says Payroll Services Took Money Meant For Taxes
• Tribes Tell Justices Alaska Native Cos. Can't Tap Virus Funds
• No Preemption In Blood Pressure Drug Contamination MDL
• Biotech CEO Charged With Pushing Fake Fast COVID-19 Test
• Pot Biz Challenges Maine's Medical Marijuana Residency Rule
• 1st Circ. Backs Biogen's Win In Scientist's Disability Bias Suit
• FDA Approves Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
• Claims Court Certifies National VA Tech Class In OT Row
• Insurer Lost Millions In Regeneron Drug Scheme, Suit Says
• Virus Stokes Telemedicine, Mental Health Benefits' Popularity
• Seattle Leans On High Court To KO Health Care Challenge
• Compulsory Licensing To Cut Drug Costs Could Harm Public
• 9th Circ. Lets Surgery Center Pursue $1.3M From Blue Cross
• Mass. Health Co. To Pay $10M Over False Billing Claims
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Wachtell, Simpson
• S&C, Greenberg Drive $2.8B Deal For Medical Device Co.
• Health Care Group Of The Year: Bass Berry
• Top 5 Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2020: Year In Review
• FDA Panel Backs Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine
• Facing Congress' Ire, Sacklers Deflect Blame For Opioid Crisis
• SEC Says Biotech Co. Duped Investors Over COVID-19 Tests
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• EpiPen Trial Not Feasible Nor Prudent Amid Virus, Judge Says
• Year In Review: How Cannabis Law Fared In 2020
• Real Estate Rumors: Plymouth, JDS, Deka Immobilien
• Vets Orgs Say Wilkie Must Be Dispatched As VA Secretary
• Ex-Indivior Exec Dodges Prison In Suboxone Opioid Case
• Six Charged In Scheme To Steal Michigan Crash Reports
• How New Kickback Rules Benefit Health Care Industry: Part 2
• Miami Hotel Can't Stop Union Push For $5.3M Benefits Tab
• Gilead Says Overbroad Patent Doesn't Need Justices' Review
• 2020 White Collar Prosecution And Enforcement Trends
• Biogen To Pay $22M To Resolve Drug Kickback Claims
• How COVID-19 Accelerated Telehealth In 2020
• Red White & Bloom Borrows $60M, Buys Ill. Pot Grow Assets
• Players Aim To Block Dismissal Of NFL Painkiller Suit
• Nurses Win Conditional Cert. In Pa. Hospital Overtime Suit
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2020
• Calif. Care Facility Sued Over Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
• NLRB Official Says Pooled CBA Vote Can't Block Union Ouster
• Mallinckrodt Says Market Bodes Ill For Ch. 11 Equity Salvage
• DEA Urges Court To Drop Whistleblower's Discrimination Case
• Bausch Accuses Lupin Of Infringing Plenvu Patents
• Ex-Theranos CEO, Feds Spar Over Atty-Client Privilege
• Tenn. Rep. Ousted For Harassment Can't Get Benefits Back
• How New Kickback Rules Benefit Health Care Industry: Part 1
• The Top Product Liability Cases Of 2020
• US Attorney In Ohio To Step Down In January
• J&J Elmiron Suits Sent To NJ Federal Court
• Feds Say Hospital Illegally Made Nurses Help With Abortions
• Sanofi Asks 5th Circ. To Toss Chemo Drug Hair Loss Claims
• Senate OKs Bill To Expand Research On Medical Cannabis
• Horizon Beats Therapist's Bid To Avoid Signing Fraud Deal
• COVID-19 Has Broad Impact On Lost-Profit Determinations
• The Biggest Injury Verdict Reductions Of 2020
• Quest Wants 'Threadbare' ERISA Class Action Tossed
• Electronics Maker To Pay $3.5M In Water Contamination Case
• EEOC Guidance Offers Blueprint For Mandatory Vaccinations
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• Mallinckrodt Stockholders Face Slim Chance Of Ch. 11 Payout
• DOJ Opioid Leader Flays Pharmacies In Enforcement Vow
• Eddie Money's Family Sues USC Hospital Over Singer's Death
• Gibson, Cleary Guide $550M Welltower-Wafra Real Estate JV
• Tech Co. For Beauty Biz Exceeds $1B Value With New Funds
• Juno Tells Fed. Circ. To Uphold Its $1.2B Patent Win Over Kite
• Nursing Home Says NLRB Wrongly Dinged It For Hours Cut
• Probe Excuses Unsanitary Conditions For Detained Migrants
• Prepare For More Electronic Device Searches At US Borders
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Trump's 'Most-Favored Nation' Rule Faces More Lawsuits
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• Hospital Staffing Co. Settles DOL Anti-Male Hiring Bias Claims
• Mylan Tries To Escape Pharmacy's EpiPen Antitrust Suit
• An Active Year For Health Care Antitrust Enforcement
• Ex-Southwest Worker's COBRA Suit Can't Get Off The Ground
• SBA Tells 11th Circ. To Nix $500K PPP Loan To Bankrupt Biz
• Mallinckrodt's Ch. 11 Fee Payout Proposal Rejected
• DOJ Clears Health Insurance Merger With Fixes
• Karyopharm Execs Hit With Investor Suit Over Cancer Drug
• Ga. Man Cops To Faking COVID-19 Diagnosis To Ditch Work
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revisit Local Bans On Conversion Therapy
• Nursing Home Workers Can't Get BIPA Suit Remanded
• J&J Prevails In Tenn. Woman's Pelvic Mesh Suit At 6th Circ.
• Calif. AG Sues Amazon Over COVID-19 Workplace Data
• 2 Sacklers To Testify On Purdue's Role In Opioid Crisis
• FTC Asks 3rd Circ. To Halt Philly Hospital Deal For Appeal
• Anti-Mask Restaurant Challenged On Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Bid
• Univ. Of Ariz. Says Trans Prof's Fight Is With The State
• DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Indictment Is A Warning To Cos.
• Medical Pot Exec Sues Missouri Over License Residency Rule
• 4 Firms Rep Benefits Biz's $1.1B Takeover By Goldman Sachs
• Anthem Beats Proposed Class Action Over Knee Pain Implant
• Shawnee Tribe Seeks Hold On $12M CARES Act Funds
• Getting Your Workforce Vaccinated Without Getting Sued
• Millions Of Health Care Workers Set To Get COVID-19 Vaccine
• Chinese National Admits Stealing Lab Trade Secrets With Wife
• A Closer Look At High Court Schein Carveout Case Arguments
• 9 Blank-Check IPOs Rake In $2B As SPAC Blitz Continues
• Fired Mammography Tech Settles ADA Suit With Pa. Hospital
• RJ Reynolds Says FDA Cigarette Warnings Flout Free Speech
• GAO Report Finds Gaps In IHS Anti-Abuse Oversight
• COVID-19 Workers' Comp Considerations For Calif. Employers
• Risks In Moving Too Quickly, Or Slowly, On COVID-19 Vaccine
• Pa. Justices Reverse Course On Med Mal Trial Appeal
• Navajo Hospital, IHS Reach Short-Term Deal In Funding Row
• Ambulance Cos. Illegally Banned Union Buttons, NLRB Says
• NLRB Memos Extend GC's Employer-Friendly Policy Spree
• OIG Says Veterans Affairs Chief Botched Sex Assault Inquiry
• No Need To Explain Strategy In Doc Demand, Del. Justices Say
• Invisalign Maker Not Likely To Dodge Dentists' Antitrust Suit
• Fast COVID-19 Vaccines Raise Call For More Collaboration
• SC Republicans File Medical Marijuana Legalization Bills
• Biden Taps Obama's Ex-Chief Of Staff For VA Secretary
• Union Says Nursing Home Must Pay Up In 401(k) Dispute
• Feds Say Tribal Fee Fight Doesn't Warrant Justices' Attention
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Willkie-Led Tenet Pays $1.1B For Dozens Of Surgery Centers
• Health Care Staffing Co. Ex-Owner Charged With Wage-Fixing
• FDA Panel Backs Emergency Use For Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
• Deals Rumor Mill: Robinhood, ChemChina, Omnicell
• HHS Working Group Could Take FCA Pressure Off Health Cos.
• Opioid Committee Wants Claim Deadline In Mallinckrodt Ch. 11
• 4 Firms Steer Gilead's €1.45B Deal For Germany's MYR
• FTC Seeks Emergency Halt To Looming Philly Hospital Deal
• High Court Gives States Green Light To Regulate PBMs
• Fed Watchdog Finds VA Hospital Error Saddled Staff With Debt
• Fla. Court Affirms $3M Smoking Award But Warns Counsel
• 9th Circ. Revives ACA Claims Over Access To CVS HIV Drugs
• Cooley, Fenwick-Led Tech Cos. Rake In $769M Via IPOs
• Mallinckrodt Opioid Claimants Want OK For Info Website
• Health Transport Co. Workers Seek Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Hagens Berman To Lead Investors' COVID-19 Vaccine Suit
• Startup Artio Medical Nabs New GC From Pet Pharma Co.
• HHS Alert Is Pharma's Guide To Mitigating Anti-Kickback Risk
• Cleaning Co. Settles Worker's Virus Leave Suit
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• House Approves Medical Marijuana Research Bill
• Zoll Medical Can't Escape Defibrillator Defect Death Suit
• Tribe Says Time 'Of The Essence' In Sending COVID-19 Funds
• Canada Backs Pfizer Virus Vaccine, Day Before FDA Meeting
• This Year's Top 8th Circ. Bankruptcy Decisions
• Split 9th Circ. Revives Hospital's Kaiser Antitrust Suit
• AbbVie Wants Allergan Merger Docs Out Of Opioid MDL
• Full Fed. Circ. Says Courts Can Review VA's Manual Rules
• Oklahoma Backs $465M Opioid Win Against J&J
• Nurses' Union Says Fla. Hospitals Did Not Arbitrate Over Pay
• Calif. Church Slams Delay On Restarting Services Amid Virus
• Improper Closing Nixes Ill. Hospital's Med Mal Trial Win
• Full 11th Circ. To Rehear SmileDirect's Ga. Dental Board Case
• Objector Challenges Bernstein Litowitz's $11M Fee At 7th Circ.
• Ex-NJ Doctor Can't Duck Sentence With Unproven Atty Claims
• Dental Co. Faces Scrutiny From High Court In Carveout Case
• City Tells Miss. Justices To Invalidate Medical Pot Measure
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Jurisdiction, Specificity, Fees And Costs
• 5th Circ. Says Age Bias Claims At Hospital Lack Proof
• Congress Should Restore Coarse Filter For Patent Eligibility
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Claims Over Bayer's Mirena Implant
• 3 Major Issues That Will Challenge Health Care In 2021
• Pandemic Led 14% Of Biz Locations To Boost Paid Sick Leave
• Wellness App Calm Eases Into $2B Value After Funding Round
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• Court Rejects FTC Challenge To Philly Hospital Merger
• Big Pharma Slams 'Most-Favored Nation' Rule On Drug Prices
• UnitedHealth Unit Should Reprocess Claims Now, Class Says
• Forum Shopping Claim Can't Spark Transfer Of Med Mal Suit
• Ex-Theranos CEO Claims Doc Privilege Via Boies Schiller
• Feds Ask 1st Circ. To Reinstate Full Insys Kickback Verdict
• Ala. Dental Board Gets SmileDirect, FTC Cases Combined
• PPE Distributor Lodges $3.3M Suit Over Botched Gown Order
• EPA Says Stricter Particulate Matter Controls Not Needed
• High Court Rejects $61.8M FCA Suit Over Medicare Coding
• Feds Call Walmart Preemptive Opioid Suit Improper
• COVID-19 Vaccines Unlikely To Create Litigation Opportunities
• Doc Sues NYC Hospital, Says Disability Bias Tied To COVID-19
• 11th Circ. Judge Calls High Court Age Bias Ruling 'Confusing'
• 3 Ways Defendants Can Nip Civil RICO Claims In The Bud
• Another Opioid Bellwether Delayed For COVID-19
• NJ Justices Clear J&J Of Taxes On Coverage Beyond State
• Calif. AG Becerra Selected To Head HHS In Biden Era
• 2020's Top Pa. Employment Law Changes, And What's Ahead
• What The Biden Administration Can Expect From State AGs
• 2nd Circ. Backs Anthem, Express Scripts ERISA Victory
• Biden To Pick Calif. AG Xavier Becerra To Head HHS
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• High Court Will Review Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements
• FTC Says Likely Pay-For-Delay Deals Remain Few
• DC Circ. Seems Ready To Wade Into Tribal Virus Funding Fight
• Trans Professor Tells Judge To Tap Bostock For Benefits Case
• Syntel Wants $855M Verdict Undone In Trade Secrets Row
• 11th Circ. Revives FMLA Claim But Splits On Reasoning
• 'Lifesaving' Claim Barred In Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial
• Regeneron Can't Escape Feds' Medicare Kickback Case
• What The New House Appropriations Chair Means For Labor
• What Health Attys Are Bracing For As Virus Rages Nationwide
• Veto Of Pa. Virus Liability Bill Thwarts Tort Reform 'Grab Bag'
• High Court Headlines Biggest ERISA Rulings Of A Busy 2020
• New Georgia Biz Court Faces Challenge Over Consent Rule
• California's Cannabis Delivery Law Is Clearer Than It Seems
• Full 4th Circ. To Revisit Nationwide Public Charge Block
• Pot Biz Ayr To Fund Expansions With $75M Debt Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Wilson
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Doc Selling Fake COVID-19 Cure Hit With New Charges
• FTC Opposes NJ Health Network's Acquisition Of Competitor
• Med Mal Suit Tossed After Conn. Atty 'Did Absolutely Nothing'
• Health Insurance Co. Settles Investors' Scam Suit For $11M
• DHS, IBM Warn Of Phishing Bids Targeting Vaccine Delivery
• Appeals Court Affirms Ex-NFLer's Verdict In Investment Suit
• After Ballot Wins, Pot Faces Long Road To Launch In 5 States
• Real Estate Rumors: NY Life, Kudman Trachten, Royal Palm
• W.Va. Opioid Bellwether Delayed By Virus Concerns
• Judge Trims Fla. Trans Workers' Suit Over Health Coverage
• Female Judge Should Hear IUD Cases, JPML Told
• 5th Circ. Revives Veterinarian's Telehealth Free Speech Claim
• UnitedHealth Unit Appeals Loss In Treatment Guidelines Case
• DOJ Backs SmileDirect's Calif. Dental Board Case At 9th Circ.
• Cerner ERISA Suit Trumped By Previously Filed Case
• Minn. City Has Right To Ban Flavored Cigs, 8th Circ. Told
• Dueling Attys Call For Xyrem MDL To Be Moved To CA Or NJ
• Blackbaud Ransomware MDL Appears Set For South Carolina
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ant Group, JD Health, Apex Logistics
• DEA Faces Another Suit Over Stalled Pot Research
• NJ Hospital Can't Offset Possible Liability In Widower's Row
• Chinese National Cops To Lying About Stolen Lab Research
• Next Steps For Now-Legal Mississippi Medical Marijuana
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• Ex-Insys Manager Avoids Prison For Opioid Kickback Scheme
• Big Tobacco Wins 2nd Delay Of Graphic New Warning Labels
• Don't Let Virus Delay W.Va. Opioid Bellwether, Court Urged
• Fla. Biz Groups Ask Lawmakers For COVID-19 Liability Shield
• Theranos Judge Says Virus Won't Delay Ex-CEO's March Trial
• HELP Committee Chair Alexander Bids Senate Farewell
• IHS Says Navajo Hospital Doesn't Need Fast Contract Renewal
• Fla. Pharmacy Gets Chance To Prove Case Against McKesson
• BakerHostetler Adds Fox Rothschild Atty To Health Care Unit
• Bernstein Litowitz Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In Stericycle Case
• Bad Jury Instructions Tainted Med Mal Trial, Pa. Justices Told
• Norton Rose Nabs Skilled Deals Partner For Houston Office
• Overcoming Immunity Of Foreign Gov't Cyberattack Sponsors
• SAG-AFTRA Members Sue Over 'Draconian' Health Plan
• Home Care Firm Agrees To Pay $1M To Settle OT Claims
• Del. Judge Keeps Alive Stanford IP Suits Over Kidney Test
• 2020 Election May Mark A Turning Point For Marijuana Law
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• The State Of Consumer Class Actions Amid COVID-19
• Post-Election Financial Services Regulatory Outlook
• UK Backs Pfizer's Virus Vaccine As US Decision Looms
• In Opioid MDL, Fears Of Allergan Dissolving To Avoid Payout
• Trans Professor Hits Roadblock In Surgery Coverage Suit
• Nursing Home Co. Settles PAGA Wage Suit For $3M
• GAO Rips Trump Admin. On COVID-19 Testing, Vaccine Plan
• Gov't Can't Escape FLSA Collective Actions Over Shutdown
• Biosimilars Group Pushes For Medicine Access Measures
• Clinics Barred From Gilead HIV Drug Program For Now
• Humana Can't Bust Nurses' Collective Action
• Hospital Software Biz Hits $1.5B Value After Funding Round
• Meal Break Rounding Violates Labor Laws, Calif. Justices Told
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• OB/GYN Says Immunity Won't Fly In Tribal Hospital Firing Suit
• NJ Justices Doubt Medical Pot Reimbursement Is Illegal
• High Court May Clarify Key Arbitration Issue
• Ala. Judge Gives Initial OK To $2.67B BCBS Antitrust Deal
• High Court Could Expand FCA Reach In Resolving Circuit Split
• Moderna, Pfizer Playing The Long Game With Novel Vaccine IP
• Generic Co. Gets Horizon's Painkiller Patent Partly Axed
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'
• 4 Firms Pilot $2B Deal For Home Medical Equipment Maker