Health

  • December 16, 2024

    Justices Pass On TCPA Case Over Fax Promoting Webinar

    The nation's top court on Monday declined to take up a healthcare technology company's appeal seeking to stave off a proposed class action accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending faxes about a free webinar.

  • December 13, 2024

    UnitedHealthcare Owes $900K For Services, Provider Says

    A national healthcare provider and two affiliated entities told a Minnesota federal court that UnitedHealthcare owes over $900,000 in independent dispute resolution awards entered against the carrier, accusing it of devising a scheme of denying, delaying and underpaying out-of-network providers.

  • December 13, 2024

    DC Circ. Upholds NLRB In Puerto Rico Hospital Layoff Case

    A San Juan, Puerto Rico, hospital illegally laid off its janitors and contracted out their work without bargaining with their union, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday, upholding the National Labor Relations Board's decision in the case.

  • December 13, 2024

    ND Judge Speeds Up Review Of DACA Health Coverage Block

    A North Dakota federal judge agreed Friday to expedite the federal government's request to halt an order blocking the enforcement of a regulation that extends health coverage to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children without authorization.

  • December 13, 2024

    Aetna Analyst Says She Was Forced Out Over ADD Disability

    Health insurer Aetna was hit with a disability discrimination lawsuit in Georgia federal court by a former data analyst who said she was forced out of her job by regular harassment from her supervisor over her attention deficit disorder.

  • December 13, 2024

    NYC Hospital System Wants Out Of REIT's $50M Campus Suit

    The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and the New York City Economic Development Corp. asked a New York federal court Friday to dismiss a $50 million suit that accused them of being misleading when it came to the development of a floodwall that's supposed to be part of a commercial life sciences campus project.

  • December 13, 2024

    What's Left In $400M Skinny Label Row? A Lot, Court Says

    A number of key issues remain live in the $400 million fight between Teva Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline over whether the generic-drug maker induced healthcare providers to infringe the brand-name company's heart drug patent, including the availability of a new trial, a Delaware federal judge has said.

  • December 13, 2024

    Pa. Contractor Hit With $4.2M Verdict In Pot Software Row

    A Pennsylvania federal jury hit a cannabis software company with a $4.2 million judgment in a lawsuit from a subcontractor claiming it was brought on to help with a government project because of its Black-owned status, then pushed out of the $10 million deal.

  • December 13, 2024

    Feds Narrow Drug Case Against Wife Of Convicted Drexel Prof

    Prosecutors have told a New Jersey federal judge that they would drop one of three drug distribution charges against the wife of a convicted former Drexel University professor, saying their evidence might not establish intent after the U.S. Supreme Court raised the burden of proof for such cases in 2022.

  • December 13, 2024

    Texas AG Sues NY Doctor Over Telehealth Abortion Script

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor who founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine in the Lone Star State Friday, accusing the physician of violating Texas state abortion laws by providing abortion-inducing prescription drugs to a Texas resident via telehealth.

  • December 13, 2024

    Philly Atty Gets Harsher Discipline In NJ For Pill Mill Conviction

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for three years following his conviction for filling fraudulent opioid prescriptions in his side job as a part-time pharmacist, according to a recently filed order.

  • December 13, 2024

    Holland & Knight Faces DQ Bid In Ga. Spine Center 401(k) Suit

    Holland & Knight LLP should be disqualified from representing doctors suing Polaris Spine and Neurosurgery PC in Georgia federal court because the law firm previously served as its corporate counsel, the Atlanta-area practice and one of its doctors argued Thursday.

  • December 13, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis Polk, Wachtell

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Google and TPG Rise Climate partner with Intersect Power, Gen Digital Inc. acquires MoneyLion Inc., Patient Square Capital acquires Patterson Companies Inc., and the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins sell minority ownership shares to private equity firms.

  • December 13, 2024

    UnitedHealth To Pay $69M In Suit Over 401(k) Fund Roster

    UnitedHealth Group has agreed to pay $69 million to settle a class action claiming it included low-performing investment options in its 401(k) plan to preserve its business relationship with Wells Fargo, according to a filing Friday in Minnesota federal court.

  • December 13, 2024

    McKinsey To Pay $650M For Work With Opioid Maker Purdue

    Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. will pay $650 million to resolve charges related to its work helping Purdue Pharma market and boost sales of OxyContin, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

  • December 12, 2024

    BakerHostetler Can't Ditch RICO Claims In Bankruptcy Fight

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday trimmed fraud and legal malpractice claims alleging BakerHostetler aided a $100 million insurance fraud scheme, but he refused to throw out civil racketeering claims, finding that the allegations are "well-pleaded," and he must assume, for now, that they're true.

  • December 12, 2024

    Align Tech's $27.5M Antitrust Deal Hits Nerve With Judge

    A California federal judge said Thursday that a proposed $27.5 million deal for teeth-aligner buyers to resolve antitrust claims alleging Align Technologies Inc. colluded with the now-bankrupt SmileDirectClub to illegally restrict competition might be "inherently improper" due to a coupon component that "would bring additional business to the monopolist."

  • December 12, 2024

    Anti-Abortion Activists Say Clinic Pushed Bogus Hack Claim

    The lawyer for an anti-abortion "pregnancy crisis center" on Thursday accused a Massachusetts abortion provider of knowingly filing a "far-fetched" complaint falsely accusing his clients of computer hacking, after the plaintiffs said they will be dropping those allegations but adding new claims in an amended complaint.

  • December 12, 2024

    Medicare Could Lose Billions From 'Patent Abuse,' Group Says

    The $6 billion a year Medicare is supposed to save by negotiating drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act is close to the billions of dollars the government could lose due to "patent abuse" by drugmakers, according to a new report by a consumer interest group.

  • December 12, 2024

    3rd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Anti-Abortion Group's Suit

    The Third Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of an anti-abortion pregnancy center's bid to block the enforcement of a subpoena seeking information about its donors, ruling its constitutional claims are not yet ripe.

  • December 12, 2024

    Bausch And Lomb Says Potential Sale In The Works

    Bausch and Lomb Corp. on Thursday confirmed reports that it is exploring a potential sale, acting in response to a request from the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.

  • December 12, 2024

    Wash. Justices OK Tax Break For Pharmacy Benefits Manager

    A Washington pharmacy benefits manager is exempt from a state business tax on its services for Medicaid patients because its corporate sibling paid premium taxes in connection with the same services, the state's high court affirmed Thursday.

  • December 12, 2024

    MOVEit Data Breach MDL Survives Dismissal Bid

    Progress Software and a group of more than 100 businesses, healthcare providers and government agencies can't end a putative class action over a data breach tied to Progress' MOVEIt file transfer tool, a Massachusetts federal judge said Thursday.

  • December 12, 2024

    Judge Troubled By Conduct Of Pot Farmer And State Officials

    A federal judge said this week that he's concerned by the "tone and tenor" that both a medical marijuana cultivator and Oklahoma law enforcement officials have taken in a case involving millions of dollars' worth of farm equipment destroyed during an erroneous raid, saying he's going to be looking closely at the conduct of all parties.

  • December 12, 2024

    Lawmaker Sues Over Firing For Remarks On Jewish Rival

    Outgoing Connecticut State Rep. Anabel Figueroa, a Democrat representing Stamford, is suing her ex-employer Nuvance Health Inc. claiming it wrongly fired her over purportedly antisemitic comments she made in a radio interview about her successful primary challenger that she said were taken out of context.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

  • Tobacco Surcharge Suits Spotlight Wellness Reg Compliance

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    A mounting wave of tobacco-user surcharge litigation against employee benefit plans highlights compliance challenges associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act wellness regulations, and reminds plan sponsors to ask existential questions about the utility of their wellness programs, say Finn Pressly and Lesley Wolf at Ballard Spahr.

  • The Key To Solving High Drug Costs Is Understanding Causes

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    One-sided views on who or what contributes to the high cost of pharmaceuticals render possible solutions much harder to discover and implement, and a better approach would be to examine history and learn why costs have increased and what legislation has and hasn't helped, says Nancy Linck at NJ Linck Consulting.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

  • Avoiding Merger Disputes Via Careful LLC Agreement Drafting

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a merger in a dispute over the process of amending the target's limited liability company agreement, underscoring the importance of understanding the Delaware LLC Act default rules and careful drafting to allow for contractual modifications, says Jane Trueper at Lathrop.

  • Next Steps For FCA Defendants After Fla. Qui Tam Ruling

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    Because a Florida federal court's recent decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates could eventually prove to be a watershed event for False Claims Act suits, defendants should consider potential next steps to ensure that their litigation benefits from the court's reasoning and further developments, says Scott Gallisdorfer at Bass Berry.

  • Compliance Pointers For Amended Pa. Data Breach Law

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    Recent updates to the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act include a requirement that organizations alert the state's attorney general of certain consumer data breach notifications, and several incident response and cybersecurity considerations will be necessary to ensure compliance, say Matthew Meade and Laura Decker at Eckert Seamans.

  • Patent Lessons From 7 Federal Circuit Reversals In August

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    The Federal Circuit’s seven vacated or reversed cases from August provide helpful clarity on obviousness-type double patenting, written description and indefiniteness, and suggest improved practices for petitioners and patent owners in inter partes review, say Denise De Mory and Li Guo at Bunsow De Mory.

  • Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys

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    Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.

  • Opinion

    Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code

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    As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan

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    Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.

  • Opinion

    To Shrink Jury Awards, Address Preventable Medical Errors

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    While some health industry leaders complain about large malpractice awards — like the recent $45 million verdict in Hernandez v. Temple University Hospital — these payouts are only a symptom of the underlying problem: an epidemic of preventable medical errors, says Eric Weitz at The Weitz Firm.

  • A Look At Calif.'s New AI Law For Health Insurers

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    A newly enacted California law prohibits artificial intelligence tools from making medical necessity determinations for healthcare service plans or disability insurers, addressing core questions that have arisen around AI's role in coverage decisions, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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