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February 20, 2025
Georgia VA Doc Gets 2 Years For Sex Abuse Of Patient
A Georgia federal judge Thursday hit a former Department of Veterans Affairs physician convicted of sexually abusing an ex-patient with a two-year prison sentence, and in the process shot down the doctor's bid for a new trial.
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February 20, 2025
Trump Trans Edicts Will Cause More Teen Suicides, States Say
Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Minnesota argued Wednesday for a court order halting President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people, saying the edicts are unconstitutional and have "unleashed unbridled fear and irreparable harms."
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February 20, 2025
COVID Fraud Drove Record FCA Caseload, Gov't Officials Say
Federal officials said that the record-setting number of whistleblower False Claims Act cases filed in 2024 was likely driven by COVID-19-related fraud, with the use of data mining having an outsized role in those cases.
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February 20, 2025
Boston, Other Cities And MassBio Back Challenge To NIH Cuts
The city of Boston and 44 other cities, counties and elected officials around the country and, separately, the life sciences industry group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday to extend a temporary restraining order blocking steep cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement for research projects.
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February 20, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs TTAB's Denial Of Health Co.'s Proposed TM
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board correctly denied a healthcare management company's bid to register "Formularyhub" because it's a descriptive term, the Federal Circuit said Thursday.
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February 20, 2025
Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes
A Justice Department attorney argued before a D.C. federal judge Thursday that there is no basis to continue blocking the Trump administration from implementing a blanket suspension on federal spending, saying the court cannot bar "hypothetical" future freezes.
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February 20, 2025
Nootropics Co. Can't Push Nurse's Suit To Arbitration
Makers of the Thesis brand of supplements can't push into arbitration a former U.S. Army nurse's lawsuit claiming its nootropics, sometimes called "smart drugs," secretly contained amphetamines, which caused her to fail a drug test and be booted from the military, a Washington federal judge has ruled.
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February 20, 2025
Dems Seek Answers, Reversals For 'Reckless' VA Cuts
Democrats in Congress asked Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins to justify how firing 1,000-plus VA employees could possibly benefit veterans, and they called on him to reverse the cuts, stating that they are causing negative impacts.
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February 20, 2025
Unions Demand Insight Into DOGE's Agency Audits
Worker and consumer advocates asked a D.C. federal judge Thursday to make the Department of Government Efficiency detail its probes into three federal agencies, arguing the information is needed to resolve their claims that the new entity's audits violate the public's privacy rights.
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February 20, 2025
AmerisourceBergen Strikes Settlement In 401(k) Fee Suit
AmerisourceBergen and a proposed class of workers who alleged their employee 401(k) plan was saddled with excessive recordkeeping and administrative costs have struck a settlement deal to resolve the dispute, according to a filing in Kentucky federal court.
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February 20, 2025
Michigan Abortion Law In Judge's Hands As Trial Wraps
A medical ethicist testified Thursday that Michigan's contested informed consent materials for abortion patients are a "model" of neutrality, closing out a bench trial and setting the stage for a judge to decide whether to strike down the informed consent law and other challenged abortion restrictions.
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February 20, 2025
HHS Rescinds Guidance On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday rescinded guidance for health plans and insurers on complying with the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provisions with regard to gender-affirming care for minors, which President Donald Trump called on the agency to do in a January executive order.
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February 20, 2025
DOJ Official Flags 'Aggressive' FCA Approach Under Trump
A senior U.S. Department of Justice official said Thursday that the Trump administration's focus on government efficiency will include "aggressively" enforcing the False Claims Act, including a strong focus on FCA enforcement of foreign trade issues amid recently imposed tariffs.
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February 20, 2025
Drug Buyers Get OK On $275M Sandoz Antitrust Settlement
Swiss drugmaker Sandoz and its subsidiaries will pay consumers, insurers and other "end payer plaintiffs" $275 million to settle class action claims that it conspired with other companies to fix the price of certain generic drugs, under a deal that got preliminary approval from a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday.
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February 20, 2025
'Lawsuit Protection' Co. Fined In Ohio For Unlicensed Practice
A legal consulting firm that markets itself as a "comprehensive lawsuit protection company" serving medical practices was hit with a fine on Thursday by the Ohio Supreme Court for practicing law in the state without a license for more than a decade.
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February 20, 2025
Mass. Man's Medicare Fraud Paid For Ferraris, Feds Say
Federal agents arrested a Massachusetts man Thursday for allegedly billing Medicare to provide orthotic braces to patients he'd never met who didn't need the devices, a nearly $30 million scheme that allowed him to purchase two Ferraris, a Mercedes-Benz and multiple luxury watches.
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February 20, 2025
Ex-Opioid CEO's Billing Spat With Trial Atty Lands In Court
A Manhattan federal judge teed up a briefing schedule Thursday after a fight over expenses erupted between convicted former opioid CEO Laurence Doud and the lawyer who represented him at his criminal trial, who says Doud still owes $150,000.
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February 19, 2025
Trump Is Defying Order To Unfreeze Foreign Aid, Groups Say
The Trump administration is "brazenly" defying an order to restore foreign assistance funding, a pair of aid organizations told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday, asking the court to enforce its temporary restraining order and to sanction the government officials until they comply.
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February 19, 2025
Meta Should've Preserved Health Tracking Data, Judge Says
A California federal judge considering sanctions against Meta for deleting data in privacy litigation over a Facebook tool's collection of patient health information said Wednesday that he's not convinced Meta had "malintent," but said, "I do think this information should have been preserved."
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February 19, 2025
Contractors' Group Asks DC Judge To Halt Gutting Of USAID
A group representing U.S. citizen personal services contractors working for the U.S. Agency for International Development is the latest to ask a federal judge to step in and block the Trump administration's push to gut the agency and its operations.
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February 19, 2025
Judge Probes Vagueness In Suit Over Trump's Anti-DEI Orders
A Baltimore federal judge on Wednesday pressed a U.S. Department of Justice attorney to spell out what would constitute so-called illegal DEI under Trump administration executive orders that aim to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors.
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February 19, 2025
Tech Co.'s Software Doesn't Meet CMS Needs, Judge Says
A Court of Federal Claims judge denied IntelliBridge LLC's attempt to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from seeking bidders for its hybrid cloud product engineering and operations contract, finding on Tuesday the agency isn't trying to replicate its batCAVE software.
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February 19, 2025
Walgreens Says $1B COVID Testing Award Must Be Nixed
Walgreens is urging a Delaware federal judge to rethink his decision enforcing a $987 million arbitral award to a lab testing and diagnostics company in a dispute over COVID-19 tests, arguing Tuesday that he ignored that the arbitrator "invented" language in the contract to arrive at his conclusion.
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February 19, 2025
Colorado Joins Fight Against Trump Trans Health Order
Colorado on Wednesday joined Washington and two other states opposing President Donald Trump's executive order targeting federal funding for gender-affirming care for people younger than 19, in an amended complaint that noted Colorado was the first state to include gender-affirming care among essential health benefits.
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February 19, 2025
Ga. Woman Implanted With Wrong Embryo Sues Fertility Clinic
A Georgia woman who learned that she gave birth to an unknown couple's baby when she saw that the newborn was Black is suing the fertility clinic she claims negligently and recklessly implanted the strangers' embryo, according to a suit filed in state court.
Expert Analysis
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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What To Expect Next From Federal Health Tech Regulation
Healthcare organizations should pay close attention to federal health information technology regulators' recent guidance concerning barriers to accessing electronic health information, which signals that more enforcement in this area is likely forthcoming, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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5 Areas Congress May Investigate After GOP Election Wins
With Republicans poised to take control of Congress in addition to the executive branch next year, private companies can expect an unprecedented uptick in congressional investigations focused on five key areas, including cryptocurrency and healthcare, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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Takeaways From State Votes On Abortion In The 2024 Election
Attorneys at Epstein Becker discuss how 10 states voted on ballot initiatives to either protect or restrict access to abortion in the 2024 general election, and analyze overarching trends.
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Loper Bright Offers New Materiality Defense To FCA Liability
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bight Enterprises v. Raimondo, ending Chevron deference, may have created a new defense to False Claims Act liability by providing the opportunity to argue that a given regulation is not material to the government's payment decision, says Tanner Cook at Husch Blackwell.
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How Expanded Birth Control Coverage May Affect Employers
Employers should consider the potential impact of recently proposed regulations that would expand group health plans' required coverage of preventive services and contraceptives, including questions about how the agencies would implement their plans to eliminate the prescription requirement and alter the exceptions process, says Jennifer Rigterink at Proskauer.
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Legislation Most Likely To Pass In Lame Duck Session
As Congress begins its five-week post-election lame duck session, attorneys at Greenberg Traurig break down the legislative priorities and which proposals can be expected to pass.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Opinion
Preserving The FCA Is Crucial In Trump's 2nd Term
While the Trump administration may pursue weaker False Claims Act enforcement, it remains an essential tool in safeguarding public funds and maintaining corporate accountability, so now is not the time to undermine ethical behavior, or reduce protections and incentives for whistleblowers, says Adam Pollock at Pollock Cohen.
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Series
Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron.
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How Property Insurance Coverage Shrank After The Pandemic
Insurers litigating property claims are leveraging rulings that provided relief in the COVID-19 context to reverse the former majority rule on physical loss or damage in all contexts, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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Curious Case Of FTC's Amicus Brief In Teva Fed. Circ. Appeal
Attorneys at BCLP explore the Federal Trade Commission's backing of Amneal's Orange Book-delisting efforts on Teva ahead of a key Federal Circuit hearing in a case between the two pharmaceutical companies, and wonder if the FTC amicus brief indicates a future trend, especially in the next administration.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Recent Developments In Insurance Coverage For FCA Claims
As the U.S. Department of Justice continues its vigorous False Claims Act enforcement, companies looking to their insurers to help defray the costs of an investigation or settlement should note recent decisions on which types of policies cover FCA claims, which policy periods apply and which portions of FCA-related losses are covered, say attorneys at Covington.
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Opinion
PREVAIL Bill Is Another Misguided Attempt To Restrict PTAB
The decade-long campaign against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board — currently focused on the PREVAIL Act that's slated for markup in the Senate — is not really about procedural issues, and it is not aimed at securing more accurate patentability decisions, says Clear IP's Joseph Matal, former acting director at the USPTO.