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December 10, 2024
FTC's Holyoak Says Chair OK With Some Cartels
Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said Lina Khan, the agency's current chair, is suggesting enforcers ignore anticompetitive activity if it's not being committed by what she considers "dominant firms."
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December 10, 2024
NC Addiction Clinic To Pay $825K To End Medicaid Fraud Suit
An addiction treatment and behavioral health clinic based in Raleigh will pay $825,000 to settle claims that it billed the North Carolina Medicaid program for medically unnecessary drug tests and treatment support programs, the state Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday.
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December 10, 2024
Fed. Circ. Overturns VA Rule On 'Special' Ambulance Rates
The Federal Circuit has vacated a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rule effectively reducing the rates the VA pays for "noncontract" ambulance services for disabled veterans, saying the rule exceeded the agency's statutory authority.
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December 10, 2024
Eli Lilly Says Tampa Health Biz Can't 'Pass The Buck' In TM Suit
Eli Lilly and Co. is asking a Florida federal judge not to throw out its claims that a Tampa Bay company falsely advertised that it offered Eli Lilly diabetes and obesity medications, saying it can't "pass the buck" to a co-defendant that owned the website that advertised its services.
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December 10, 2024
Ohio Justices Reject Opioid Nuisance Claims In $650M Appeal
The majority of the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the state's product liability law doesn't allow for public nuisance claims to be brought over the opioid crisis, in a challenge to a $650 million verdict won by two counties.
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December 10, 2024
NLRB Judge Protections Get Ax In Constitutional Challenge
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday sided with a Massachusetts hospital in its challenge to National Labor Relations Board judges' job protections, saying the board's judges must be removable at will, but stopping short of holding that their protections are a basis for blocking cases they're currently hearing.
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December 09, 2024
Healthcare Facilities Biz Settles DOJ Citizenship Bias Claims
Healthcare Services Group Inc. and one of its affiliates have agreed to pay roughly $17,400 in penalties and lost wages and benefits to put to rest the U.S. Department of Justice's allegations the company discriminated against prospective employees based on citizenship status, the Justice Department announced Friday.
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December 09, 2024
3rd Circ. Affirms NLRB's COVID-19 Bonus Pay Order
The Third Circuit upheld on Monday a National Labor Relations Board decision finding a New Jersey nursing home illegally cut or stopped COVID-19 bonuses for unionized workers, supporting the board's assertion that the bonuses were hazard pay that the company was required to negotiate with the union.
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December 09, 2024
19 Republican AGs Win Order Against DACA Health Coverage
Nineteen states secured an order on Monday that bars the federal government from requiring them to comply with a regulation that extends federal health coverage to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children without authorization, blocking enforcement of a Biden administration rule.
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December 09, 2024
Condom Co. Says Rival Owes $744K In 'Naked' IP Dispute
A U.S.-based condom company told a Florida federal judge during a bench trial on Monday that an Australian rival owes at least $744,000 in attorney fees after losing in a dispute over use of the trademark "naked," saying the two had made a formal agreement but didn't memorialize it in writing.
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December 09, 2024
HIPAA Doesn't Require Interview Alerts, Mich. Panel Says
A trial judge should not have forced an assisted living facility to notify a resident suing it for medical malpractice about which healthcare providers it was interviewing in ex parte meetings, a Michigan appeals panel has ruled.
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December 09, 2024
Ohio Justices Uphold Dialysis Co.'s Tax Liability On Services
A dialysis company's receipts from laboratory tests and certain administrative costs should be sourced to Ohio, the state's highest court ruled Monday, rejecting the company's arguments that they should be sourced to other states where employees handling that part of the business performed work.
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December 09, 2024
UCLA Student Sues Doctors Over Transgender Misdiagnosis
A UCLA student has sued a group of doctors in Los Angeles state court, alleging she was misdiagnosed with gender dysphoria when she was 12 and rushed into taking puberty blockers and testosterone and having a mastectomy before she realized she wasn't transgender.
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December 09, 2024
NC Attorney General Cans Counterclaims In HCA Hospital Suit
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has immunity from counterclaims brought by HCA Healthcare in an enforcement suit centered on the for-profit health network's actions since purchasing an Asheville hospital five years ago, a state Business Court judge has ruled.
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December 09, 2024
Ga. Attys Urge Companies To Develop Generative AI Policies
Companies need to develop policies mitigating the effects of generative artificial intelligence as the tool is already impacting contracts and other aspects of business across nearly every industry, attorneys said Monday at a State Bar of Georgia panel.
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December 09, 2024
Pa. Hospital Can't Upend $8M C-Section Injury Verdict
A Pennsylvania appeals court won't strip an $8 million verdict from a couple who alleged that a surgeon botched a cesarean section during the birth of their child, rejecting the hospital's argument that the evidence didn't support a finding of negligence.
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December 09, 2024
High Court Won't Hear Zimmer Biomet Royalties Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shot down Zimmer Biomet Holdings' challenge to the Seventh Circuit's finding that the company shouldn't have stopped paying royalties on knee replacement devices it developed using an orthopedic surgeon's various patents after those patents expired.
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December 06, 2024
USDA Orders Raw Milk Be Tested For Bird Flu
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday issued a federal order requiring raw milk across the country to be tested as part of an effort to control and stop the spread of bird flu.
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December 06, 2024
Netflix's 'Our Father' Trial Ends With Modest Award
Facing millions of dollars in punitive damage liabilities, Netflix and its army of lawyers were able to keep an Indiana federal jury's verdict at $385,000 in a privacy lawsuit over the names of the biological children of a rogue fertility doctor that appeared in the "Our Father" documentary.
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December 06, 2024
Hospital Insists Colo. Justices Should Allow Lien Discovery
A Colorado hospital facing a class action alleging that it unlawfully filed liens against patients without first billing insurers told the state Supreme Court this week that a discovery order requiring a plaintiff to turn over information related to a car accident is directly relevant to whether class members actually suffered harm meriting a class action.
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December 06, 2024
Cedars-Sinai ERISA Class Cert. Bid Meets Skeptical Judge
A Los Angeles federal judge appeared wary Friday of certifying a 16,000-person class of current and former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Inc. workers who subscribe to the hospital's retirement plan, expressing concerns that one of the proposed lead plaintiffs does not appear to understand the case.
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December 06, 2024
Biden Admin Says Abortion Drug Fight Can't Stay In Texas
The Biden administration and mifepristone-maker Danco Laboratories LLC doubled down Friday on their bids to end the litigation challenging federal approvals for the abortion medication, arguing the three intervening states can't continue to litigate in Texas federal court now that the private plaintiffs have dropped their claims.
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December 06, 2024
5th Circ. Judge Notes Inconsistencies In Medicare Rate Policy
A Fifth Circuit judge called out inconsistencies in a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services policy, asking the government to explain apparent discrepancies that four Texas anesthesia practices say will cost them $4 million in reduced reimbursements.
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December 06, 2024
Neb. Judge Nixes Bid To Revisit Challenge To Medical Pot
A Nebraska state judge has refused to reopen the secretary of state's challenge to medical marijuana legalization ballot initiatives, calling the motions largely "futile" in her order — teeing up a potential appeal before the state's highest court.
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December 06, 2024
Two Firms To Rep CVS Investors In Benefit Unit Losses Suit
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP will co-lead a proposed class of investors in consolidated litigation alleging CVS Health Corp. hurt investors as it announced its benefit unit's unanticipated losses.
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.