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October 31, 2024
CBS Escapes Ex-Employee's Vaccine Bias Suit
CBSViacom/Paramount beat a former employee's lawsuit claiming she was fired because she requested a medical exemption to the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy, with a New York federal judge ruling she failed to fix errors previously identified by the court.
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October 31, 2024
Health District Must Face Cyberattack Suit, Wash. Judges Say
A municipal health department in Washington is back on the hook in litigation over a cyberattack that affected nearly 109,000 individuals, thanks to a precedential ruling by a state appellate court Thursday reviving claims that the department was negligent in storing patients' personal information.
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October 31, 2024
BREAKING: Abbott, Mead Cleared In Baby Formula Trial
A St. Louis jury cleared Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson of liability Thursday in the companies' first joint trial over claims their baby formula causes a serious gut condition in preterm infants.
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October 31, 2024
Health System Agrees To Resolve Retirement Plan Fee Suit
A New England health system has agreed to settle a proposed class action claiming it loaded two employee retirement plans with exceedingly high costs and underperforming investment options, according to a filing Thursday in New Hampshire federal court.
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October 31, 2024
The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms made the list of leaders in all-around excellence this year.
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October 31, 2024
Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.
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October 30, 2024
5th Circ. Keeps Most No Surprises Act Provisions Intact
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld several provisions for calculating qualifying payments under a federal law aimed at protecting Americans from surprise medical bills, saying in a published opinion that the provisions were neither inconsistent with the law nor arbitrary and capricious.
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October 30, 2024
FDA Didn't Flub Approval In Orphan Drug Case, DC Court Says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration didn't err in determining that a rival narcolepsy treatment is not the "same drug" as Jazz Pharmaceuticals' exclusive treatment, a D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday, holding that the FDA's approval of the rival drug didn't run afoul of the Orphan Drug Act.
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October 30, 2024
Jury Told Abbott, Mead Owe 'Astronomical' Sum Over Formula
Lawyers for a premature baby who developed a serious gut condition after being given formula made by Abbott and Mead Johnson asked a jury to deliver an "astronomical" punishment in closing arguments Wednesday while the companies said formula's only sin is it can't protect preterm infants like breast milk can.
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October 30, 2024
Class Asks Court To Revive Claims Against Florida Blue
A proposed class of Florida state employees enrolled in a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida healthcare plan asked an appeals court Wednesday to revive their suit claiming the insurer designed a claims process to obstruct approval and payment of claims for mental health care.
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October 30, 2024
Doctor Denied Access To Grand Jury Materials In HIPAA Case
A Houston federal judge has denied a motion from a pediatric surgeon who asked for access to grand jury materials in his case involving alleged HIPAA violations, issuing a brief order without further explanation.
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October 30, 2024
Alleged Kickback Plotters Can Waive Conflict Over Attorney
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday concluded that a lab testing company owner charged with participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Medicare and a man who pled guilty to participating in a connected conspiracy could waive any conflicts that might arise from both using the same attorney.
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October 30, 2024
Texas Hospital Can't Escape $3.5M Blood Clot Verdict
A Texas appellate court largely affirmed a jury's $3.5 million verdict in a suit accusing a hospital of negligently treating a patient's blood clots and causing serious injuries, saying awards for future lost earnings and medical expenses were supported by the evidence.
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October 30, 2024
Cigna Wants $16.1M, Florida Labs Seek $5.1M In Benefits Feud
Cigna should pay $5.1 million for harming three Florida laboratories by wrongfully declaring thousands of substance abuse treatment tests medically unnecessary, the labs told a Connecticut jury Wednesday, while Cigna asked to recoup $16.1 million in payouts to the labs for what it called "wasteful" tests.
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October 30, 2024
Doc Review Site Must Face Suit Over Criminal Profile Mix-Up
The owners of physician review website Healthgrades on Wednesday lost their bid to toss allegations they defamed a surgeon in mixing up his profile with a doctor by a similar name who was convicted on federal opioid-related charges.
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October 30, 2024
Conn. Justices Doubt Fertility Doc Suit Is For 'Wrongful Life'
Some justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court were skeptical Wednesday that a lawsuit accusing a fertility doctor of impregnating patients with his own sperm is a barred claim for wrongful life, pressing defense counsel on the now-grown children's allegations that they suffered psychological harm when they discovered the truth.
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October 30, 2024
Insurer Can't Cap Interest In Birth Injury Case, Patient Says
A patient suing his doctor over injuries he suffered at birth urged the Colorado Supreme Court not to limit interest on his medical malpractice damages to $1 million, arguing in a brief the doctor's insurer had chances to settle the case years ago and refused.
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October 30, 2024
3rd Circ. Told Medicare Drug Price Talks Not Voluntary
Three pharmaceutical companies told the Third Circuit on Wednesday the Medicare drug price negotiation program is anything but voluntary, arguing the appeals court should revive their challenges to the program because it is unconstitutional.
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October 30, 2024
Ga. Health Commish 'Overstepped' In Hospital Turf War
The Georgia Court of Appeals has tossed a ruling from the state's Commissioner for the Department of Community Health that would have allowed a metro Atlanta hospital system to open a new radiology center, saying Tuesday that the commissioner overstepped his review powers.
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October 30, 2024
Yale Researcher's Suit Over Loss Of 'Life's Work' Transferred
A Connecticut state court judge in Fairfield is passing on a researcher's lawsuit accusing Yale School of Medicine of destroying two decades of research worth $28 million, transferring the case to the complex litigation docket in Hartford.
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October 30, 2024
COVID-19 Order Could Save Med Mal Suit, Ga. Judges Say
A mistake made by a paralegal working for former Georgia state representative Robbin Shipp may have been saved by a recent Peach State high court ruling that a pandemic-era judicial emergency order can toll the deadline to file medical malpractice suits, the state appeals court found Tuesday.
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October 30, 2024
AIG Tells Del. Justices Texas Medicaid Case 'Steeped In Fraud'
An attorney for insurers who brought a mid-case appeal in a tangled suit focused on a Texas Medicaid claims processor's battles over its alleged errors and omissions in orthodontia billings told Delaware's Supreme Court Wednesday that the original case was "steeped in fraud" and propped up by negligence claims.
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October 30, 2024
Ohio PBM Case Will Wait For High Court Ruling
The Sixth Circuit agreed to pause a case from Ohio state enforcers accusing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics of driving up prescription drug prices while the U.S. Supreme Court decides another case dealing with federal versus state jurisdiction.
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October 30, 2024
Access To 'Dreamer' Info Limited In Suit Over HHS Rule
A North Dakota magistrate judge has imposed limits on who can see the names and addresses of 130 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients after the court ordered the Biden administration to hand that data over to the state attorney general.
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October 30, 2024
Animal Med Distributor To Pay $1.1M For Lax Opioid Oversight
Veterinary supplier Covetrus North America will pay $1.125 million to settle allegations that it ignored warning flags on 35 suspicious orders of opioids from a Cape Cod veterinarian's practice and shipped the drugs anyway, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
Expert Analysis
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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Newly Acquired Information Can Be Key In Drug Label Cases
The question of whether federal law preempts state law claims is often central in pharmaceutical labeling cases, like the Fosamax litigation now before the Third Circuit — but parties must also consider whether there is newly acquired information to justify submitting a proposed labeling change in the first place, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Justices Face Tough Question On HHS Hospital Pay Formula
In Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Becerra, the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services properly applied certain Medicare reimbursement adjustments to hospitals — a decision that could significantly affect hospitals' ability to seek higher Medicare reimbursement for low-income patients, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Key Healthcare Issues That Hinge On The Election Outcome
The 2024 presidential race, while not heavily dominated by healthcare issues compared to past elections, holds significant implications for the direction of healthcare policy in a potential Harris or Trump administration, encompassing issues ranging from Medicare to artificial intelligence, says Miranda Franco at Holland & Knight.
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Patent Lessons From 4 Federal Circuit Reversals In September
Cases that were reversed or vacated by the Federal Circuit last month provide helpful clarity on collateral estoppel, patent eligibility, construction of claim terms that have different boundaries across different claims, and the role of courts as neutral arbiter, say attorneys at Bunsow De Mory.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Fostering Healthcare Industry Success With Joint Ventures
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, joint ventures remain a key strategy to unite health systems, private equity firms and physician practices in leveraging their collective strengths to foster innovation and improve patient care, say Carole Becker and Travis Jackson at McDermott.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Webuild Ruling Complicates Arb. Award Enforcement In US
A Delaware federal court's recent decision in Sociedad Concesionaria Metropolitana de Salud v. Webuild, if read literally, could undercut the United States' image as a proarbitration jurisdiction by complicating creditors' efforts to enforce awards against property in this country, says Jeff Newton at Omni Bridgeway.
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How 2 Proposed Bills Could Transform Patent Law
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and the Prevail Act may come up for vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee after the election, and both offer benefits and challenges for inventors and companies seeking to obtain patents, says Philip Nelson at Knobbe Martens.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Tobacco Surcharge Suits Spotlight Wellness Reg Compliance
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.
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The Key To Solving High Drug Costs Is Understanding Causes
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.