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January 08, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs NYC Hospital In Retirement Plan Fee Suit
The Second Circuit refused Wednesday to reopen a proposed class action claiming Montefiore Medical Center allowed its employee retirement plan to be saddled with excessive recordkeeping fees, saying the workers leading the suit failed to show the plan paid too much for the services it received.
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January 08, 2025
Buchanan Ingersoll Adds Frier Levitt Pharmacy Atty In NJ
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC added a shareholder this week in its Newark, New Jersey, office from Frier Levitt who specializes in representing various kinds of pharmacies in transactions, litigation, investigations and other matters.
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January 08, 2025
Wilson Sonsini, Cooley Lead $621M Take-Private Of Accolade
Private equity-backed healthcare company Transcarent, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, and personalized healthcare company Accolade, led by Cooley LLP, on Wednesday announced plans to merge in a $621 million deal that will result in Accolade becoming a private company.
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January 07, 2025
DOJ Watchdog Criticizes Trump Officials For COVID Leaks
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General has found that senior Justice Department officials under the first Trump administration improperly leaked information about investigations into COVID-19 deaths in states run by Democrats shortly before the 2020 presidential election, according to a report posted Tuesday.
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January 07, 2025
HHS Fines Mass. Health Firm $80K Over Ransomware Attack
Elgon Information Systems, which provides digital medical record and billing support services, will pay $80,000 over alleged healthcare data protection rule violations following a ransomware attack on its systems in March 2023 that impacted roughly 31,248 customers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
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January 07, 2025
Alcohol Warnings Unlikely To Bring Same Fate Tobacco Faced
The U.S. surgeon general on Friday recommended that alcohol carry warnings about cancer risks, and attorneys say that while warning labels might be warranted, alcohol is unlikely to become the next tobacco.
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January 07, 2025
Feds Defend FCA Whistleblower Constitutionality At 11th Circ.
The federal government has called on the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions, saying a Florida district court ruling otherwise is an "outlier" that goes against U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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January 07, 2025
Surgeon Says Unprovided Report Should Nix Transplant Suit
A lawsuit from the families of three patients who died on a Texas hospital's liver transplant waiting list should have been tossed because the families failed to provide an expert report to a surgeon accused of tampering with their data, the surgeon argued to a state appeals court Monday.
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January 07, 2025
Conn. AG, Feds Reach 3rd Dentist Kickback Settlement
A joint investigation by state and federal law enforcement has netted its third settlement with a Connecticut dentist accused of using illegal patient recruiting tactics to rip off Medicaid.
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January 07, 2025
Cannabis Reformers Move To Oust DEA From Pot Hearings
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has worked behind the scenes to undermine an administrative process that will determine whether federal restrictions on marijuana are relaxed, a group of reformers alleged in a new filing submitted to an agency tribunal.
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January 07, 2025
Seton Hall COVID Isolation Death Suit Was Too Late, Judge Says
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Seton Hall University sophomore who died during a COVID-19 isolation period in 2021, ruling their claims are time-barred and they failed to show bad faith.
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January 07, 2025
5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Check Out In Jan.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear from Cornell University workers looking to revive a retirement plan mismanagement suit and a former firefighter who says federal disability bias law protects post-employment benefits, while circuit courts will weigh gender-affirming care restrictions and a battle over pension annuity payments. Here, Law360 looks at five arguments that benefits attorneys ought to keep an eye on this month.
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January 07, 2025
6th Circ. Declines To Send Publix Questions To Ga. High Court
The Sixth Circuit won't certify a set of questions about Georgia state nuisance law to the state's Supreme Court, after ruling that Publix Super Markets Inc. hasn't shown the appeals court needs to step in before a bellwether trial in the national opioid multidistrict litigation.
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January 07, 2025
Judge OKs Dig Into Yale, Fertility Doctor's Decade Of Files
A Connecticut state trial court judge will allow two women to dig through a decade of records spanning 1974 to 1984 to support their assertions that a Yale-connected fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate them in the mid-1980s.
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January 07, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Christian Vax Refuser's Religious Bias Suit
The Fourth Circuit reinstated Tuesday a lawsuit from a Christian nurse who claimed she was unlawfully fired for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, ruling a trial court jumped the gun when it tossed her case.
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January 07, 2025
CFPB Adopts Rule To Take Medical Debt Off Credit Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved ahead Tuesday with plans to restrict the use of medical debt information in credit scoring and lending, finalizing a rule that it said will take an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills off consumers' credit reports.
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January 06, 2025
Trump Selects Long Island Judge For EDNY's Top Prosecutor
President-elect Donald Trump, who was born in Queens, has picked a Long Island state court judge to serve as the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, according to an announcement made Monday on Truth Social.
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January 06, 2025
Athira Inks $4M FCA Deal Over Ex-CEO's Research Fraud
Athira Pharma Inc. has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations it used falsified academic research papers on neurological disorders like Alzheimer's to secure federal grants from the National Institute of Health, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
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January 06, 2025
Sidley, Wachtell Guide Inari Medical's $4.9B Sale To Stryker
Medical technology company Stryker Corp., represented by Sidley Austin LLP, announced Monday that it has inked an agreement to acquire device maker Inari Medical Inc., represented by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, in a deal worth about $4.9 billion.
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January 06, 2025
Medical Debt Suit Against Credit Bureaus Tossed, For Now
A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Equifax, Experian and TransUnion of violating antitrust law by agreeing to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports, but the judge gave the medical providers that filed the suit a chance to amend their complaint.
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January 06, 2025
USAA Hits Mich. Clinics, Owners With Billing Fraud Claims
United Services Automobile Association has told a Michigan federal court that physical therapy providers worked together to defraud the insurer by soliciting car accident victims and then referring them for unnecessary medical care.
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January 06, 2025
'Golden Rule' Claim Doesn't Fly In $7M Med Mal Verdict Appeal
A Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed a $7 million verdict in a suit accusing healthcare providers of failing to diagnose a man's rectal cancer, rejecting Monday the notion that the plaintiffs' counsel improperly invoked the "Golden Rule" by asking the jury to address a systemic failure.
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January 06, 2025
'Iron Man 2' Actor Sentenced To Over 8 Years For COVID Scam
A bodybuilder and actor from "Iron Man 2" was sentenced to over eight years in prison by a California federal judge Monday after a jury found he tried to scam investors by claiming he'd found a cure for COVID-19 and that NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson was a major investor.
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January 06, 2025
5th Circ. Iffy On Humana, Blue Cross Allergy Meds Denials
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed poised Monday to side with an allergy services provider accusing insurance giants Blue Cross Blue Shield and Humana of colluding to deny claims and drive the company out of the market.
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January 06, 2025
Labcorp Loses Appeal Of Gene-Testing Patent In $372M Case
Labcorp, one of the world's largest chains of clinical lab providers, lost its appeal over a patent tied to a $372 million judgment it is facing in the Western District of Texas, after Federal Circuit judges on Monday upheld an administrative patent board ruling against it two years ago.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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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.