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University of New Hampshire Law School Launches Specialized Health, Life Sciences Program

The rapidly expanding global economy, combined with the demand for attorneys with IP or life sciences expertise across several industries makes the new concentration an intriguing option for students, University of New Hampshire's Franklin Pierce School of Law recently announced.
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The Legal Intelligencer

OCR Issues 'Dear Colleagues' Letter Regarding AI in Medicine

The final rule regulates the use of patient care decision support tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for screening, risk prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, clinical decision-making, treatment planning, health care operations and allocation of resources. On Jan. 10, 2025, OCR released a "Dear Colleagues" letter focused on how covered entities can comply with the final rule's requirements in their use of patient care decision support tools.
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The Legal Intelligencer

The Public-Private Dichotomy in State-Created Insurance Entities

On Dec. 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that a medical malpractice insurer established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly is a public entity that cannot bring constitutional claims against its creator in response to legislative efforts to assume control.
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The Recorder

Polsinelli Picks Up Corporate Health Care Partner From Greenberg Traurig in LA

Ron Grace was previously a partner at Greenberg Traurig for three years.
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Texas Lawyer

Law Firms Converge to Defend HIPAA Regulation

Anticipating an about-face by a Trump-run Justice Department, a coalition of Texas, New York and D.C. law firms are converging in Texas courts to defend HIPAA law regarding the privacy of medical records, particularly those of pregnant women.
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Law.com

False Claims Act Causation Standard Continues to Divide Federal Courts

A federal judge in Massachusetts reached the same heightened causation standard as applied in the court's 2023 decision in U.S. v. Regeneron. However, two other judges have applied a less stringent "'causal connection.'"
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'Every Single Judge on Board': First-Impression Case Revived

The fertility fraud case alleges that Dr. Narendra Tohan used his own sperm to inseminate patients.
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Texas Lawyer

Sheppard Mullin Expands in Dallas With 6-Lawyer White Collar Team From Bradley

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton gains bench strength in Texas in white-collar crime defense, corporate investigations and health care enforcement with the six-lawyer team.
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Law.com

South Carolina Physicians Challenge Abortion Ban Under Religious Freedom Claims

"The abortion ban violates the fundamental right to practice one’s faith, forcing plaintiffs to choose between observing their religious duties but risking imprisonment and professional discipline or reneging on their religious obligations but preserving their freedom and livelihood," a press release from The Lawyering Project said.
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Law.com

Improper Removal to Fed. Court Leads to $100K Bill for Blue Cross Blue Shield

"The fact that attorneys' fees can quickly exceed the value of disputes is both a sad fact of litigation and also precisely the reason that attorneys' fees for unreasonable and bad faith litigation are awarded," said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry, noting the Seventh Circuit recognized in Wisconsin v. Hotline Industries that "'improper removal prolongs litigation (and jacks up fees).'"
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