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Corporate Counsel

Meet the 2019 General Counsel of the Year

From doctor dreams to leadership in law, Anat Hakim of WellCare reflects on past dreams and what led her to a life in law.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Mintz Gains New Antitrust Co-Chair From Crowell & Moring

Joseph Miller, who was on the steering committee of Crowell's antitrust practice group, joined Mintz in Washington, D.C. He said his clients would be moving with him to Mintz.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawmakers Must Make a Hard Choice on Vaccines

The Legislature should impose the vaccination requirement consistently. There are other times when compromise—or halfhearted attempts to appear to be compromising—reaps the worst.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Adam Masin Makes Lateral Move From Shipman to Drinker Biddle

Adam Masin has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath's Hartford office as a partner in the products liability and mass torts group, a lateral move from Hartford's Shipman & Goodwin.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

CMS Reforms Stark Law Advisory Opinion Regulations

Under the CMS advisory opinion process, parties can seek guidance on whether a physician's referrals for certain designated health services payable by Medicare to an entity with which he (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship are prohibited under the Medicare program by Section 1877 of the Social Security Act.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

FOIL Protects Citizens From the Culture of Secrecy That Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Infections

There are many instances where hospitals and local health officials hid an infectious epidemic even when disclosure could have saved lives.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Cluster of Pelvic Mesh Suits Sparks Jurisdiction Fights Before US Judges in Eastern District of Pa.

In the last three months, three newly filed mesh cases have been remanded to state court, while 10 have either been kept in Pennsylvania federal court or transferred to other U.S. districts.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

WellCare General Counsel Anat Hakim Tapped to Lead Eli Lilly's Legal Department

Hakim leaves WellCare Health Plans as it recently closed its acquisition by Centene Corp.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Judge, Weighing 'Tincher,' Green-Lights Strict Liability Claims Against Med Device Maker

Especially at the motion to dismiss phase, U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said it made more sense to allow the strict liability claims to proceed.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: From Lungs to Livers, Boies Schiller Is Suing to Upend Who Gets Donated Organs

Litigators from Boies Schiller Flexner are fighting to remove what they say are arbitrary geographic distribution criteria so that donated livers go to the sickest candidates first.
7 minute read

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