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National Law Journal

'What Kind of a Statute Is That?' DOJ Faces Skeptical Supreme Court in $12B Obamacare Dispute

"Why doesn't the government have to pay its contracts like everyone else?" Justice Stephen Breyer asked at one point during Tuesday's arguments.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

General Counsel for Swiss Pharma Giant Roche Is Stepping Down

Gottlieb Keller will retire in March after serving as GC for more than a decade. His successor, Claudia Böckstiegel, is being promoted from her post as legal head of Roche's diagnostics division.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Settlement Reached in South Florida Doctor's Internet Post

The Florida Board of Medicine approved a settlement with Miami Beach physician Michael J. Hall for allegedly posting personal health information of a patient on the crowd-sourced website Yelp.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawsuit Targets Corrections Dept. Treatment of Disabled Prisoners

Disability Rights Florida Inc. is accusing the Florida Department of Corrections of failing to comply with a settlement about discrimination against inmates who are deaf, blind or use wheelchairs.
6 minute read

Law.com

A 'Landslide Endorsement': Less Than 2% of Governments Opt Out of Opioid Class Action

About 1.6% of the more than 34,000 potential class members opted out of the so-called "negotiation" class, according to a Monday court filing. Lead attorney Jayne Conroy called the turnout a "landslide endorsement" of the novel idea.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hospital System Agrees to Pay $20.25M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

The hospital entities of Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center and the Sanford Clinic of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed to pay $20.25 million to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The SHIELD Act: NY's New Data Protection Requirements Take Effect

In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli discusses New York's new SHIELD Act, which imposes new data security and data breach reporting requirements on any entity in possession of private information of New York residents regardless of whether the entity is located in New York. The Act also levies higher penalties for non-compliance with its data security and reporting requirements, but does not provide for a private cause of action.
10 minute read

Law.com

Thousands of Cities and Counties Face Deadline Today to Opt Out of Opioid Class Action

Florida's Palm Beach County and Harris County, Texas, announced this week they would opt out of the so-called "negotiation" class, a master case designed to reach a potential global opioid settlement of all lawsuits against drug companies and pharmacies.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Med Mal Team From Hiersche Hayward Plans Landing at Mayer LLP

With Hiersche Hayward Drakeley & Urbach closing at the end of the year, the group of four health care industry lawyers will move to the 34-lawyer Mayer LLP.
3 minute read

Law.com

Oklahoma AG Plans to Appeal $465M Opioid Judgment

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter appealed the opioid judgment after the judge refused to extend the abatement funds beyond a year.
4 minute read

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