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Planned Parenthood Awarded $2M+ in Case Against Undercover Anti-Abortion Activists

A San Francisco federal jury sided against a group of anti-abortion activists who recorded hidden camera videos meant to discredit Planned Parenthood on all claims asserted. The more than $2 million verdict includes $870,000 in punitive damages.
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The Legal Intelligencer

UPMC Asks Pa. Supreme Court to Reconsider Decision Striking Down MCARE Statute of Repose

The high court's analysis underpinning the Oct. 31 decision "clashed" with recent precedent interpreting the same statute, said an attorney for a Pittsburgh-based health care nonprofit.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Google's Health Care Data Push Puts Spotlight on Patient Disclosure

Google's Project Nightingale, which has access to the personal health information of millions of Americans, is unlikely to trigger HIPAA violations. But it may still have long-term repercussions for the way the law thinks about patient disclosures.
4 minute read

Law.com

J&J Asks Oklahoma Judge to Limit Its Future Liability for Opioid Crisis

Johnson & Johnson insists that Oklahoma lawmakers should act if they want a potential $572 million court judgment for the state to extend beyond one year. The state's governor and two senior legislators filed a proposed amicus brief insisting that taxpayers shouldn't pay for the opioid crisis.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State Agency Rightly Taken to Task on Denial of Full-Time Care for Quadriplegic

The Appellate Division decision, which should be published, righted a cruel adjudication and hopefully ameliorated the approach to similar future cases. We hope the court's words are taken to heart by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services.
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Legaltech News

Can Medical Data Remain Anonymous in the Age of Facial Recognition?

HIPAA privacy laws were designed to change with the times, but the organizations under their dominion may have a more difficult time adapting to new technologies that make it harder to de-identify medical data.
3 minute read

The Recorder

UnitedHealthcare Sued for Failure to Cover Autism Treatment

"This is exactly the sort of discrimination against mental health coverage that the Parity Act is supposed to eliminate," said Caroline Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

US District Judge Junks Trump Administration's Health Care 'Conscience Rule'

The rule, which was scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22, was vacated as unconstitutional and adopted in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Sunshine State Considers Measure Banning Sunscreen Bans

Florida lawmakers who think it's more important to protect humans are moving toward outlawing Key West's sunscreen ban and making sure no other local governments impose similar ordinances.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed to 'Protect and Improve' Medicare

On Oct. 3, President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on making changes to the current Medicare program. The order, titled "Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors," aims to improve Medicare by giving seniors access to more innovative, affordable plan options.
6 minute read

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