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State Lawmakers Look at Next Steps for Medical Marijuana

A Senate panel began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Supreme Court Rules Rescue Squad Volunteer Can't Be Charged With Official Misconduct

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a volunteer member of a local rescue squad charged with stealing and misappropriating squad funds cannot be charged with official misconduct because he is not a public servant, even though the squad provides services for a municipality.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Abruptly Tosses Risperdal Suit Midtrial

A Pennsylvania judge has ended the latest Risperdal trial before it was able to get to a jury. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Sean Kennedy on Tuesday dismissed the case T.M. v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which has been ongoing since Dec. 2.
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Lucas QQ.

By | December 13, 2016
Order Allowing Psychiatric Hospital To Administer Medications Reversed
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sealing of Settlement Rejected in Quest Diagnostics Qui Tam Case

An agreement detailing the division of proceeds between two claimants who brought qui tam suits against Quest Diagnostics International should not have been sealed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
14 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Rejects Sealing of Settlement in Quest Diagnostics Qui Tam Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that an agreement detailing the division of proceeds between two claimants who brought qui tam suits against Quest Diagnostics International should not have been placed under seal.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Supreme Court Mulls Fairness of Law Specific to Med-Mal Suits

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday that a medical malpractice law violates plaintiffs' constitutional right to privacy.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

OIG OKs Proposal to Use a Preferred Hospital Network

On Oct. 27, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 16-11, which stated that the OIG would not impose sanctions against a licensed offeror of Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance, or Medigap policies (requestor) who proposed to participate in an arrangement (proposed arrangement) with a preferred hospital organization (PHO), which enters into contracts with hospitals throughout the country (network hospitals). Under the proposed arrangement, network hospitals would provide discounts of up to 100 percent on Medicare inpatient deductibles incurred by a requestor's Medigap plan policyholders (policyholders) that otherwise would be covered by a requestor.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Seeks to Regulate Telemedicine

State lawmakers are close to voting on bills that would regulate the practice of medicine conducted remotely via the internet or phone.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Man Claims He Was Secretly Fired After Getting Medical Leave

Edward Evanko claims he was never notified about his termination or revocation of his medical leave.
8 minute read

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