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United States v. Nixon

By | October 17, 2016
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Cigna Hit With Racketeering Case Over Prescription Drug Costs

A Connecticut woman is accusing her insurance provider of using co-payments to overcharge for low-cost, generic prescriptions.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Theranos' Acting GC Faces Challenges, Opportunity

Embattled biotech startup Theranos Inc. has promoted senior litigation counsel David Taylor to acting general counsel. Taylor's already got a full plate.
17 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Feds Win Inside Peek at Anthem, Cigna Feud Over Merger-Breach Claims

Judge Amy Berman Jackson agrees with report from special master.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Feds Win Inside Peek at Anthem, Cigna Feud Over Merger-Breach Claims

Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. must disclose to federal antitrust enforcers letters from in-house lawyers in which the insurance companies accuse each other of breaking their $54 billion merger deal, a Washington federal trial judge ruled.
14 minute read

The Recorder

National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Harris

By | October 14, 2016
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Watkins-El v. Dept. of Edu.

By | October 14, 2016
Family Decisions Not Shown to Take Precedence Over New York's School Vaccination Laws
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Hear Arguments in $25 Million Accutane Verdict Appeal

Lawyers argued before the N.J. Supreme Court Oct. 13 over whether an appeals court erred in overturning a $25 million verdict against a pharmaceutical company because plaintiff violated a statute of limitation in Alabama.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reform on the Way for New York's Medical Marijuana Program?

Yulian Shtern and Elizabeth Kase, of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf, take a close look at the Department of Health's August 2016 report on the progress and challenges of the state's medical marijuana program nearly two years after it was enacted into law. The report points to several successes such as 5,000 patients who have been served while recommending measures to increase physician participation, among other things.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit's Reasoning on Hershey-PinnacleHealth Merger

In a closely watched case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently moved to halt the proposed merger of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System in Federal Trade Commission v. Penn State Hershey Medical Center, No. 16-2365, slip op. (3d Cir. Sept. 27). Since December 2015, when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania joined forces to formally oppose the merger in court, health care industry stakeholders have eagerly awaited developments in the case. In May, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a sharp rebuke of the FTC, denying its request for a preliminary injunction. The tides turned recently, however, when the Third Circuit reversed the decision and ordered the lower court to preliminarily enjoin the proposed merger pending completion of the FTC's administrative review of the merger.
16 minute read

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