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Corporate Counsel

Deputy GC at Sleep Apnea Device Maker Gets Dream Job

ResMed is handing the legal reins to an 11-year employee who previously worked in-house at Callaway Golf and American Airlines.
2 minute read

Law.com

PREP Act Immunity Supersedes Parental Rights, Says Kansas Appeals Court in COVID-19 Vaccine Debate

Pharmacists who administer COVID-19 vaccines to minors without parental consent are protected from liability by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Health Insurers Face ERISA Lawsuit for Allegedly Reversing an Approved Claim

The complaint alleged that a United Healthcare representative encouraged the plaintiffs not to file a lawsuit.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Law in DC Sees Exponential Growth From Health Care Clients

"More and more of our clients, and also governments, have been involved in these discussions around how do you finance health care," said Robert Holleyman of C&M International, the global government relations, public policy, and public affairs affiliate of Crowell & Moring.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The False Claims Act and Kickbacks: Factual Causality Required

At the heart of the development is a question about the meaning of a 2010 legislative change, when Congress said that the FCA applies to claims for items or services "resulting from" illegal remuneration paid for health care referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
9 minute read

The Recorder

In First Bellwether Trial, San Francisco School District Says Altria's Juul Investment Drove 'Vaping Crisis'

Trial opened on Monday in the first bellwether trial involving Juul's electronic cigarettes. Altria, which owns a 35% stake in Juul, is the sole defendant.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

UnitedHealth Paid Premium to Lure New CLO

Rupert Bondy came to the company with a star-studded resume, which included helping BP manage the legal consequences of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig blowout.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

OIG Provides Clarification on Gift Card Arrangements Paid to Patients by Providers

In March, in Advisory Opinion No 23-03, The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has responded to a request for an advisory opinion on a proposed arrangement by a parent and laboratory (requestors) to provide prepaid cards of up to $75 to certain individuals, including federal health care program beneficiaries, to encourage them to return a sample collection kit associated with the requestors' colorectal cancer screening test (proposed arrangement).
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Facing Nasdaq Delistment, John Ruiz's LifeWallet Grapples With Its Ambitious $32 Billion Valuation

After a disastrous IPO, the company continued to value some of its assets at pre-IPO share prices.
18 minute read

Law.com

Hearing Begins Over Dismissal of 3M Earplug Bankruptcy. 'There Was No Fire.'

A hearing set to last at least two days began Wednesday in Indianapolis to determine whether a bankruptcy judge should dismiss the Chapter 11 case of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, designed to resolve 235,000 lawsuits over combat earplugs.
4 minute read

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