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Nearly Half Proposed Exactech Legal Team Would Lead an MDL for First Time

At a Nov. 17 hearing, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who is overseeing the Exactech multidistrict litigation in New York, indicated a "preference" for plaintiffs lawyers to include "younger or newer lawyers who are learning the trade," according to a transcript.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss COVID-19 Fraudulent Billing Scheme Claim Brought by Aetna

A federal judge in New Jersey denied a motion to dismiss Aetna's claim that the defendant medical professionals and companies engaged in fraudulent billing schemes to profit from the administration of COVID-19 rapid tests.
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The Legal Intelligencer

CMS Expands Access to Merit-Based Incentive Payment System History

In October, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the archive for doctors and clinicians (DAC) on the provider data catalog (PDC) to provide access to merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) program performance data from all previous years that were publicly reported on Care Compare and the PDC.
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Daily Report Online

Georgia High Court Reinstates Ban on Abortions After 6 Weeks

"It is outrageous that this extreme law is back in effect, just days after being rightfully blocked," said Alice Wang, an attorney with the Center for Reproductive Rights, which also represents plaintiffs in the case.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Plakin Puts Apple 'On Notice,' Saying NJ Will Ensure the Privacy of Reproductive Health Data

In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a group of 10 attorneys general in expressing their concerns over reproductive health privacy on the App Store in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.'
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The American Lawyer

Dobbs Decision Prompts Massive Spike in Reproductive Rights Pro Bono Work

"Dobbs has called for legal mobilization in a wide range of fields, including health care regulation, criminal and civil liability, and anti-privacy," said Lowenstein's Catherine Weiss.
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Law.com

Judge Clears Failure-to-Warn FDA Claims Against Korlym for Alleged Adverse Reproductive Health Issues

While the court granted the defendants' motion on the claims that alleged defective design and failure to warn premised on product labeling, Senior District Judge William G. Young ruled that the claims pertaining all failure to warn premised on reports to the FDA and all failure-to-monitor claims can proceed. Young reasoned that dismissal would be premature given unsettled Massachusetts law and that Pietrantoni plausibly alleged that the defendants breached their voluntarily assumed duty to monitor her health while taking the medication, the opinion said.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Tackling the Overdose Epidemic Through Treatment in Jails, Prisons

Despite the availability of successful treatments, jails and prisons are far behind in doing what they can to combat the overdose epidemic.
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Law.com

Mikal Watts, Mark Lanier and 20 Others Will Lead Acetaminophen Lawsuits

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, on Wednesday, approved the plaintiffs' leadership team in lawsuits against Tylenol manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and more than a dozen retailers, including Walmart Inc. and CVS Pharmacy Inc.
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The Recorder

Johnson & Johnson Tells Supreme Court 'Dangerous Trend' Led to $344M Mesh Verdict

Johnson & Johnson has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a $344 million transvaginal mesh verdict for the state of California in a bench trial against its Ethicon unit.
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