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The American Lawyer

Manatt Adds Health Care Partner From McDermott in Chicago

Thibert-Ind is the third partner to join the firm's Windy City office since August.
3 minute read

Law.com

How Defense Firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon Pursued a Class Action—and Won

Chicago partner Gary Elden brought the class action prior to his firm's 2015 merger with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, but the firm continued to pursue the case on behalf of a group of doctors suing a hospital system in Tennessee.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Patients' Right to Their Own EMR Metadata

Medical records that used to be recorded primarily on paper, in the form of either handwritten or typed notations, are now entered on computers and stored electronically on computers or file servers. As Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier explore in this edition of their Medical Malpractice column, this new medical record medium has effected a sea change on medical malpractice litigation in several respects.
17 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Biden Issues Executive Order Targeting Noncompete Agreements

The order, which is wide-ranging in scope, represents a multipronged approach to encouraging greater competition and economic growth by making it easier for workers to change jobs, among other objectives.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

What to Know About the Texas Abortion Law

We strongly oppose S.B. 8, support the Department of Justice's action in pursuing the matter in court, and hope that the refusal of the United States Supreme Court to hear this case is not a harbinger of its position in 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.'
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Awards $8.2M in Fourth 3M Combat Earplug Verdict

Friday's verdict, which comes after two weeks of testimony in federal court in Pensacola, is the largest yet from bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Judge 'Grappling' With Public Nuisance Claim in $50B Opioid Trial

On Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson interrupted Motley Rice partner Fidelma Fitzpatrick's closing argument, held via Zoom, to question how a rise in opiate pharmaceuticals created a public nuisance in California. Fitzpatrick represents the counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara, as well as the city of Oakland.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Geisinger Faces Claims By Class of Employees Alleging Disability Discrimination

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-JPMorgan Lawyer Joins Health-Tech Startup as General Counsel

Erica Davila is the former general counsel of Haven, a now-defunct joint venture with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon.com Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Doctor Fights Health Dept. After Medical Marijuana Sting Operation

A physician who has practiced in Florida for nearly three decades risks losing his medical license after the Department of Health filed a complaint alleging the Tallahassee-based doctor violated medical marijuana laws when ordering cannabis for two undercover investigators with the state agency.
6 minute read

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