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New York Law Journal

State Bar Passes Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Recommendation

The resolution does contain conditions limiting its scope. Those include that the state government should only consider making vaccinations mandatory if voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations fall short of producing needed levels of population immunity; that an assessment of the health threat to various communities be made so that perhaps the mandate can be targeted; and that a mandate only be considered after there is expert consensus about the vaccine's safety and efficacy.
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New York Law Journal

State Bar's Final Vote on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Set for Saturday

Meanwhile, a large group of parents, families and individuals who vigorously oppose any mandatory COVID-19 vaccination are planning to rally and march from a central square off Eagle Street in Albany to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mansion.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Gilead Sciences Sues 2 Health Care Networks in Multimillion-Dollar Fraudulent Scheme

"The business structures are moving in a direction where many parties are bringing together different interests and come together to treat more patients," Maria D. Garcia said. "In this case, that trend is continuing as Gilead Sciences attacks a whole business model."
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New Jersey Law Journal

DOJ and HHS-OIG's 2020 Health Care Fraud Takedown: Focus on 'Telefraud'

This year alone, many providers and patients transitioned to using telehealth platforms out of necessity. as with all areas of health care, expansion means increased risk for enforcement.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judge Orders 67K UnitedHealthcare Claims Reprocessed, Says Decisions Were Designed 'To Protect Its Bottom Line'

The plaintiffs' team at Zuckerman Spaeder and Psych Appeal scored an injunction set to run up to 10 years designed to prevent the nation's largest insurer from making coverage decisions for mental health and substance abuse coverage that don't comply with generally accepted standards of care.
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Litigation Daily

With Government Antitrust Enforcers on the Sideline, Boies and Hausfeld Land $2.7B Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement

David Boies and Michael Hausfeld both pointed to injunctive relief Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers agreed to as part of the settlement as a potential new driver of competition in the healthcare insurance market.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Nurse-Practitioner With COVID-19 Sues Hospital for Deliberately Skipping Prevention Protocol

Dr. Joseph R. Piperato developed a bad cough after attending a big party. When Venise Jean-Baptiste said he should test for the coronavirus, the clinic's medical director allegedly breathed hard into her face and said: "If I've got it, now you've got it."
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Seeking 'Caucasian Staff': Company Sues Government and Contractor Over Alleged Racist Demands

"It's an important claim to bring," said plaintiffs counsel David Slossberg. "You have to push back, and you have to say, 'No, it's not acceptable.'"
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder Claims Pharma Co. Exaggerated Success of Experimental Cancer Treatment

The shareholder derivative suit alleges 10 of the San Diego-based company's officers and directors intentionally gave investors nonspecific information and failed to disclose the risk factors of Pracinostat, a drug for which an international clinical trial was halted in July just before MEI's share price dropped more than 18% in a day.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pandemic Accelerates Demand for Health Care Restructuring Lawyers

Some lawyers at large and midsize law firms report they are advising more clients tied to troubled health care companies.
5 minute read

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