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New York Law Journal

State Health Commissioner Skips Nursing Home Hearing on COVID Outbreaks

Organizations that represent nursing homes say their members faced shortages on staffing, personal protective equipment and coronavirus tests during the crisis.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The FDA and COVID-19: Streamlined Processes and Enforcement

The FDA has taken steps to both accelerate the biotech and life sciences industry's work to test, diagnose and treat COVID-19 as well as rein in misguided or unscrupulous COVID-19 products.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Civil Jury Trial During the Pandemic: Observations From Those Who Know

While many envision what a socially distanced trial will look like and how it should proceed, we had the unique experience of actually participating in a five-day civil jury trial in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania that went to verdict in July.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Is There a Future for Speaker Programs or Co-Pay Assistance Programs in Pharma?

Several recent settlements with pharmaceutical companies resolve federal investigations into alleged improper physician speaker programs and co-pay foundations.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings Continues Life Sciences Push, Launches New FDA Practice With Former Sidley Duo

The practice, which is under the firm's growing life sciences group, comes on the heels of the firm's creation of a life sciences consulting group in June.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'Confusion All Around': Judge Struggles With Other Gender Identity Rulings in Trump LGBTQ Health Care Challenge

The judge grappled with how the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling for gender identity protections in the workplace, and another trial judge's ruling against similar safeguards in Obamacare, apply to a lawsuit challenging a new Trump regulation impacting transgender people's health care.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Novartis Agrees to Pay $678M for Illegal Kickbacks in 'Sham' Speaker Scheme

After nearly a decade of litigation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Novartis) has agreed to pay over $678 million in separate settlements to resolve claims that it systematically violated the federal False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Life Sciences Hires Continue to Explode, Goodwin, Perkins Coie Latest to Add Partners

COVID-19, the great accelerator, has sped the growth of life sciences practices across the board, and firms continue to staff up.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Quinn Emanuel Lawyers Who Recovered Billions in ACA Risk Corridor Funds For Insurers … On Contingency

If the "risk corridors" created under the Affordable Care Act don't immediately capture your attention, this likely will: $3.7 billion worth of recoveries obtained while working on contingency.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Surrogacy Agreements Approved by New York...With Provisos

A in-depth discussion of the newly enacted "Child-Parent Security Act of 2020" recently signed into law. The Act establishes the legal framework for "surrogacy contracts," in New York.
18 minute read

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